Rosemont (foaled 1932 in Virginia) was an American Thoroughbred

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best known for his win in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap, when he defeated the popular horse Seabiscuit. This race was featured in a scene in the motion picture '' Seabiscuit'' (2003). Rosemont was bred by

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Du Pont purchased his dam while in foal in a dispersal sale, and got Rosemont when she gave birth. He was trained by Richard E. Handlen and raced under du Pont's Foxcatcher Farm stables. Among his other wins, Rosemont defeated the Triple Crown winner

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in winning the 1935 Withers Stakes at Belmont Park before a crowd of 25,000. Following his retirement from racing, Rosemont stood at Stud (animal), stud at William duPont's Walnut Hall Farm near Boyce, Virginia, where he had been foaled in 1932.''New York Times''
20 March 1938 Of his progeny, the most notable are Bed O' Roses, a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, and Berlo, the 1960 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.

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Rosemont's pedigree and partial racing statistics
1932 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Virginia Racehorses trained in the United States Du Pont racehorses Thoroughbred family 4-m