Representation in Other Media
- Woolf is mentioned as one of the greatest jockeys of all times in the movie The Black Stallion (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film was adapted from Walter Farley's 1941 children's novel by the same name.
- In the film, Seabiscuit (2003), Woolf was portrayed by the jockey Gary Stevens, who has also been inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Stevens had won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1996.
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