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29: 558: 286:, their retired champion. They traded Hindoo as a stallion prospect plus a couple of fillies to her then owner, George W. Bowen, in exchange for $ 9,000 cash and his three-year-old filly. The fillies were two daughters of the mare Maggie B.B.: Red and Blue by Alarm, and the stakes winner Francesca by the leading sire 322:(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, 597: 310:
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
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and was bred. Although she produced the stakes winners George Kessler and Sombre, as well as three other winners from nine foals, none of her progeny approached her abilities.
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Miss Woodford ran in 48 races and won 37. She was second in 7 and third in 2. In her three match races, she won two. Her lifetime earnings at distances up to
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and foaled at Clay's Runnymeade Stud. Miss Woodford was by Billet, who was imported from England and went on to be the
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in 1883, due almost entirely to Miss Woodford. She was out of the unraced mare Fancy Jane, who was by Neil Robinson.
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One of the highlights of her three-year-old season was defeating George Kinney, her stablemate who had won the
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miles amounted to $ 118,270. This made her the highest stakes winning filly in American history.
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who was one of the top American fillies of all time, winning 16 consecutive races.
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Women of the Year - Ten Fillies Who Achieved Horse Racing's Highest Honor
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One of her best efforts was the Eclipse Stake at the Fair Grounds in
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Miss Woodford had already raced for Bowen & Company, winning the
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United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees
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Ezekiel Clay & Catesby Woodford breeding partnership
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Miss Woodford was sold to Mike and Phil Dwyer of the
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Voltigeur
Filly
United States
Clay & Woodford partnership
Dwyer Brothers Stable
James G. Rowe Sr.
Frank McCabe
Misses' Stakes
Spinaway Stakes
Pimlico Stakes
Alabama Stakes
Ladies Handicap
Monmouth Oaks
Mermaid Stakes
Champion Stakes
Freehold Stakes
Monmouth Cup
United States Racing Hall of Fame
Miss Woodford Stakes
Monmouth Park Racetrack
Thoroughbred
racehorse
Ezekiel Clay & Catesby Woodford breeding partnership
Leading sire in North America
Dwyer Brothers Stable
Hindoo
Leamington
Spinaway Stakes
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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