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  Woody Stephens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although Stephens trained horses that won the Kentucky Oaks for fillies five times, plus the Kentucky Derby twice and the Preakness Stakes once, he is most remembered for winning an unprecedented five straight Belmont Stakes between 1982 and 1986.
Woody Stephens was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1976.
Woody Stephens died in 1998 in Miami Lakes, Florida from complications of chronic emphysema eight days shy of his 85th birthday.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woody_Stephens   (330 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Horse racing news / This 'Devil' deserves his due
His late trainer, the great Woody Stephens, pronounced him the "greatest horse I have ever trained." Coming from Stephens, who would go on to condition five straight winners of the Belmont Stakes, that was high praise, indeed.
Stephens claimed Devil's Bag had developed a "saucer fracture" on a leg, and he had the X-rays to prove it.
Stephens was an entertaining and witty man, but he was as tough as nails.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/horse_racing/articles/2005/02/12/this_devil_deserves_his_due   (860 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Woody Stephens
When the legendary Woody Stephens won a fifth consecutive Belmont Stakes, the racetrack gave him his own corner of the clubhouse to welcome visitors to the Longchamp of American Racing in perpetuity.
Woody Stephens was one of the sport's greatest trainers, and he was never a fan of training on a farm, but there has never been a farm like Tapeta.".
Woody Stephens, Creme Fraiche's trainer, had already won three Belmonts in a row when he saddled Creme Fraiche for the win, and the next year he won the Belmont again with Danzig Connection.
news.surfwax.com /sports/files/Woody_Stephens.html   (999 words)

  
 SPORTS BETTING   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Stephens wanted to win the Derby, but the colt's nagging leg problems persuaded him not to pursue that objective.
Conquistador Cielo went to Pimlico and won the Preakness Prep, but Stephens chose to skip the Preakness because he felt the colt wasn't ready.
It was an extraordinarily bold move, but Stephens was confident that this horse was fit and sharp enough to do it.
www.gamblingmagazine.com /articles/48/48-568.htm   (885 words)

  
 UI-School of Music : Faculty | Bio
Sought after for his outstanding collaborative abilities, Chip Stephens can be heard on nearly 40 records and compact discs as a side-man and band leader.
Stephens maintains a very diverse teaching and performing career at both the national and international levels.
Stephens’ students have received national and international recognition for their work.
www.music.uiuc.edu /facultyBio.php?id=181   (155 words)

  
 sonorities
Stephens says, “It was a great experience; Arturo is one of those artists who wears his heart on his sleeve.
Stephens has a full teaching load, including a carefully sequenced series of jazz improvisation and theory courses as well as applied jazz piano, and he coaches a jazz combo.
Stephens, who began his career after getting degrees at the University of Akron and Cleveland State University in classical piano, says classical studies are terrific background for high school students to bring to their jazz studies.
www.music.uiuc.edu /sonorities/article02.html   (1989 words)

  
 "All I can say is wow..."   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Five years earlier, Heavenly Cause was the last of Kentucky native Woody Stephens's record five Oaks successes as a trainer.
Stephens was also on target with Hidden Talent (1959), Make Sail in 1960, Sally Ship three years later and White Star Line in 1978.
However, despite one further win with Seaside Attraction in 1990, D Wayne Lukas still needs one more heroine to come along to draw level with Stephens who died in 1998 at the age of 85.
www.godolphin.com /big_race_focus22.asp   (793 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Danzig calls it quits
Danzig's rise to prominence began in trainer Woody Stephens's barn at Belmont Park.
Bred in Pennsylvania by Will Farish III and Derry Meeting Farm from the stakes winner Pas de Nom (Admiral's Voyage), Danzig sold for $310,000 as a yearling and was sent to New York as part of Henryk deKwiatkowski's racing string.
Stephens was impressed with Danzig, but Danzig never got a chance to enter stakes company after that promising start.
espn.go.com /horse/news/2004/0714/1839645.html   (970 words)

  
 Woody Plants in Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Woody plants are perennials (plants that live more than two years) that create stiff structures above ground that they use throughout their lives.
They succeed through prolific seed-production, a greater tolerance for dry conditions and the ability to recover rapidly from a catastrophic environmental disturbance such as a fire or a flood.
This list is drawn from "Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines in Kansas", by H. Stephens, University of Kansas Press, 1969.
www.gpnc.org /woody.htm   (458 words)

  
 Keeneland Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Ward's father, his uncle, Sherrill Ward, and Woody Stephens were all brought along in the horse business by Ward’s grandfather.
Woody and my uncle stayed at the races, so my father acted as a supply system for them at the races.”
Sherrill Ward and Stephens both were installed in the Racing Hall of Fame in the 1970s.
www.keeneland.com /liveracing/biography_view.asp?ID=84   (1066 words)

