Hudson is the founder (with Jerry McAdams) and publisher of Track magazine, which is the oldest and largest independently-owned publication serving the running serving "the running Quarter Horse business."

Track has been around for 29 years. During that time, the publication has been the recipient of many awards, including a National Addy Award from the American Advertising Federation in 1983 and an AQHA National Sprint Award in 1996 for the best published horse photograph.

In the late 1970s, Hudson became a member of the American Quarter Horse Association's Racing Committee and was instrumental in the formation of that group's Racing Council. In 1987, Hudson became one of the 150 nationally-elected directors for the AQHA, and he has become the association's longest acting director from Texas after 16 consecutive years.

In 2001, Hudson was elected to the AQHA's Racing Council, a nine-member group that oversees all of the AQHA's racing activities. He is currently Vice-Chairman of the AQHA Racing Council.

Hudson purchased his first American Quarter Horse as a teenager in the 1950s. Over the years, he has been involved in the appraisal or sale of some of the most priminent horses in the history of the AQHA.

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