MJ Farms announced that their beloved stallion “Woody” Woodbridge was laid to rest at 27 years old on Sunday, April 5th. Although unraced, Woodbridge played a vital role as a sire in the Quarter Horse racing industry. From 239 starters, he sired 140 winners, including 12 graded stakes winners and 9 graded stakes placers. His top performers include Woodys Gold, winner of the 2020 New Mexico State Fair Futurity-RG3, and the 2021 New Mexico Classic Derby-RG2, Woody Rocks, winner of the 2024 Zia Futurity-RG1, 2025 New Mexico Classic Derby-RG2 and the New Mexico HBA Stakes-RG2. His leading earner, Mister Riptide, won the 2019 Zia Quarter Horse Futurity-RG1, and came in second in the All American Futurity-G1. In 2020 Mister Riptide won the Zia Quarter Horse Derby-RG2, and his earnings exceed $748,000. Miss Hi Tide is his second leading earner, she has nearly $650,000 from her 2024 wins, which includes the New Mexico State Fair Derby-RG3 and the Mountain Top Derby. She came in second in the All American Oaks-G1 that same year. Woodbridge is by the leading sire Dash Ta Fame, a multiple graded stakes winner, and the Leading Paternal and Maternal Grandsire in the barrel racing industry. Woodbridge is out of Champagne Lane, a multiple graded stakes winner, whose achievements include the 1996 Diamond Classic Futurity-G1, 1997 La Primera Del Ano Derby-G2 and the Town Policy Handicap-G3. She has since become quite the broodmare, with her leading progeny including the likes of AQHA Champion Alice K White, Kendall Jackson, and Jesse Lane, adding nearly $1.8 million to her progeny earnings. MJ Farms said on their post, “He lived his entire life here at MJ Farms and gave so much to us and our breeding program. He started with some complications due to old age and is now resting here at the only place he knew as his home.”
By Rdona McLain, Speedhorse
