Carroll Bierman
Jockey, Deceased Person
1918 – 1970
Who was Carroll Bierman?
Carroll M. Bierman was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey born in Centralia, Illinois. In 1940, he won the Kentucky Derby on Gallahadion in an upset over heavily favored Bimelech. That Derby ride is considered one of the best by a jockey in America's great race. Gallahadion paid $72.40 on a $2 bet for winning the "Run for the Roses" in the colors of Ethel V. Mars, heiress to the Mars Candy fortune. He rode in the Kentucky Derby four times and finished 3rd, 4th, and 6th in the other three. He also won the 1939 Santa Anita Derby aboard the filly Ciencia.
On September 19 of 1942, in one of the great races of the American Turf, Bierman rode Preakness Stakes winner Alsab to victory over 1941 U.S. Triple Crown Champion Whirlaway in a famous match race at Narragansett Park.
He was a founding member of the Jockeys' Guild.
He rests at Elmwood Cemetery in Centralia, Illinois.
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