Seabiscuit vs War Admiral “Match of the Century” The movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards and part of the movie centered around this race . On November 1, 1938 Seabiscuit and George Woolf met War Admiral and Charles Kurtsinger for a match race at Pimlico Race Course. Trains were run from all over the country to bring fans to the race with an estimated 40,000 at the track and another 40 million listening on the radio. (Check out the fans in the infield hanging on the rail😯!!) This son of