Woody Stephens (September 1, 1913 – August 22, 1998) was an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. ...

Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, he first started as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched to training horses. After working as an assistant for several years, in the late 1930s he started training on his own, taking on horses from various owners. Near the end of the 1950's he was hired by the wealthy Harry Guggenheim as head trainer for his Cain Hoy Stable. The moved proved very successful, with Stephens training several champions and winning a number of major stakes races including the Kentucky Oaks three times. He remained with the Guggenheim operation for ten years before returning to run his own stable again in 1966. Stanton is a city located in Powell County, Kentucky. ... Toulouse-Lautrec - The Jockey (1899) In sports, a jockey is one who rides horses in racing, primarily as a profession. ... Stakes race is a term applied to thoroughbred horse racing to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ... The Kentucky Oaks is a Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky. ...

In a career that spanned seven decades, Woody Stephens trained eleven Eclipse Award winners and his horses won over a hundred Grade 1 stakes races. Among his most notable was Conquistador Cielo, the 1982 Horse of the Year. 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. Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ... The Kentucky Oaks is a Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky. ... A filly is a female horse, specifically one which has not reached sexual maturity. ... The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...

Woody 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 always seen as an ordinary guy in rumpled clothes, his earnings from racing plus investments in successful breeding stock made him a very wealthy man. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...

Woody Stephens died in 1998 in Miami Lakes, Florida from complications of chronic emphysema eight days shy of his 85th birthday. Miami Lakes is a census-designated place and town located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ...

U.S.Triple Crown race winners: The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...

• Kentucky Derby:
  • 1974  : Canonade
  • 1884  : Swale

• Preakness Stakes:
  • 1952  : Blue Man

• Belmont Stakes:
  • 1982  : Conquistador Cielo
  • 1983  : Caveat
  • 1984  : Swale
  • 1985  : Creme Fraiche
  • 1986  : Danzig Connection