Woody won The Kentucky Derby twice (Angel Cordero Jr. rode one of them), The Kentucky Oaks 5 times, trained 11 Eclipse Award winners, and won over 100 Grade 1 races. It’s the 5 Belmonts in a row that takes the cake though. The most remarkable of Woody’s Belmonts was his first ...
One last thought...how many people realize that SEC's quarter mile fractions in the Kentucky Derby were faster than each preceding fraction, a REMARKABLE accomplishment over a 1-1/4 mile race. To steadily increase your speed from start to finish over that distance should be virtually ...