In 1961, she was voted by the country's top sports writers as the American Champion Older Female Horse.
In her two-year-old season, she won the Churchill Downs Debutante Stakes in Louisville, Kentucky, during the last week of June.
Her connections then entered her in the second jewel of America's de facto Filly Triple Crown, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
Airmans Guide beat a field of nine stakes winners, including Chalvedele Warlike.
That year, Airmans Guide was voted American Champion Older Female Horse.