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 bankrupt Irish brick manufacturer, Johnny — as ...

As the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby begins the 2024 quest for horse racing’s Triple Crown, the attention of many Americans turns toward the so-called Sport of Kings. However, as a historian my ...

Like the wounded nation that loved him, he was uncertain and half crippled. So in the depths of the Great Depression, when a knock-kneed thoroughbred named Seabiscuit rose up to outrun the elite ...

RED LODGE — A Red Lodge couple could ride to a sweeter retirement, thanks to the saddle that jockey Red Pollard rode to a win on the now-famous horse, Seabiscuit. The two horse lovers, Robert E.

Tobey Maguire was also responsible for bringing another legend to life – Seabiscuit. This is a true story movie where Tobey Maguire plays the jockey Red Pollard, and it is nothing short of compelling.