  
 Pensioned Belmont Stakes Winner Crème Fraiche Dead - bloodhorse.com
He was sent to Hickory Tree Farm in Virginia for breaking, but proved too tough to handle and was gelded.
Trained by Hall of Famer Woody Stephens, Crème Fraiche won 17 of 64 starts and earned $4,024,727.
His Belmont victory, the fourth of five straight for Stephens, was achieved over Stephens-trained Stephan's Odyssey and 2-year-old champion Chief's Crown and came while Moran was new in the business.
www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=18476   (292 words)

  
 Daily Racing Form - DRF Simulcast Weekly
Any further delays would have a significant impact on the spring stakes schedule, because five of the first six stakes are scheduled out of the chute at seven furlongs or one mile, notably the March 16 Gotham for 3-year-olds, which is the traditional prep for the nine-furlong Wood Memorial on April 12.
The last time the Gotham was run as a two-turn route on the inner track was back in 1984, and the switch prompted Woody Stephens to keep his star colt Devil's Bag out of the race.
As things stand now, the best-case scenario is that horsemen will have to enter for the Gotham on Friday morning, March 14, without having seen a single race on the main track.
www.drf.com /misc/drf_simo/litfin.html   (706 words)

  
 JamBase | TWO GALLANTS :: SAN FRANCISCO
During the second number, as Stephens sang, "I came to this city a victim of peace/But I left with your daughter, your wife, and your niece," the words made such wry and eloquent sense I was certain I'd heard them before.
Though the Dylan influence is clear, Stephens' rustic parables are closer to Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter's narrative story-songs, tales of innocence trampled by hard living and bad loving.
While at first Vogel's drumming seemed to follow Stephens' lead, a few songs in it was clear he and Stephens equally shouldered the music's burden.
www.jambase.com /headsup.asp?storyID=5311   (779 words)

  
 Maryland Breeding News
Some of their best times in the business were spent following Smarten through the summer and fall of 1979.
Trained by Hall of Famer Woody Stephens, Smarten was "the calmest of any horse I have raced," says Ryan.
"Woody would say 'he has no nerves.' " Stephens, who once described Smarten as a "tough sucker.
www.marylandthoroughbred.com /breeding-news2.php?articleid=176   (761 words)

  
 Devil's Bag Dies at Age 24 - bloodhorse.com
Woody Stephens trained him and we were so close with Woody.
We still have (now-pensioned) Danzig on the farm, but Devil's Bag was the last active stallion we had that had been with Woody."
At the time of his death, Devil's Bag stood for $10,000.
breeding.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=26543   (342 words)

  
 About John Richard Stephens
A portion of the book's introduction by John Richard Stephens revealing the origin of the myth that the mummy's curse sank the Titanic appeared as the cover story of the August 2000 issue of Fortean Times.
A collection of vampire stories all written entirely by famous authors, most of whom are not usually associated with supernatural literature.
Stephens has gathered superb authors from many time periods together into what is probably the best collection of immortal darkness."
www.ferncanyonpress.com /bananas/stephens.shtml   (1156 words)

  
 Turfside Turf & Sport Digest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Woody Stephens -- All the Belmonts you can count on one hand (Danzig Connection).
Cannonade and Woody Stephens in Derby winners circle at Churchill cover story; Prove out wins Grey Lag.
Danzig Connection -- Woody Stephens 5th consecutive Belmont winner.
www.turfside.com /TripleCrown.html   (483 words)

  
 Brad's BIG Race Analysis*Thoroughbred Racing*The World's Greatest Game*Brad Yazell
In his first week of work, the newcomer was always the first to appear at the barn and the last to leave.
As retired trainer Woody Stephens used to say, "he worked from when the sun was down to when the sun was down."
Concerned that this "find" would leave for another barn, as it customary on the backstretch, Hauswald rewarded the stranger with a $100 raise after only one week on the job.
www.angelfire.com /fl/brad61yazell/daley.html   (933 words)

  
 The Kentucky Derby Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The collection consists of varied items in all types of media, including racing trophies; sculpture; prints and paintings; racing attire such as saddles, saddlecloths, halters and silks; and souvenir items such as Derby glasses, programs and tickets.
The Museum is proud to house personal collections of H.A. 'Jimmy' Jones and Woodford C. 'Woody' Stephens.
In addition, the Museum includes the archival collections of sports writer Jim Bolus, which consists of newspaper articles, hand written notes and audio interviews chronicling all facets of the Kentucky Derby from 1875-1995, and Matt Winn's collection documenting Churchill Downs' business from 1902-1949.
www.derbymuseum.org /RESEARCH   (425 words)

