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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.
Red Pollard. Young Pollard. Corbis. John Pollard was born in 1909 and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, in the western reaches of the Canadian wilderness. The second of seven children born to a...
Cuando tenía quince años, Pollard dejó su casa al cuidado de un tutor y se fue a perseguir su sueño. Al cabo de un año, el tutor le abandonó en un hipódromo improvisado en Butte, Montana, y el chico se quedó solo.
The highlight of Pollard’s racing career came in 1940, when he rode Seabiscuit to victory in the race that had twice eluded the horse, the Santa Anita Handicap. “I got a great ride,” Pollard...
- American Experience
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.
Red Pollard rode into American history, overcoming a physical disability of partial blindness, accepting intense physical pain caused by severe riding injuries that fractured his bones, while humbly accepting his role in racing history, as the man who rode Seabiscuit.
Red Pollard rode into American history, overcoming physical blindness and accepting intense physical pain caused by severe riding injuries. He humbly accepted his role in racing history as the jockey who rode Seabiscuit.
