[Aria]

Interesting about Seabiscuit as a sire. Maybe you can’t pass on your “heart” like you do your other DNA.

Did you read the book? I thought it was gripping/interesting/emotional. She is such an extraordinary writer.

[Nepeta]

Interesting about Seabiscuit as a sire.

He was a grandson of Man O'War, whose male line nearly died out until In Reality (1964) whose progeny revived it somewhat. That line is represented today mostly by Tiznow.

Man O'War commonly appears in contemporary pedigrees, but almost exclusively through In Reality or through daughters of his son War Admiral. Other lines did not last very long, so Seabiscuit was not such an anomaly:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=progeny&search_bar=progeny&h=SEABISCUIT&sort=Year&done=y&filter=All%20Horses&cf=

The book was very well done.