C2 Racing Stable, Gary Barber and La Milagrosa Stable's multiple Grade I-winner White Abarrio (Race Day) breezed a sharp half-mile in :46.68 Sunday over Saratoga Race Course's main track, according to New York Racing Association clockers, as the 7-year-old continued preparations for the Aug. 8 GI Whitney Stakes.White Abarrio, with regular pilot Irad Ortiz, Jr. up, worked to the outside of multiple stakes-placed New York-bred mare Midtown Lights (Redesdale) [:47.11] and drew over one length clear of his workmate as they hit the wire.“It was a good work,” trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. said. “Irad was on him today because we wanted him to get a feel. They went quicker than ideal, but quicker the right way. The horse is happy. He came back well. Not much blow to him. We are happy with where we are at. We have one more easy work. He looks physically amazing right now, as far as his coat, demeanor and attitude. We're very thankful with where we are at.”White Abarrio was a last-out fourth over sloppy and sealed footing in the GI Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs June 27. He landed behind Whitney probables Magnitude (Not This Time), Baeza (McKinzie) and Sovereignty (Into Mischief), but connections are willing to draw a line through the effort.“It's a complete throw out,” said Mark Cornett, racing manager of C2 Racing Stable. “The horse was training brilliantly up to the race. The morning of the race, Saffie and I talked about scratching him because of the slop. Irad got off the horse after the race and the first thing he said was the horse hated the track, he knew it going around the first turn, so it's just a complete toss in our minds.”Cornett believed White Abarrio showed encouraging signs in Sunday's work.“Irad said he felt as good as he ever has,” Cornett said. “We're pretty excited the way he's traveling and moving into this race.”The Whitney is a “Win and You're In” race offering an automatic berth in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic.The post White Abarrio on Track for Whitney appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.