Island Whirl (foaled March 17, 1978) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1983 Whitney Handicap.^[1]

Island Whirl's first race was on May 31, 1980, at Calder Racecourse, where he came in 8th. In his third start on October 29, 1980, again at Calder, he got his first win.

Island Whirl captured his first stakes race win on September 4, 1981, in the El Cajon Stakes. He then set a new Louisiana Downs track record for 1+1⁄4 miles in his second stakes race in the Super Derby.^[2]

Island Whirl won his first Graded stakes race win on January 3, 1982 in the Malibu Stakes. He competed in multiple other Graded stakes races throughout 1982, and won another in the Woodward Stakes on September 4 that year. His wins throughout 1982 helped him gain entry to the 1982 Jockey Club Gold Cup, where he placed 4th.

During the summer of 1983, Island Whirl picked up two major Graded Stakes wins in a row with victories in the prestigious Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park^[3] and the 1983 Whitney Handicap, which turned out to be the last wins of his career.

Island Whirl's final races of his career came in the 1983 Monmouth Handicap in which he finished in second-place. That was followed by a fifth-place finish in the 1983 Woodward Stakes on September 3, 1983.^[1]