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Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC
$1,538,957
2026 earnings
19%
2026 wins
$10,263,479
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2026 Stats
Career Stats
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7
Firsts
97
5
Seconds
95
11
Thirds
68
13
Unplaced
341
36
Starts
601
$1,538,957
Earnings
$10,263,479
$42,749
Earnings / Start
$17,077
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Bio
Janis Whitham owns and bred 2017 Kentucky Derby hopeful McCraken. She also teamed with McCraken’s trainer, Ian Wilkes, and jockey, Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr., to win the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic with Fort Larned.
Whitham also bred and raced Grade 1 winners Affluent and Mea Domina, the latter a half-sister to McCraken’s dam, Ivory Empress. Whitham and her husband, Frank, who died in a plane crash in 1993, won both the 1989 and 1990 Breeders’ Cup Distaff with two-time champion Bayakoa, a 12-time Grade 1 winner.
Janis Whitham owns and bred 2017 Kentucky Derby hopeful McCraken. She also teamed with McCraken’s trainer, Ian Wilkes, and jockey, Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr., to win the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic with Fort Larned.
Whitham also bred and raced Grade 1 winners Affluent and Mea Domina, the latter a half-sister to McCraken’s dam, Ivory Empress. Whitham and her husband, Frank, who died in a plane crash in 1993, won both the 1989 and 1990 Breeders’ Cup Distaff with two-time champion Bayakoa, a 12-time Grade 1 winner.
