Hedley Woodhouse
(1920-1984)
Canadian jockey
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Hedley John Woodhouse (January 23, 1920 - December 29, 1984) was a Canadian jockey who won the New York state riding championship in 1953. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he began his racing career there in 1937 at the Lansdowne Park racetrack as an apprentice with A.C.T. Stock Farm owned by industrialist Austin C. Taylor. Woodhouse's ability would soon see him racing at tracks along the West Coast of the United States and in 1944 he rode Happy Issue to victory in the Grade I Vanity Handicap and Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California.
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23 January 1920 Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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| Died |
1 December 1984 (aged 64) Franklin Square, New York, United States
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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