Woody Stephens
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Haskell Invitational Handicap (1988) (1988)Travers Stakes
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| Blue Man, Traffic Judge, Bald Eagle, Never Bend, Bold Bidder, Danzig, Sensational, De La Rose, Devil's Bag, Conquistador Cielo, Caveat, Swale, Creme Fraiche, Danzig Connection, Forty Niner |
Woody Stephens (September 1, 1913 – August 22, 1998) was an American
Biography
Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in
In a career that spanned seven decades, Stephens trained eleven
Stephens was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1976. In 1983, he won the Eclipse Award as the top trainer in the United States. Although he often wore rumpled clothes, his earnings from racing plus investments in successful breeding stock made him a very wealthy man. In 1985 Doubleday published Guess I'm Lucky, an autobiography he wrote with James Brough.
Personal life, death
Stephens was a resident[2] of Midway, Kentucky, where he started his work with Thoroughbred horses. He died in 1998 in Miami Lakes, Florida, from complications of chronic emphysema 10 days shy of his 85th birthday.
Awards
- U.S. Triple Crown race winners
- Kentucky Derby:
- Preakness Stakes:
- 1952 : Blue Man
- Belmont Stakes:
- 1982 : Conquistador Cielo
- 1983 : Caveat
- 1984 : Swale
- 1985 : Creme Fraiche
- 1986 : Danzig Connection
References
- ^ "Woodford C. Stephens Equibase Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Woody - A Tribute to Hall of Fame trainer, Woody Stephens, performed by Sunup". YouTube.
- Woody Stephens autobiography Guess I'm Lucky! My Life in Horseracing (1985) ISBN 0-385-19568-0
- Woodford Stephens at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
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