Burnham Square

Last updated
Burnham Square
Burnham Square.webp
Burnham Square parading in the Matt Winn
Sire Liam's Map
Grandsire Unbridled's Song
DamLinda
Damsire Scat Daddy
Sex Gelding
FoaledApril 9, 2022 [1]
CountryUnited States
Colour Bay
BreederWhitham Thoroughbreds
OwnerWhitham Thoroughbreds
Trainer Ian R. Wilkes
Record9: 3 - 2 - 1
Earnings US$1,087,755 [2]
Major wins
Holy Bull Stakes (2025)
Blue Grass Stakes (2025)
Last updated on July 24, 2025

Burnham Square (foaled April 9, 2022) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland in 2025 as a three-year-old. [2]

Contents

Background

Burnham Square is a bay gelding bred and owned by Whitham Thoroughbreds. His sire is Liam's Map and his dam is Linda who was sired by Scat Daddy. [3] His dam Linda was also owned by Whitham Thoroughbreds and trained by Ian R. Wilkes won the 2016 Grade III Mrs. Revere Stakes at Churchill Downs winning $407,310 with a record of 3-4-5 in 15 starts. [4] Second dam, Beautiful Noise was also a graded winner winning the 2001 Grade II Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita Park for Janis Whitham [5] and the third dam, Listen Well was a winner at Belmont Park from champion Secretariat. [6]

Burnham Square became the fifth Grade I winner for sire Liam's Map, who stands at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky for an advertised fee of $40,000. [3]

Burnham Square accrued the most qualification points in the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Statistics

DateDistanceRaceGradeTrackOddsFieldFinishWinning
Time		Winning
(Losing)
Margin		JockeyRef
2024 – Two-year-old season
Oct 26, 2024 Keeneland 1121:12.33Francisco Arrieta [7]
Nov 30, 2024 Churchill Downs 1131:43.52Francisco Arrieta [8]
Dec 28, 2024 Gulfstream Park 711:44.31Edgard Zayas [9]
2025 – Three-year-old season
Feb 1, 2025 Holy Bull Stakes Gulfstream Park 711:43.60Edgard Zayas [10]
Mar 2, 2024 Fountain of Youth Stakes Gulfstream Park 641:43.12Edgard Zayas [11]
Apr 8, 2025 Blue Grass Stakes Keeneland 711:51.33 Brian Hernandez Jr. [12]
May 3, 2025 Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs 1962:02.31 Brian Hernandez Jr. [13]
Jun 8, 2025 Matt Winn Stakes Churchill Downs 421:42.12 Brian Hernandez Jr. [14]
Jul 19, 2025 Haskell Stakes Monmouth Park 10.20851:48.15 Brian Hernandez Jr. [15]

Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Burnham Square was the post-time favorite.

    Pedigree

    Pedigree of Burnham Square, bay gelding, April 9, 2022 [1]
    Sire
    Liam's Map
    (2013)    		 Unbridled's Song
    (1993)    		 Unbridled
    (1987)    		 Fappiano (1977)
    Gana Facil (1981)
    Trolley Song
    (1983)    		 Caro (1967)
    Lucky Spell (1971)
    Miss Macy Sue
    (2003)    		Trippi
    (1997)    		End Sweep (1991)
    Jealous Appeal (1983)
    Yada Yada
    (1996)    		Great Above (1972)
    Stem (1982)
    Dam
    Linda
    (2013)    		 Scat Daddy
    (2004)    		 Johannesburg
    (1999)    		Hennessy (1993)
    Myth (1993)
    Love Style
    (1999)    		 Mr. Prospector (1970)
    Likeable Style (1990)
    Beautiful Noise
    (1996)    		 Sunny's Halo (CAN)
    (1980)    		 Halo (1969)
    Mostly Sunny (CAN) (1971)
    Listen Wall
    (1987)    		 Secretariat (1970)
    Margaret's Number (1970)(family 19-b) [16]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Pedigree of Burnham Square". Equineline. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    2. 1 2 "Profile of Burnham Square". www.equibase.com. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
    3. 1 2 King, Byron (April 8, 2025). "Burnham Square Flies to Blue Grass Victory; Whitham Thoroughbreds' homebred goes from last to first in the Blue Grass (G1)". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    4. ↑ "Profile of Linda". www.equibase.com. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    5. ↑ "Profile of Beautiful Noise". www.equibase.com. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    6. ↑ "Profile of Listen Well". www.equibase.com. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    7. ↑ "Chart for October 26, 2024 Maiden Claiming at Keeneland - race 10". www.equibase.com. October 26, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    8. ↑ "Chart for November 30, 2024 Maiden Special Weight at Churchill Downs - race 12". www.equibase.com. November 30, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    9. ↑ "Chart for December 28, 2024 Maiden Special Weight at Gulfstream Park - race 7". www.equibase.com. December 28, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    10. ↑ "2025 Holy Bull Stakes Grade 3 – (race 11)". Equibase. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
    11. ↑ "2025 Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes Grade 2 (race 13)". Equibase. 1 March 2025. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    12. ↑ "2025 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes Grade 1 - (race 10)". Equibase. April 8, 2025. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
    13. ↑ "2025 Kentucky Derby Grade 1 - (race 12)". Equibase. May 3, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
    14. ↑ "2025 Matt Winn Stakes Grade 3 – (race 8)". Equibase. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
    15. ↑ "NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes Grade 1 - (race 12)". Equibase. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
    16. ↑ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Constantia – Family 19-b". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.