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Kentucky Derby Update: Derby Dream Within Reach in Casse Barn

LOUISVILLE, KY – The 2-year-old champion Classic Empire and the Grade 1 Florida Derby runner-up State of Honor could bring a lifelong dream to the Mark Casse barn in the […]

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Kentucky Derby Update: McCraken Breezes Five Furlongs

LOUISVILLE, KY – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ McCraken turned in his penultimate workout for the Kentucky Derby, working five furlongs in 1:00.60 in company on a sunny Monday morning at Churchill Downs. […] Read More

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McCraken Works Sunday for $1 Million Toyota Blue Grass

LEXINGTON, KY – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ homebred McCraken, the probable favorite for Saturday’s Grade 2, $1 million Toyota Blue Grass, worked a half-mile in :49.40 over a fast main track after the […] Read More

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Blue Grass Hopeful McCraken Works at Keeneland

LEXINGTON, KY – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ undefeated graded stakes winner McCraken, who arrived at Keeneland on Thursday to begin preparations for the Grade 2, $1 million Toyota Blue Grass on April […] Read More

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Battalion Runner Breezes for G1 Florida Derby

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – St. Elias Stable’s Battalion Runner, a promising 3-year-old who has yet to be tested in stakes company, continued his march to the Grade 1, $1 million […] Read More

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Fifty Five Sets Stakes Record in G3 Florida Oaks

OLDSMAR, FL – Observers expecting the 34th edition of the Grade 3, $200,000 Florida Oaks to be one of the best in race history weren’t disappointed. After favorite La Coronel wrested […] Read More

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Bird Song Earns First Graded Stakes Victory in G3 Fred Hooper

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Marylou Whitney’s Bird Song took the lead after a half-mile and kept stablemates Realm and Tale of S’avall at bay down the stretch to earn his […] Read More

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McCraken Sets Track Record in Kentucky Derby Prep, G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes

OLDSMAR, FL. – McCraken lived up to all the hype. And then some. The unbeaten 3-year-old colt extended his record to 4-for-4 with an impressive victory over Tapwrit in the Kentucky Derby […] Read More

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Gulfstream Notes: Undefeated McCraken Nearing 3-Year-Old Debut

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Janice Whitham’s homebred Grade 2 winner McCraken, undefeated in three career starts, continues to train forwardly at Palm Meadows Training Center for his 3-year-old debut, trainer Ian Wilkes […] Read More

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McCraken Rallies to Collar Wild Shot in G2 Kentucky Jockey Club

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016) – Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC’s unbeaten odds-on favorite McCraken unleashed a powerful run on the far turn under Brian Hernandez Jr. as he rallied from […] Read More