Oscar White

Oscar White
Occupation	Trainer
Born	August 27, 1908 Pittsville, Maryland
Died	April, 1983 Pittsville, Maryland
Career wins	not 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) Travers Stakes (1946, 1952, 1958) Beldame Stakes (1947) Havre de Grace Handicap (1948) Manhattan Handicap (1948) 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) American Classic Race wins: Belmont Stakes (1945, 1952)
Honours
Delaware Park Racetrack Wall of Fame
Significant horses
Pavot, One Count, Kiss Me Kate

Oscar White (August 27, 1908 - April, 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:

Pavot - undefeated 1944 American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse and winner of the 1945 Belmont Stakes
Kiss Me Kate - voted 1951 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
One Count - won 1952 Belmont Stakes, voted 1952 American Horse of the Year^[2]

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

Oscar White

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