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David Pollard
David Pollard
David William Pollard was apprenticed to Peter Hastings-Bass at Kingsclere and rode his first winner on the three-year-old Sunninghill Park, owned by Paul Mellon and trained by Hastings-Bass, in the New Boys Apprentice Handicap at Newbury on August 17, 1962. Sunninghill Park would go on to win many more races during the course of the decade before being honourably retired after scoring at Beverley, aged eleven, in 1970.
David William Pollard was apprenticed to Peter Hastings-Bass at Kingsclere and rode his first winner on the three-year-old Sunninghill Park, owned by Paul Mellon and trained by Hastings-Bass, in the New Boys Apprentice Handicap at Newbury on August 17, 1962. Sunninghill Park would go on to win many more races during the course of the decade before being honourably retired after scoring at Beverley, aged eleven, in 1970.
David rode three winners from just a dozen rides the following season, all on the Hastings-Bass-trained chestnut filly Erisca, comprising apprentices’ contests at Worcester in July and Bath in August and a victory against professionals at Worcester in September when beating Bill Elliott on Arctic Gittell by three lengths.
David rode three winners from just a dozen rides the following season, all on the Hastings-Bass-trained chestnut filly Erisca, comprising apprentices’ contests at Worcester in July and Bath in August and a victory against professionals at Worcester in September when beating Bill Elliott on Arctic Gittell by three lengths.
Following Hastings-Bass’s death early in June 1964, Ian Balding took over at Kingsclere, and it was for him that David rode his next winner, Bermuda, in an apprentices’ maiden plate at Worcester later that month. They also combined to win an apprentices’ handicap at Wolverhampton in August.
Following Hastings-Bass’s death early in June 1964, Ian Balding took over at Kingsclere, and it was for him that David rode his next winner, Bermuda, in an apprentices’ maiden plate at Worcester later that month. They also combined to win an apprentices’ handicap at Wolverhampton in August.
His apprenticeship ended later that year, thus David held a professional jockey’s licence for the 1965 season. He rode three winners, two seconds and a third from 19 rides. He began by winning a Bath maiden in July on 10-1 chance Willoughby Bay, then recorded his biggest success on Alberta in the Chepstow Cup, a mile and a half handicap, on August Bank Holiday Monday, with Bill Elliott again the runner-up, this time on Piragua. Willoughby Bay and Alberta were both trained by Ian Balding.
His apprenticeship ended later that year, thus David held a professional jockey’s licence for the 1965 season. He rode three winners, two seconds and a third from 19 rides. He began by winning a Bath maiden in July on 10-1 chance Willoughby Bay, then recorded his biggest success on Alberta in the Chepstow Cup, a mile and a half handicap, on August Bank Holiday Monday, with Bill Elliott again the runner-up, this time on Piragua. Willoughby Bay and Alberta were both trained by Ian Balding.
Alberta was also David’s final winner when landing the St Margaret’s Handicap at Leicester on September 20, 1965, in which he narrowly repelled the strong late challenge of Paul Cook on the evens favourite Alphonse to prevail by a neck.
Alberta was also David’s final winner when landing the St Margaret’s Handicap at Leicester on September 20, 1965, in which he narrowly repelled the strong late challenge of Paul Cook on the evens favourite Alphonse to prevail by a neck.
He relinquished his licence in August 1966.
He relinquished his licence in August 1966.
David Pollard’s winners were, in chronological order:
David Pollard’s winners were, in chronological order:
1. Sunninghill Park, Newbury, August 17, 1962
1. Sunninghill Park, Newbury, August 17, 1962
2. Erisca, Worcester, July 13, 1963
2. Erisca, Worcester, July 13, 1963
3. Erisca, Bath, August 8, 1963
3. Erisca, Bath, August 8, 1963
4. Erisca, Worcester, September 21, 1963
4. Erisca, Worcester, September 21, 1963
5. Bermuda, Worcester, June 20, 1964
5. Bermuda, Worcester, June 20, 1964
6. Bermuda, Wolverhampton, August 15, 1964
6. Bermuda, Wolverhampton, August 15, 1964
7. Willoughby Bay, Bath, July 21, 1965
7. Willoughby Bay, Bath, July 21, 1965
8. Alberta, Chepstow, August 30, 1965
8. Alberta, Chepstow, August 30, 1965
9. Alberta, Leicester, September 21, 1965
9. Alberta, Leicester, September 21, 1965
David Pollard's biggest win: Alberta, Chepstow, August 30, 1965
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