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Roy Woodward
Roy Woodward
Article by Alan Trout
Article by Alan Trout
Roy John Woodward rode one winner over jumps on the last day of 1954, then returned nearly six years later to add another.
Roy John Woodward rode one winner over jumps on the last day of 1954, then returned nearly six years later to add another.
He was unplaced on his first ride when Bonaparte finished well beaten in the Hanley Selling Handicap Hurdle at Uttoxeter on September 23, 1954. He registered his first win three months later at Manchester on New Year’s Eve 1954, when the five-year-old Intermittence came with a strong run to take the lead at the last fence in the Canal Novices’ Chase and beat Arthur Thompson’s mount Kipling Walk by eight lengths.
He was unplaced on his first ride when Bonaparte finished well beaten in the Hanley Selling Handicap Hurdle at Uttoxeter on September 23, 1954. He registered his first win three months later at Manchester on New Year’s Eve 1954, when the five-year-old Intermittence came with a strong run to take the lead at the last fence in the Canal Novices’ Chase and beat Arthur Thompson’s mount Kipling Walk by eight lengths.
It was Roy’s third ride on the winner, the second of which had ended in a fall. They finished third on their next outing but after Intermittence had slipped up at Haydock Park in February 1955, Tim Brookshaw took over in the saddle.
It was Roy’s third ride on the winner, the second of which had ended in a fall. They finished third on their next outing but after Intermittence had slipped up at Haydock Park in February 1955, Tim Brookshaw took over in the saddle.
Roy held a licence for the 1955/56 season but not for the next two, nor for the 1959/60 campaign. However, he returned to the winner’s enclosure at Southwell on December 19, 1960, after his mount M.K.J., trained by George Vergette, had got the better of a prolonged duel with Barden, the mount of Paddy Farrell, to win the Burgage Selling Handicap Hurdle by a length and a half.
Roy held a licence for the 1955/56 season but not for the next two, nor for the 1959/60 campaign. However, he returned to the winner’s enclosure at Southwell on December 19, 1960, after his mount M.K.J., trained by George Vergette, had got the better of a prolonged duel with Barden, the mount of Paddy Farrell, to win the Burgage Selling Handicap Hurdle by a length and a half.
Roy had finished second on M.K.J. at Leicester the previous month. He rode the horse twice more, yielding one fourth place, before Paddy Farrell took over.
Roy had finished second on M.K.J. at Leicester the previous month. He rode the horse twice more, yielding one fourth place, before Paddy Farrell took over.
His final ride was Light Dragoon, pulled up in the Beginners’ Handicap Chase at Market Rasen on Easter Monday, April 15, 1963.
His final ride was Light Dragoon, pulled up in the Beginners’ Handicap Chase at Market Rasen on Easter Monday, April 15, 1963.
Roy Woodward rode his first winner, Intermittence, at Manchester, December 31, 1954
Roy's second winner was M.K.J. at Southwell
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