Whitham Thoroughbreds' Burnham Square, a troubled sixth-place finisher in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1), is being pointed to the $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) June 8 at Churchill Downs, according to trainer Ian Wilkes.
Burnham Square, winner of the April 8 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, experienced significant trouble in the Derby when Admire Daytona slowed abruptly in front of him and caused jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. to check repeatedly.
"In a 20-horse field, somebody is going to have trouble, and I guess it was my turn," Wilkes said the morning after the race. "I thought he ran a terrific race. He got stopped at the half-mile pole when everybody else was making their move, and then he got going again to get sixth. Without the trouble, I think he would have been in the top three."
A homebred gelded son of Liam's Map , Burnham Square is out of the mare Linda, who won the 2016 Mrs. Revere Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs.
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