Wayward Lass (April 13, 1978 – July 10, 2003) was an American

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racehorse. Bred in

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trainer

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, Wayward Lass was bought in 1980 by Carl Lizza, Jr. for $30,000 at the then-Florida Breeders Sales Co. She was raced under the '' nom de course'', Flying Zee Stable, a racing partnership between Lizza, Jr. and Herbert Hochreiter, partners in a

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heavy-construction company.

Racing at two

Wayward Lass made her racing debut at

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in Elmont, New York in June 1980 for trainer Jose Martin. However, the filly did not get her first win until her eighth start in October at Belmont Park but then won her next outing, the Schuylkill Stakes at Keystone Race Track in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

U.S. Champion at three

In 1981, Wayward Lass won seven of thirteen starts with two seconds and four thirds. After finishing third in her first start of the year, she reeled off three very impressive wins at

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. He first win was by 7 lengths in the January 17 Busanda Stakes, followed by a 12½ length victory two weeks later in the Searching Stakes and then a win on February 15 by 11¾ lengths in the Ruthless Stakes. At Belmont Park in June 1981, Wayward Lass won the Grades I Mother Goose Stakes at a mile and an eighth, and the

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at a mile and a half. Retired at the end of September, Wayward Lass was voted the 1981 Eclipse Award for

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A $2.35 million broodmare

In 1982, Wayward Lass was bred to

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and gave birth to a filly on March 13, 1983. Bred next to Noble Nashua, a

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owned by Flying Zee Stable who then sold her in foal at the November 1983

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for $2.35 million. The resulting filly, and the thirteen other foals Wayward Lass produced, met with little success in racing.Bloodhorse.com - July 11, 2003 article "Champion Wayward Lass Dead at Age 25"
/ref> While in foal to City Zip, Wayward Lass died of a

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on July 10, 2003 at Gus Schoenborn Jr.'s Contemporary Stallions near

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References

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Wayward Lass's pedigree and partial racing stats
1978 racehorse births 2003 racehorse deaths Thoroughbred family 25 Racehorses bred in Florida Racehorses trained in the United States Eclipse Award winners