Man o' War's birthday
 

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ma...est-race-horse

Man o' War was born March 29, 1917. Here's an interesting clip of him in motion, celebrating his 17th birthday. Looked pretty phenomenal. They got it wrong that he'd been retired 12 years. More like 14, but anyway, it was just a fun snapshot of this day in racing history.

Did they say 138 sons and daughters? In 12-14 years?

It was and thanks for posting it... I love old footage like this. :)

Isn't that Shawn kemp. :)

I didn't catch the foal total, but I wouldn't be shocked if it came to that. It's relatively low compared to today obviously. Back then Sam Riddle made sure to send his own mares to MOW and in general didn't scramble too much to breed him to outside mares the way someone would now. I don't think he was used as a private stud exactly, but not far from it. 13 foals in his first crop and not from a lack of fertility. I was never a fan of how Riddle handled his stud career. It just shows how influential a sire he was to have a Triple Crown winner from that number of progeny, then there's his grandson Seabiscuit, and beyond the influences of his offspring on pedigrees today, he's got Tiznow carrying the banner for his sireline.