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Barry Hodgson

Barry Hodgson Birth Date: March 9, 1961
Year Started Driving: 1961
Hometown: Wetaskiwin, AB
WPCA Championship Final Heat Qualifications: 5
WINS: 1

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World Professional Standings

2009 - 18th
2008 - 21st
2007 - 24th
2006 - 28t
2005 - 32nd
2004 - 29th
2003 - 33rd 

Personal Information

Barry Hodgson is a veteran horseman who will be making his second consecutive appearance at the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Championship. Barry placed a career best 18th overall in the World Standings in 2009, posted 10 top ten runs, with 5 runs that cracked the top five. A top ten overall finish at the Ponoka Stampede was his best of the year. Barry won his first career show championship in 2008 capturing the Colonial Days Fair in Lloydminster. He won the DC Energy Services Clean Drive Award at the 2007 Badlands Dinosaur Derby, the DC Energy Services Clean Drive Award at the 2006 Ponoka Stampede and has qualified for 5 career sudden death championship final heats. He has participated annually in EnCana’s WPCA/4-H Mentorship Program since 2007. Prior to driving chuckwagons, in the previous twenty-two years Barry was a thoroughbred trainer at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Arizona, winning over 400 races and 1.5 million in purses. Barry is the nephew of former World and 3-time Calgary Stampede champion Dave Lewis, and cousin to fellow competitor Rick Fraser. Barry lists hockey, horse racing and ski-dooing amongst his interests. Barry has 2 children - Justin and Cody, and makes his home in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

Major Awards And Victories
 

  • 2008: Colonial Days Fair

 


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