Burnham Square

Burnham Square is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland in 2025 as a three-year-old.

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. 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. Second dam, Beautiful Noise was also a graded winner winning the 2001 Grade II Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita Park for Janis Whitham and the third dam, Listen Well was a winner at Belmont Park from champion Secretariat.
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.
Burnham Square accrued the most qualification points in the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Statistics

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An asterisk after the odds means Burnham Square was the post-time favorite.