Long before trainer Ron Moquett saddled 2020 Champion Male Sprinter Whitmore, he earned his first Grade 1 win in astounding fashion with 91-1 longshot Seek Gold in the 2006 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs.
The six-year-old bay gelding was making his first start for Moquett and new owners Kristi Couch and Ted Bowman, who had claimed their first horse only five months before for $5,000. On the eve of the Kentucky Derby (G1), Moquett and Bowman dined with Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito, who was a mentor to Moquett. They made a nine-horse package deal that included Seek Gold and Go Now. Zito had previously nominated both of these horses to the Stephen Foster.
