What’s in a (Race) Name? Charlie Whittingham’s Legacy
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During a Hall of Fame career that lasted for nearly half a century, Charles “Charlie” Whittingham won seemingly every major stakes race in California multiple times, trained a contingent of champions that reads like a roster of all-time greats, and became the oldest trainer ever to win the Kentucky Derby. It’s often said that numbers can’t tell the whole story, and indeed they cannot, but in Whittingham’s case they certainly lay down a strong foundation!