“By horse crazy, I mean I am obsessed with horses, and always have been—obsessed with how to ride them, how to train them, how to care for them, how they think, and how we should think about them.”—Jim Wofford, in the introduction to his memoir, Still Horse Crazy After All These Years.
James C. Wofford, known to many as “Jimmy,” “Jim” and “Woff,” spent his life with horses and was one of the best-known eventing trainers in the world. After Wofford died at age 78 on February 2, 2023, at his Fox Covert Farm in Upperville, Virginia, the accolades of his many students over the years, swept through the horse community.
A Coach
“I know we have lost the physical form of Jimmy, but we have not lost the things that matter—his unbelievable love of
