Bred and raced by Louis and Patrice Wolfson's Harbor View Farm, Outstandingly was trained by U.S.
[2] Racing in California at age two, Outstandingly won the Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet Stakes followed by the first running of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies hosted by Hollywood Park Racetrack when Fran's Valentine was disqualified.
[3] 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 Laz Barrera, two of which were in graded stakes races.
In foal to Caro, Outstandingly was sold by the Wolfsons in November 1988 at the Fasig-Tipton sale.
[4] Reported to be suffering from chronic laminitis, on October 10, 2003 the 21-year-old Outstandingly was humanely euthanized at Gainsborough Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.