George M. Odom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George M. Odom

American horse trainer and jockey

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1882

Place of Birth: Columbus, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1964

Profession: horse trainer, jockey

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About George M. Odom

  • George Martin Odom (July 8, 1882 - July 29, 1964) was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing.
  • He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer. A native of Columbus, Georgia, at age fourteen George Odom galloped horses for future Hall of Fame trainer, William P.
  • Burch.
  • He began riding professionally at age fifteen and in 1899 at age sixteen, won his first race.
  • He quickly made such an impression that an April 10, 1899 article in the Chicago Daily Tribune referred to him as another Tod Sloan.
  • In June 1899, the eighty-seven-pound Odom, who was an early advocate of the short-stirrup riding manner used today, signed a contract to ride for W.
  • C.
  • Whitney for a salary of $10,000 a year with additional compensation on a sliding scale for winning and finishing in the money. He rode at tracks in New York, New Orleans and the Benning Race Track in Washington, D.C..
  • Among his major wins as a jockey, Odom rode Banastar to victory in the 1901 Metropolitan Handicap and won the Woodlawn Vase trophy on three occasions.
  • The best known of his mounts was future Hall of Fame inductee, Broomstick. After just eight years as a jockey, George Odom retired from riding in 1905 with a 17.2 winning percentage.
  • Widely respected, he had earned a reputation as an honest jockey in an era when race fixing was not uncommon.
  • Odom then made his home in Atlanta, Georgia and immediately turned to training horses.
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