Tag: Popcorn Deelites

Popcorn Deelite's biggest victory came on the big screen: as Seabiscuit in the Oscar-winning 2003 movie. The journeyman Throughbred died of complications from colic. (Image: Flashpoint/Old Friends)

‘Seabiscuit’ Star Popcorn Deelites Dies of Colic Complications at 24

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With 11 victories in 58 races and a modest $56,880 in career earnings, Popcorn Deelites defined journeyman on the racetrack. But as one of several Thoroughbreds to portray Seabiscuit in the 2003 film of that name, he was a star on the screen. The 24-year-old gelding died Thursday of complications […]

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