Trainer Woody Stephens often said that winning five consecutive editions of the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) was the biggest accomplishment in his Hall of Fame career.

Woody Stephens was a Kentucky hardboot at heart, but he had a special kind of magic that we all miss — and especially at this time when the bugler calls the field to the track for the Belmont ...

While Stephens and Hancock made their way to the paddock in a downpour, Stephens asked Hancock if he thought the colt had a chance. "No, Woody, I don't," Hancock recalled telling the trainer.

SARATOGA SPRINGS With horses, there was Secretariat. With jockeys there was Eddie Arcaro. With trainers, there was Woody Stephens. Racing lost not just a trainer yesterday, but a legend. Woodford C… ...

T he talented but lightly-raced Colloquial will not contest this Saturday's Grade 1 Woody Stephens at Saratoga, trainer George Weaver confirmed to the Daily Racing Form on Thursday morning. The ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Harrell Ventures and Starlight Racing’s promising stakes-winner Colloquial worked five furlongs in 1:03.25 on Thursday over Saratoga Race Course’s Oklahoma dirt ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Mark Fletcher Taylor, Daniel Walters and trainer Rohan Crichton’s Macho Music worked Friday for a probable next start in the Grade 1, $500,000 Woody Stephens presented ...

Patch Adams, ridden by Luis Saez, wins the Grade I Woody Stephens Stakes on Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Colloquial 'Not 100 Percent,' Will Scratch From Woody Stephens originally appeared on Paulick Report.. The talented but lightly-raced Colloquial will not contest this Saturday's Grade 1 Woody ...