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White Abarrio is a multiple Grade I winning American Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a winner of four Grade I stakes races: the Florida Derby in 2022, the Whitney Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic in 2023, and the Pegasus World Cup in 2025.

Background
White Abarrio is a gray horse bred by Spendthrift Farm. He is by the Tapit son Race Day, out of the Into Mischief mare Catching Diamonds. White Abarrio was sold as a yearling at the 2020 OBS Winter Mixed Sale for $7,500 to Jose Ordonez from Summerfield's consignment. The following year, he was a $40,000 purchase by Carlos Perez from the 2021 Ocala Breeders' Sales March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, where he was consigned by Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds. White Abarrio is the only one of Catching Diamonds' five foals to race. Her most recent offspring are a yearling Lord Nelson colt and a Yaupon 2023 filly. ==Racing career==
Racing career
2021: Two-year-old season White Abarrio won by lengths in his first start on September 24, 2021, at Gulfstream Park for Perez. Following the win, the horse was sold privately to Clint and Mark Cornett's C2 Racing Stable, with the original owners retaining a share through La Milagrosa Stable, and the horse was transferred to trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. White Abarrio had two more starts, winning against a short allowance field at Gulfstream on October 29 before finishing third in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs. The owners then sent him to Belmont Park to contest the Grade I Metropolitan Handicap, where he finished third to eventual Horse of the Year Cody's Wish. The Whitney would also be Dutrow's first Grade I victory since returning from a 10-year suspension imposed by the New York State Gaming Commission. White Abarrio finished second to Cody's Wish in Eclipse Award voting for American Horse of the Year and American Champion Older Dirt Male Horse. 2024: Five-year-old season After poor finishes in the Saudi Cup in Saudi Arabia and the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont, C2 Racing Stable announced that White Abarrio would be transferred back to Saffie Joseph, Jr. and be pointed to the John A. Nerud Stakes. The horse did not run in the Nerud, with Joseph telling Daily Racing Form that they wanted to give the horse "a little more time." White Abarrio came back at the end of the year in a pair of 7-furlong sprints at Gulfstream, winning an allowance and finishing second in the Mr. Prospector Stakes. Two months later, he won the Ghostzapper Stakes at Gulfstream. Later in the year he finished fourth in the Metropolitan Handicap, the Whitney Stakes and the Jockey Club Gold Cup, all at Saratoga. Immediately before the race, White Abarrio was scratched by the stewards. According to reports, regulatory veterinarians expressed concern about possible lameness in the horse's left front leg. The following day, C2 Racing Stable stated that White Abarrio was doing well, with no soundness issues. The owners of White Abarrio sued the California Horse Racing Board, Del Mar and the Breeders' Cup in April 2026, alleging that the horse's late scratch from the race violated California regulations and protocols. 2026: Seven-year-old season White Abarrio began his seven-year-old season by attempting to defend his Pegasus World Cup win from the previous year, finishing second behind Skippylongstocking. He was then entered to compete in the Oaklawn Handicap against two of the country's top three-year-olds of 2025: Horse of the Year Sovereignty and Preakness winner Journalism. ==Statistics==
Statistics
Notes: An (*) asterisk after the odds means White Abarrio was the post-time favorite. ==Pedigree==
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