Long Look was bay mare with a small white star[2] bred in Kentucky by her owner James Cox Brady, a financier who served as chairman of the NYRA from 1961 to 1969.
As a breeding stallion he was an outstanding sire of middle-distance and staying horses including Ragusa, Ribocco, Ribero, Molvedo, Prince Royal, Boucher, Tom Rolfe, Arts and Letters, Graustark and His Majesty.
Despite her modest form she was then sent to England for the 1000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket and produced a much better performance, coming home fourth of the sixteen runners behind Night Off, Yami and Mabel.
[6] Long Look was then moved up in distance for the 187th running of the Oaks Stakes over one and a half miles at Epsom Racecourse on 4 June and started at odds of 100/7 (14/1) in a sixteen-runner field.
She failed to win in two subsequent races, producing the better performance when finishing third behind Aunt Edith and Dark Wave in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp Racecourse in September.