This bronze racehorse sculpture of Thoroughbred horse racing legend Seabiscuit is shown above 
as a finished clay sculpture ready for the lost wax bronze casting process. 
This bronze sculpture was originally commissioned by the Howard family association and is approved by the Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation.

It will be produced as a limited edition of 10 bronze sculptures.
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One of these bronze horses will be placed in front of the new Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits, Ca. 
Big bronze horse sculpture of Seabiscuit - Thoroughbred racehorse sculpture

Make your horse facility a landmark by placing a large bronze horse sculpture at your entryway.

Kim Corpany was working with Stan Watts' Atlas Bronze Casting foundry when they were contracted by Icon Bronze to make a mold and casting from the original bronze sculpture of Seabiscuit by Tex Wheeler. The original bronze statue of Seabiscuit was located at Ridgewood ranch near Willits, CA while the horse's owners Charles and Marcela Howard owned the ranch. After Charles passed away the ranch was sold and the statue was donated to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame located in Saratoga, NY. Stan Watts and Atlas Bronze Casting's team of master mold makers traveled to New York State to make a mold from the bronze Thoroughbred statue. The then shipped the pieces of the mold back to their foundry where the foundry cast the pieces of the statue of the horse racing legend. Kim Corpany consulted with the foundry workers and also worked hands on to make sure that the new statue was finished accurately to match Tex Wheeler's original work. While working on this statue, Kim had the opportunity to take measurements from and study this bronze sculpture which had been sculpted while Seabiscuit was alive. Tex Wheeler worked using measurements directly from the horse, sculpting his statue of Seabiscuit on site at Ridgewood Ranch where he had the great horse as a moldel for his sculpture.
The new bronze statue of Seabiscuit was then delivered to the Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation at Ridgwood Ranch. The Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation is working to restore the ranch and offers tours to visitors.
Kim Corpany was later able to use the information and knowledge of Seabiscuit she gleaned from her experience with Tex Wheeler's great statue to create several bronze statues of Seascuit. 

 Click here to learn more about Seabiscuit from Wikipedia

Why buy American made Bronze Sculpture?

Buying American made bronze sculptures gives a quality assurance of the artwork you are purchasing.

The reasons that the price of bronze sculptures imported from Mexico, South America, or Asia are so low include:
-quality of the bronze metal used in the sculpture
-quality of craftsmanship
-working conditions
-cost of labor in these countries.

The minimum standard for bronze in the United States of America is 90% copper.  Imported bronze usually tests at only 50% to 55% copper.

The quality of the bronze effects the resilience of the bronze sculpture as well as its ability to accept patina.  Cheap imported bronze sculptures will generally not hold up to weather well, it's color taking on a corrosive residue quickly because of the low copper content in the bronze, sometimes even rusting depending on the metal content.  Any repair work needed on a bronze sculpture is nearly impossible with such poor quality bronze.

Our foundry uses high quality silicon bronze with 95% copper 4% manganese and 1% silicon.
The standard for American bronze sculptures. 

Because Kim's bronze horse sculptures are cast of this high quality US bronze, and they are made in the time honored process of lost wax bronze casting, they have the potential to last thousands of years and the patina of these bronze sculptures has lasting beauty.

Watch video footage of Seabiscuit and George Woolf
winning the match race against War Admiral!

Watch video footage of Seabiscuit winning the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap!

Trailer for Laura Hillenbrand's wonderful new book "Unbroken"