Island Whirl

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Island Whirl
SirePago Pago
GrandsireMatrice
DamAlitwirl
DamsireYour Alibhai
SexStallion
FoaledMarch 17, 1978
CountryUSA
BreederElcee-H Stable & Breeding Farm, Inc. (William Harder)
OwnerElcee-H Stable
Trainer Lazaro S. Barrera, D. Wayne Lukas
Record34:11-6-6 [1]
Earnings$1,144,010
Major wins
El Cajon Stakes (1981)
Malibu Stakes (1981)
Super Derby (1981)
Woodward Stakes (1982)
Hollywood Gold Cup (1983)
Whitney Handicap (1983)

Island Whirl (foaled March 17, 1978) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1983 Whitney Handicap. [1]

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Career

Island Whirl's first race was on May 31, 1980, at Calder Racecourse, where he came in 8th. In his third start on October 29, 1980, again at Calder, he got his first win.

Island Whirl captured his first stakes race win on September 4, 1981, in the El Cajon Stakes. He then set a new Louisiana Downs track record for 1+14 miles in his second stakes race in the Super Derby. [2]

Island Whirl won his first Graded stakes race win on January 3, 1982 in the Malibu Stakes. He competed in multiple other Graded stakes races throughout 1982, and won another in the Woodward Stakes on September 4 that year. His wins throughout 1982 helped him gain entry to the 1982 Jockey Club Gold Cup, where he placed 4th.

During the summer of 1983, Island Whirl picked up two major Graded Stakes wins in a row with victories in the prestigious Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park Racetrack [3] and the 1983 Whitney Handicap, which turned out to be the last wins of his career.

Island Whirl's final races of his career came in the 1983 Monmouth Handicap in which he finished in second-place. That was followed by a fifth-place finish in the 1983 Woodward Stakes on September 3, 1983. [1]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Island whirl (USA), 1978 [4]
Sire
Pago Pago (AUS)
1960
Matrice (AUS)
1951
Masthead Blue Peter
Schiaparelli
La PatriceSt. Magnus
La Joconde
Pompilia (AUS)
1951
Abbots FellFelstead
Lady Abbess
Pagan QueenTalking
Certes
Dam
Alitwirl (USA)
1968
Your Alibhai (USA)
1958
Alibhai Hyperion
Teresina
Your GameBeau Pere
Winkle
Amber Dancer (USA)
1963
Native Dancer Polynesian
Geisha
Occasionally Ambiorix
Seldom

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Island Whirl" . Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "7-1 Shot Takes Super Derby". The New York Times, Section 5, Page 7. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  3. "Island Whirl took the lead at the start and..." Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. "Island Whirl" . Retrieved 10 August 2019.