DICK AND SUE WOODHOUSE

Both Dick and Sue Woodhouse were born and lived their whole lives in Dorset. Dick went intofarming and Sue wasa farmer’s daughter.Dick marrying an already talented leading lady Point-to-Point Rider put in placeaformidable team.

Their lives centred on hunting and racing horses, being owners, riders, trainers, lorry drivers, grooms and breeders as well as Stewarding at manyPoint-to-Points and also hereatWincanton. Having said that, the usual result wasDick doing mostofthe riding and Sue all the training!

They had manysuccessful horses but twostand out. Woodside Terrace, purchased at Ascot Sales for360gns, went on to win the Cheltenham Foxhunters in 1965, as a 100/1 outsider and Dick’sfirstride under rules. Then Highworth arrived, to be a multiple Point-to-Point winner and successful regularly in Hunter Chases hereat Wincanton. He also wastowin the Cheltenham Foxhunters, in 1970, and went on the next year to run in the Grand National –fulfilling Dick’sgreatestambition.

Sadly Dick died in 1983 in his early fifties from cancer but Sue carried on regularly Stewarding both hereand at Taunton. She continued to breed aline of highly successful Point-to-Pointers, the mostwell-known and prolific being Hops And Pops, who provided Robert Alner with some of his early successes as atrainer.Sue retired in 2003and wasduly presented with the Wessex Area Point-to-Point Awardfor lifetime achievement.

Sue sadly passed away in 2008 but this Hunter Chase continues to be run annually in Dick and Sue's memory