He won the Preakness going away.. He does remind me of Seabiscuit, and if you haven't seen the movie yet, you are really missing something special..
Yes, I've seen it twice. And, there certainly are similarities...it's somewhat spine-tingling!
Imagine how RHT's jock felt, after that bad start and then very nicely working his way up to get into a great position at the final turn, to watch Smarty just switch into warp drive and disappear....