Becky Burgwin
When Smarty Jones won the Preakness, after winning the Derby, the world woke up to his existence and Americans started thinking that maybe he was the Seabisquit of our time. Back then we were coming out of the great depression. Tensions in the world were mounting and another world war brewing. Americans needed something to make them feel good about their country and themselves. Seabisquit was a little guy who nobody thought stood a chance against the mighty thoroughbreds of his day. His trainer, jockey and owners had a lot of history
