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Whitmore settles in at Oaklawn for start of 2021 campaign

Mary Rampellini|Jan 20, 2021

Whitmore wins the 2020 Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland Racecourse

Barbara D. Livingston Whitmore, winner of the 2020 Breeders' Cup Sprint, is a candidate for the $200,000 Hot Springs Stakes on March 13.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Whitmore, who won the Breeders’ Cup Sprint in November and is an Eclipse Awards finalist for champion male sprinter of 2020, is settled in at Oaklawn, co-owner and trainer Ron Moquett said.

Whitmore had some time off following the Breeders’ Cup.

“We gave him a little breather, brought him back the day after Christmas,” Moquett said. “He’s training, doing basically the normal Whitmore.”

Whitmore regularly starts his season at Oaklawn, and Moquett said the horse again is a candidate for the $200,000 Hot Springs Stakes on March 13 and the Grade 3, $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap on April 10.

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“To me, those races have proven to build a good groundwork to get to the Breeders’ Cup,” Moquett said.

Whitmore, now 8, won a record fourth consecutive Hot Springs Stakes last March. A month later, he became the first three-time winner of the Grade 3 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap. He has made four appearances in the Breeders’ Cup.

In addition to Moquett, Whitmore races for Robert LaPenta and Head of Plains Partners.

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