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Red Pollard. John M. "Red" Pollard (October 27, 1909 – March 7, 1981) was a Canadian horse racing jockey. A founding member of the Jockeys' Guild in 1940, Pollard rode at racetracks in the United States and is best known for riding Seabiscuit . Family history. Red Pollard was the grandson of Michael Pollard, born in 1834 in Ireland.
After years of riding the worst mounts on the worst tracks in the racing circuit, Pollard had come to understand troubled horses. He was kind to them, avoiding the whip, and his mounts often ...
But most people knew him as “Red,” a nickname he earned for his shock of flame-colored hair. Books as Companions Horse racing is a seasonal sport, and Pollard was always on the move, traveling...
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Aunque Red seguía perdiendo mucho más a menudo de lo que ganaba, McGirr descubrió en el chico un raro talento que le ayudaría a entrar en la historia de las carreras. Tras años de montar las peores monturas en las peores pistas del circuito de carreras, Pollard había llegado a entender a los caballos con problemas.
8 de abr. de 2019 · The story of Seabiscuit's jockeys Red Pollard and George Woolf, trainer Tom Smith, and owner Charles Howard, did not end when the revered racehorse retired on April 10, 1940. Each of them continued their careers in racing, most of them with success, but not all of their stories ended in the fairytale manner that we'd like to imagine.
Smith paired the horse with Canadian jockey Red Pollard (1909–1981), who had experience racing in the West and in Mexico. On August 22, 1936, they raced Seabiscuit for the first time.
Rediscovering Pawtucket’s Red Pollard In 2003, a dramatic movie about a Depression-era race horse and his oversized jockey became a top box office film hit. This story of hope and perseverance was woven into a story about a down-and-out jockey, a heartbroken horse owner, a drifter horse trainer, and the eventual rise of an undersized horse.