  
 FINISH LINE® Horse Products - Memoriam
Even though they are no longer with us, their legacies live on....
JC Howe claimed that WOODY STEPHENS was the best thoroughbred trainer that ever lived!
Stephens won an unprecedented 5 straight Belmont Stakes -- and FINISH LINE
www.finishlinehorse.com /memoriam   (719 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Baffert has War Emblem ready for Preakness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The strategy of using one horse's early foot to doom the chances of another is hardly new to Thoroughbred racing, however.
When Winning Colors shocked the boys in the '88 Derby, trainer Woody Stephens vowed revenge with Forty Niner in the Preakness.
With Day piloting Forty Niner, second in the Derby, Stephens kept his promise.
www.usatoday.com /sports/horses/2002triplecrown/2002-05-15-baffert.htm   (640 words)

  
 United Press International: FAMED TRAINER WOODY STEPHENS DIES@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
MIAMI LAKES, Fla., Aug. 22 (UPI) _ Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens,
A spokesperson for the Heartland Health Care Center said Stephens died
Stephens had been confined to the convalescent center since early
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:19656575&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (141 words)

  
 Used Rare Bookstore Online Used Bookstore Washington Used Bookstore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines in Kansas by Stephens, H. Featured
Notes: 250 pgs., illustrated with 838 B/W photographs and 114 drawings and maps, white pictorial wraps are lightly creased, chipped and soiled, original price sticker on front cover, tiny closed tear on foot of spine, internally clean.
Terms: Checks and money orders, welcomed, or you may use your Visa or Mastercard card.
www.michaelsbooks.com /q_book_14048_Trees,-Shrubs-and-Woody-Vines-in-Kansas.html   (306 words)

  
 Stephens County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Meadows and open woodlands on basic or circumneutral soils; often with eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) and button snakeroot (Eryngium yuccifolium); Habersham County population discovered in 1994.
Plant collecting, residential and industrial development, encroachment of woody vegetation, highway construction and improvement, and certain types of roadside and powerline right-of-way maintenance
Red maple-flgum swamps; also sandy damp stream margins; on seepy, rocky, thinly vegetated slopes.
www.fws.gov /athens/endangered/counties/stephens_county.html   (164 words)

  
 WLKY.com - Triple Crown - The Cliff's Edge Wins Blue Grass Stakes
Zito won the 1 1/8-mile Blue Grass for the third time, having also done so in 1991 with Strike the Gold, who later gave Zito the first of his two Derby wins, and in 1998 with Halory Hunter.
Zito joined Woody Stephens, Ben Jones and LeRoy Jolley on the list of three-time Blue Grass winners.
No trainer has won the race four times.
www.thelouisvillechannel.com /triplecrown/2994712/detail.html   (206 words)

  
 Woody Stephens
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 Thoroughbred Times: Today's News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Whitney won the Paul Mellon Award and Smarty Jones's trainer, John Servis, won the Red Smith "Good Guy" award along with recently retired New York Racing Association announcer John Imbriale.
Other awards went to Nick Zito (C. Whitney Achievement Award), John Velazquez (Fourstardave and Eddie Arcaro Awards), Todd Pletcher (Woody Stephens Award), Ken and Sarah Ramsey (Ogden Phipps Award), Sackatoga Stable (Big Apple Award), and John Hettinger (President's Award).
The New York Turf Writers will honor the winners at their 82nd annual dinner and dance August 22 in Saratoga Springs.
www.thoroughbredtimes.com /todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=53605&subsec=1   (680 words)

  
 Neil Howard - NTRA
Involved with hunter/jumpers as a teen, Howard had his first exposure to racing in the late 1960s when he visited Waterford Park in West Virginia in search of show prospects
He gained his initial racetrack experience in 1969 working for trainer John Cotter, and later worked for such prominent horsemen as Joe Canty and Hall of Famers Woody Stephens and Mack Miller
After seven years with Miller (ending up as stable foreman), Howard went out on his own in the spring of 1979 and saddled his first winner, Knock Knock Bird, to a $43.60 payoff at River Downs on May 27, 1979
www.ntra.com /bios_content.asp?searchdata=neil+howard&searchby=trainer   (416 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Headlines for 08/23/98
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Jeff Gordon's car couldn't seem to do anything right Saturday night.
Woody Stephens, the Hall of Fame trainer who won an incredible five consecutive Belmont Stakes victories and was a fixture on Aiken's horse scene for years, died Saturday after a long illness.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher has made it clear that he's looking for a dependable backup to running back Jerome Bettis.
www.augustachronicle.com /sports/082398.html   (936 words)

  
 Dale L. Romans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Took out first trainer's license at age 18
Spent the winter of 1986 working as an assistant to Hall of Famer Woody Stephens at Hialeah Park
First winner came with Miss Mindy on Feb. 15, 1987, at Turfway Park.
www.gulfstreampark.com /Handicapping/TrainerBios/DaleLRomans.htm   (306 words)

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