Whitmore (Pleasantly Perfect), coming off a runner-up effort in the GIII Southwest S., worked five furlongs at Oaklawn Park Sunday in 1:00. It was the co-fastest of 46 at the distance Sunday. The chestnut gelding is expected to make his next start in the Mar. 19 GII Rebel S. Whitmore worked in company with fellow Ron Moquett trainee Tisdale (Friesan Fire). Whitmore was on the inside under Greta Kuntzweiler and pulled away from Tisdale on the six-furlong gallop-out around the first turn in 1:13.20. Tisdale, named for the late Oklahoma basketball great Wayman Tisdale, covered five furlongs in 1:00.20.
“I wanted to work him with a good horse,” Moquett commented. “I believe Tisdale is a quality horse, a stakes-caliber horse. I thought it was a good work for both of them.”
Tisdale, coming off a Feb. 6 maiden score at Oaklawn, is under consideration for the Apr. 2 GIII Spiral S. at Turfway.
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