Researching Woodrow Sedlacek
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The name Woodrow means "The Path through the Woods" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Woodrow Sedlacek on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Woodrow Sedlacek and the Sedlacek Genealogy
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Woodrow Sedlacek. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Woodrow Sedlacek
Woodrow Sedlacek
Woodrow Sedlacek (June 7, 1919 – July 19, 2004) was an American Thoroughbred flat racing horse trainer.
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 1¼ 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.
Sedlacek died from cancer in Ocala, Florida in 2004 at the age of 85.
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