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Trainer Ian Wilkes hasn’t won a Derby on his own—yet. But with Burnham Square surging at the right moment, that could change ...
Trainer Ian Wilkes, jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. praised Burnham Square's endurance, determination following a hard-fought Blue ...
Owner: Whitham Thoroughbreds (Janis Whitham). She’s 0 for 1 in the Derby, finishing eighth with McCraken in 2017. Trainer: ...
The Ian Wilkes trainee needed points, and he got them; Burnham Square has now earned his way into the field for the Kentucky ...
Hernandez Jr. and his ride won by the slimmest of deciders, a nose. It was the fifth time since 1937 that the Toyota Blue ...
Burnham Square ran last in the field of seven for the first half of the Blue Grass before jockey Brian Hernandez began to ...
Under what was described as “perfect conditions” by analyst Kaitlin Free, a busy Saturday morning at Churchill Downs ensued as seven GI Kentucky Derby contenders logged published workouts for the “Run ...
Burnham Square — trained by Ian Wilkes and ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr. — won a photo finish in a distinct 101st running of ...
The win, which earned him a career-best 104 Equibase speed figure, catapulted Ian Wilkes’ prized colt to the top of the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with 130 points. Burnham Square, who received a ...
Trainer Ian Wilkes shipped Burnham Square back to Churchill Downs to train for the Kentucky Derby (G1) after his April 8 ...