<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Honours </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> United States Racing Hall of Fame (1958) #13 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century </Td> </Tr> <P> War Admiral (May 2, 1934--October 30, 1959) was an American thoroughbred racehorse, best known as the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown and Horse of the Year in 1937, and rival of Seabiscuit in the' Match Race of the Century' in 1938 . During his career toward the end of the Great Depression, War Admiral won 21 of his 26 starts with earnings of $273,240 ($3.5 million in 2016 dollars .) After his retirement stud, he was the leading sire in North America for 1945 and was also an outstanding broodmare sire whose influence is still felt today in descendants such as American Pharoah . </P> <P> War Admiral was bred in Kentucky by his owner, Samuel D. Riddle, who also owned Man o' War . War Admiral was foaled at Faraway Farm in Lexington, the offspring of Man o' War and Brushup . Man o' War was widely regarded as the greatest American racehorse of his time, but Brushup never won a race . They were bred together six times, producing five undistinguished fillies and one Triple Crown winner . </P>

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