Jimmy Powers hosts this installment of The Grantland Rice Story, in which the sportswriter reflects on the racehorses he has followed over the years. Rice recalls his first sight of Man O' War at Jamaica in 1920, and he ranks the great horses of his time, placing Exterminator first. He describes the match race between Man O' War and John P. Greer at Aqueduct in July 1920. Jockey Earl Sandy then joins Powers in the studio to talk about riding Man O' War, training Seabiscuit, and the hard toll of keeping his weight down.

With Jimmy Powers, Grantland Rice, Earl Sandy, Man O' War, John P. Greer, Exterminator, Seabiscuit, Big Red.

Listen for: Rice's account of the 1920 Man O' War and John P. Greer match race at Aqueduct, and Earl Sandy's description of riding Man O' War.

First aired in 1950.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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