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Oscar White

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Oscar White
OccupationTrainer
Born(1908-08-27)August 27, 1908
Pittsville, Maryland
DiedApril 7, 1983(1983-04-07) (aged 74)
Pittsville, Maryland
Resting placePittsville Cemetery, Pittsville, Maryland
Career winsNot found
Major racing wins
Saratoga Special Stakes (1942, 1944)
Belmont Futurity Stakes (1944)
Hopeful Stakes (1944)
Jersey Derby (1945, 1946)
Whitney Handicap (1945)
Jerome Handicap (1946)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1946, 1952)
Massachusetts Handicap (1946)
Peter Pan Stakes (1946)
Questionnaire Handicap (1946)
Travers Stakes (1946, 1952, 1958)
Wilson Stakes (1946)
Beldame Stakes (1947)
Potomac Handicap (1947)
Edgemere Handicap (1948)
Havre de Grace Handicap (1948)
Manhattan Handicap (1948)
National Stallion Stakes (filly division) (1948)
Saratoga Cup (1948)
Saratoga Handicap (1948)
Empire City Gold Cup (1949, 1952)
Monmouth Oaks (1949)
Acorn Stakes (1951)
Alabama Stakes (1951)
Delaware Oaks (1951)
Gazelle Stakes (1951)
Delaware Handicap (1950, 1952)
Firenze Handicap (1953)
Molly Pitcher Stakes (1969)
Maskette Handicap (1969)
Gardenia Stakes (1970)

American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1945, 1952)

Honors
Delaware Park Racetrack Wall of Fame
Significant horses
Pavot, One Count, Kiss Me Kate

Oscar Russell White (August 27, 1908 – April 7, 1983) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who twice won the third leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. In 1941, he took over training duties for the prominent racing stable of Walter and Sarah Jeffords when Buddy Hirsch left to serve in World War II with the United States Army.[1]

Oscar White's best horses were:

In 2011, Oscar White was elected to Delaware Park Racetrack's Wall of Fame.[3]

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