Pommern was a British bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from 1914 to June 1916 he ran ten times and won seven races. As a three-year-old in 1915 he won the 2000 Gui
Pommern with Steve Donoghue up.
Solomon Joel, the mining tycoon who owned and bred Pommern
Steve Donoghue was a leading English flat-race jockey in the 1910s and 1920s. He was Champion Jockey 10 times between 1914 and 1923 and was one of the most celebrated horse racing sportsmen after Fred
Pommern (horse)
…start and pulling clear inside the final furlong to win by four lengths from King Priam with Follow Up third. After these successes, the leading jockey Steve Donoghue was contracted to ride the horse in the following year's Classics The First World War led to a restricted and restructured racing schedule in 1915…
Steve Donoghue, in the colours of Corlette Glorney (Gallaher's cigarette card, 1936)
Steve Donoghue on The Derby winner, Manna