Outstandingly (March 25, 1982 – October 10, 2003) was an American

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racehorse who was voted an

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as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1984.

Background

Bred and raced by Louis and Patrice Wolfson's Harbor View Farm, Outstandingly was trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Pancho Martin and

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Racing career

Racing in California at age two, Outstandingly won the

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followed by the first running of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies hosted by

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when

Fran's Valentine Fran's Valentine (1982 – October, 2007) was a Thoroughbred racehorse filly, who, in 1985 as a three-year-old, won the Graded stakes races the Hollywood Oaks, Kentucky Oaks and Santa Susana Stakes. Trained by Joseph Manzi, she was the first fill ...

was disqualified. Her performances set an earnings record for two-year-old fillies of $867872. Outstandingly won only once in seven starts as a three-year-old but came back at age four in 1986 with five wins under new trainer

, two of which were in graded stakes races. At age five she made two starts, winning once and was then retired to broodmare duty.

Breeding record

In foal to

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, Outstandingly was sold by the Wolfsons in November 1988 at the Fasig-Tipton sale. She drew the auction's highest price at US$1,150,000, paid by

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. As a broodmare, the top runner among her foals was her daughter Sensation (b. 1993) who in 1996 won the Prix de Bagatelle and

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, and the

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for owner Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum. Reported to be suffering from chronic

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, on October 10, 2003 the 21-year-old Outstandingly was humanely

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near Lexington, Kentucky.Bloodhorse.com - October 12, 2003
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References

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