Woodrow Sedlacek

Horse trainer, Deceased Person

1919 – 2004

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Who was Woodrow Sedlacek?

Woodrow Sedlacek was an American Thoroughbred flat racing horse trainer.

Known as "Woody," Sedlacek is best remembered as the trainer of Bounding Basque with whom he won one edition of the 1983 Wood Memorial Stakes, and in 1985 the Brooklyn Handicap, the Massachusetts Handicap, and equaled the track record for 1ΒΌ miles Meadowlands Cup.

Sedlacek started in Thoroughbred horse racing as a jockey during the 1930s. He was almost killed in a racing accident in 1937 that left him with a plate in his head. In 1945, he began working as a trainer and retired from the sport in 1997 to a home in Florida.

Woody Sedlacek died from cancer in Ocala, Florida in 2004 at the age of 85.

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Born
Jun 7, 1919
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Died
Jul 19, 2004

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on July 23, 2013

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