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- William_Ward_Stephens abstract "William Ward \"Bill\" Stephens (November 21, 1922 - July 10, 1987) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A younger brother to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Woody Stephens, he was often referred to as \"Bill\" by the media.Stephens began his career in racing as his brother's assistant at Royce Martin's Woodvale Farm in Kentucky. However, his career was interrupted during World War II when he served overseas with the United States Army. He resumed his career in racing at war's end and in 1950 succeeded John Nerud as head trainer for Herbert Woolf's Woolford Farm. In 1951 he saddled his first stakes race winner, when Champion Sprinter of 1949 Delegate won the Roseben Handicap at New Yorks Belmont Park.Bill Stephens went on to train for the stable owned by Adele L. Rand. For Mrs. Rand, he most notably conditioned Clem whose important wins included three straight over future Hall of Fame inductee, Round Table. Clem did it first in the September 1, 1958 Washington Park Handicap while setting a new track record time. The colt was then shipped all the way to the East Coast of the United States to the Atlantic City Race Course where on September 13 he set another new track record for a mile and three sixteenths on turf in winning the United Nations Handicap while again defeating Round Table. Clem then beat Round Table for the third time in a row on September 27 in the Woodward Stakes.In the latter part of the 1960s, Bill Stephens took over from his brother as the trainer for Harry Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable. Among his successful Cain Hoy runners was the 1967 Futurity Stakes winner Captain's Gig who set a new Aqueduct track record. In 1958, en route to the Kentucky Derby the lightly raced colt won the Forerunner Purse at Keeneland then the Stepping Stone Purse at Churchill Downs.Retired from racing, Bill Stephens was living in Franklin Square, New York when he died at age sixty-four of lung cancer at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Brooklyn, New York".
- William_Ward_Stephens birthDate "1922-11-21".
- William_Ward_Stephens birthPlace Stanton,_Kentucky.
- William_Ward_Stephens birthPlace United_States.
- William_Ward_Stephens birthYear "1922".
- William_Ward_Stephens deathDate "1987-07-10".
- William_Ward_Stephens deathYear "1987".
- William_Ward_Stephens occupation Horse_trainer.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Arlington_Classic.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Barbara_Fritchie_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Bed_O_Roses_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Belmont_Futurity_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Forerunner_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Fred_%22Cappy%22_Capossela_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Jim_Dandy_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Lamplighter_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race New_Rochelle_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Palm_Beach_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Roseben_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Rumson_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Select_Stakes_(United_States).
- William_Ward_Stephens race Shevlin_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Stepping_Stone_Purse.
- William_Ward_Stephens race United_Nations_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Washington_Park_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Withers_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens race Woodward_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens raceHorse Captains_Gig_(horse).
- William_Ward_Stephens raceHorse Clem_(horse).
- William_Ward_Stephens raceHorse Delegate_(horse).
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- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageLength "6033".
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageOutDegree "73".
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageRevisionID "628715966".
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Aqueduct_Racetrack.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Arlington_Classic.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic_City_Race_Course.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Barbara_Fritchie_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Bed_O_Roses_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Belmont_Futurity_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Belmont_Park.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Brooklyn.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Cain_Hoy_Stable.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Captains_Gig_(horse).
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Category:1922_births.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Category:1987_deaths.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_horse_trainers.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_military_personnel_of_World_War_II.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Category:Deaths_from_lung_cancer.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Franklin_Square,_New_York.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Powell_County,_Kentucky.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Churchill_Downs.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Clem_(horse).
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Delegate_(horse).
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink East_Coast_of_the_United_States.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Forerunner_Stakes.
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- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Fred_%22Cappy%22_Capossela_Stakes.
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- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Keeneland.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Kentucky.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Kentucky_Derby.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Lamplighter_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Veterans_Affairs_medical_facilities.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Lung_cancer.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink New_Rochelle_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink New_York.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Palm_Beach_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Roseben_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Round_Table_(horse).
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Royce_G._Martin.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Rumson_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Select_Stakes_(United_States).
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Shevlin_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Stanton,_Kentucky.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Stepping_Stone_Purse.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Thoroughbred_horse_racing.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink United_Nations_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Army.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Washington_Park_Handicap.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Withers_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Woodvale_Farm.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Woodward_Stakes.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Woody_Stephens.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink Woolford_Farm.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bill Stephens".
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLinkText "William Stephens".
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLinkText "William W. Stephens".
- William_Ward_Stephens wikiPageWikiLinkText "William Ward Stephens".
- William_Ward_Stephens birthDate "1922-11-21".
- William_Ward_Stephens birthPlace Stanton,_Kentucky.
- William_Ward_Stephens birthPlace United_States.