William White      Birthdate: Oct. 2, 1952      Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.      Residence: Davie, Fla.      Family: Laura; daughter, Lindsey; son, Jacob.

2008 Gulfstream Record

• Perennially among the leaders in the permanent South Florida and had a record-setting streak of eight consecutive Calder training titles through 2005.

• He has also won five titles at Calder’s Tropical meet.

• Rapidly climbing Calder’s all-time lists, he is now third in wins.

• Scored a pair of big wins at Gulfstream in 2005, taking the Aventura Stakes with High Fly and Rampart Handicap with D’Wildcat Speed.

• Also trained Kiss a Native, who won Calder’s In Reality division of the Florida Stallion Stakes of 1999 and finished second in the 2002 Donn Handicap

• Northern Trend, a horse he claimed for $25,000, won over $600,000 and three stakes

• Other stakes winners trained by White at various times in their careers have included Puck, Lucky Lavender Girl, Whata Brainstorm, Punch Appeal, Stolen Time and Plum Country

Other: Introduced to racing by a grandfather who owned horses at southern Illinois tracks Fairmont Park and Cahokia Downs ... Moved to Florida as a teenager and learned horsemanship from future wife Laura who owned hunters and jumpers ... Was a high-school teacher and baseball coach before entering training full-time ... Maintains a collection of rare palm trees at his Broward County home.