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Red Pollard, vero nome John M. Pollard, è stato un fantino canadese di purosangue inglesi da corsa. Membro fondatore della Jockey's Guild del 1940, Pollard ha partecipato ad alcune tra le competizioni più importanti degli Stati Uniti, ma è famoso principalmente per essere stato il fantino del leggendario Seabiscuit.
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.
- March 7, 1981 (aged 71), Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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 ...
11 giu 2023 · Un ex pugile cieco da un occhio che si improvvisa fantino. Una storia di riscatto americana. Paolo Lazzari. 0. Ascolta ora: "Seabiscuit e Red Pollard: funzionare soltanto insieme " Scuotono...
- Paolo Lazzari
Although Red was still losing far more often than he won, McGirr discovered a rare talent in the boy that would help carry him into racing history. After years of riding the worst mounts on the...
- American Experience
8 apr 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.
2 giorni fa · That happened to Red Pollard, Seabiscuit’s famous rider, in the San Carlos Handicap in February 1938. Pollard was riding Fair Knightess around the far turn when the horse He Did slowed down in ...
