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by Col Mike Howard US Marines (Ret) As we approach the 4th of July and the annual Willits Frontier Days, I’d like to focus on   Memorial Day (the honoring of our American…

Press Release by Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation –  September 19, 2018 DNA Analysis of the Champion Racehorse May Yield Insights Into His Prowess Study conducted at Institute for Equine Genomics at Binghamton University…

Foreword by Col. Michael C Howard, U.S.M.C (ret.) Our Howard Family has been blessed going on several decades now knowing and working closely with Jacqueline Cooper. From Ridgewood Ranch to Israel, we…

Click photo for larger view CONGRATULATIONS to Tim and Jacqueline Cooper of Ridgewood Ranch, who welcomed the FIRST THOROUGHBRED descendant of Seabiscuit to be born at Ridgewood Ranch in 70 years. River,…

By Dr. June Donaldson According to the brilliant and beautifully written book “Seabiscuit – An American Legend” by best-selling author Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit’s first look at Tom Smith on June 29, 1936…

In World War II, two American bombers were named for Seabiscuit. One was a US Navy Lockheed PV-1 Ventura & the other was a US Army B-25. Both saw action and faithfully…

by Colonel Michael C. Howard, US Marines (Ret) Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation Historian Here is a unique Howard Family story about history and heritage. How an Oregon Thoroughbred, who’s Sire was snuck out…