Miss Woodford (horse)

Miss Woodford
Miss Woodford beating Freeland in 1885
Sire	Billet
Grandsire	Voltigeur
Dam	Fancy Jane
Damsire	Neil Robinson
Sex	Filly
Foaled	1880
Country	United States
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Catesby Woodford & Ezekial H. Clay
Owner	Bowen & Company Dwyer Brothers Stable
Trainer	James G. Rowe, Sr. Frank McCabe (at age 5)
Record	48: 37-7-2
Earnings	$118,270
Major wins
Spinaway Stakes (1882) Pimlico Stakes (1883) Alabama Stakes (1883) Ladies Handicap (1883) Monmouth Oaks (1883) Mermaid Stakes (1883) Champion Stakes (1884) Ocean Stakes (1884, 1885, 1886) Freehold Stakes (1885) Monmouth Cup (1888, 1889)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1967) Miss Woodford Stakes at Monmouth Park Racetrack
Last updated on 17 November 2010

Miss Woodford (1880–1899) was a brown Thoroughbred racemare that became one of the top American fillies of all time. At one stage, she won 16 consecutive races.

She was bred by Colonel Catesby Woodford and Colonel Ezekial Clay of Runnymede Farm near Paris, Kentucky. (Ezekial Clay was chairman of the Kentucky State Racing Commission.) Miss Woodford was by Billet, (imported from England, and the leading sire in America in 1883, due almost entirely to Miss Woodford), out of the unraced Fancy Jane, by Neil Robinson.

Miss Woodford was sold to Mike and Phil Dwyer of the Dwyer Brothers Stable to replace Hindoo, their retired champion. They traded Hindoo as a stallion prospect plus a couple of fillies (two daughters of the mare Maggie B.B.: Red and Blue by Alarm, and Francesca by Leamington; Francesca was a stakes winner) to her then owner, George W. Bowen, in exchange for $9,000 cash and his three-year-old filly.

Miss Woodford had already raced for Bowen & Company, winning the Spinaway Stakes. After she was purchased by the Dwyers, Miss Woodward, like Hindoo, was trained by National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee James G. Rowe, Sr. A dispute with the Dwyers concerning Miss Woodford caused Rowe to resign and become a racing official. Eventually, though, Rowe returned to training, campaigning great runners such as Sysonby, Colin, two-time Horse of the Year (1900-1901) Commando: the sire of Colin, Peter Pan, Maskette and Sweep.) At the time they acquired Miss Woodford, the Dwyer brothers already owned a colt who was considered the best of his crop. With the addition of Miss Woodford, they now owned a top colt, George Kinney, and a top filly.