Windmill heading to Purple Martin

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Windmill, who is unbeaten in two starts, is being pointed to the $200,000 Purple Martin for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs April 3 at Oaklawn, trainer Larry Jones said Tuesday.

Windmill won her debut in a maiden special weight sprint Jan. 23 at Oaklawn, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 84. She came back and won the $150,000 Dixie Belle by a length here Feb. 28, defeating a strong field with a Beyer of 87.

“I was very tickled with her,” Jones said. “It was nice for her to be able to handle horses like that. Thank goodness a lot of them had not raced a lot – [but] it looked like they knew what they were doing. Three were undefeated fillies.

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“We knew everybody brought a nice horse to the race, and for her to be able to beat them the way she did, well within herself, I was very pleased.”

Windmill is a daughter of Street Sense who races for Fox Hill Farms. She’s from the female family of Grade 1 winners Tara’s Tango and Visionaire.

Whitmore halter at auction

A halter from champion Whitmore is one of the auction items set to be sold online in an upcoming fundraiser for the Arkansas Racetrack Chaplaincy. Other items include a quilt made out of Oaklawn stakes saddle towels and a diamond necklace, said Robi Heffington, who serves as the local chaplain alongside her husband, Rich.

The auction will run March 25-28 at www.oaklawnchapel.wedoauctions.com. It replaces the annual banquet fundraiser, which has been canceled for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic.