Wilderness Song

Wilderness Song (foaled 1988 in Ontario) is a retired Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and a Hall of Fame inductee. Out of the mare Nalee's Rhythm, she was sired by 1984 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Wild Again.

Bred and raced by Sam-Son Farm and trained by Jim Day, Wilderness Song lived under the shadow of her stablemate and fellow Hall of Fame filly Dance Smartly, to whom she finished second in the 1991 Canadian Oaks and the Queen's Plate. Her second-place finish at the Queen's Plate was also historic because of her passenger. Francine Villeneuve became both the first female jockey to finish "in the money" in a Canadian Triple Crown race and the first Canadian woman to ride in Canada's oldest race.

Wilderness Song won eight of her eighteen starts in Canada and made nineteen starts in the United States, where her seven wins included the Grade 1 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland Race Course. In 1992, Wilderness Song was voted the Sovereign Award for Champion Older Female Horse. She was retired to broodmare duty following the 1993 season.

In 2008, she was honored with induction into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Wilderness Song, bay filly, 1988

Sire Wild Again	Icecapade	Nearctic	Nearco
			Lady Angela
		Shenanigans	Native Dancer
			Bold Irish
	Bushel-n-Peck	Khaled	Hyperion
			Eclair
		Dama	Dante
			Clovelly
Dam Nalee’s Rhythm	Nalees Man	Gallant Man	Migoli
			Majideh
		Nalee	Nashua
			Levee
	Lady Rhythm	Mister Jive	Mr. Music
			Joy Forever
		Miss Kansulin	Chop Chop
			Miss Wooler (family: 10-c)

References

• Wilderness Song's pedigree and partial racing stats
• Wilderness Song at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame