Although she showed some good form on dirt she had her greatest success on turf and won twelve of her twenty-four races in a track career which lasted from August 2005 until October 2008.
Her racing career ended controversially when she was disqualified for failing a drug test after finishing third in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
A month later she was switched to the turf surface at Belmont Park and won a one-mile maiden, taking the lead on the final turn and drawing away in the closing stages to win by five lengths under a ride from John Velazquez.
After showing some reluctance to enter the starting gate she set a "dawdling" for three-quarters of a mile before tiring to finish third behind Wonder Lady Anne L and Cinderella's Dream.
On February 4, racing on a sloppy track she won the Grade II Davona Dale Stakes by fourteen lengths from Teammate with Wonder Lady Anne L in third.
Wait A While returned to Grade I class for the American Oaks on turf at Hollywood Park Racetrack on July 2 and started 2.9/1 third favorite behind the Japanese filly Asahi Rising (third in the Yushun Himba) and the Honeymoon Handicap winner Attima.
After racing in fourth place she survived a bump a quarter of a mile from the finish before taking the lead and drawing clear to win by four and a half lengths from Asahi Rising with the Canadian filly Arravale in third.
"[13] She was reunited with Gomez and started favorite for the Grade III Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland in April but finished fifth of the six runners behind My Typhoon (to whom she was conceding four pounds), almost seven lengths behind the winner.
Wait A While started favorite again for the Just A Game Handicap at Belmont on June 9, but again proved no match for My Typhoon (at level weights), beaten three and three quarter lengths into second place.
[14] Wait A While met My Typhoon for the third time in the Grade II Ballston Spa Handicap at Saratoga on August 23 and started 3/1 second favorite behind her rival, from whom she was receiving one pound.
The filly recovered from a bump at the start to settle in fifth place before taking the lead on the outside entering the stretch and winning by two and a quarter lengths from Vacare, with My Typhoon in sixth.
[17] On her final appearance of the season, Wait A While started 6/5 favorite for the Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park on 25 November and finished second to Precious Kitten, with Lady of Venice and Live Life in third and fourth.
On January 14, 2008 at Santa Anita, Wait A While contested the Grade II San Gorgonio Handicap a race which had been postponed for a week as the racecourse struggled with drainage problems caused by the newly installed Cushion Track.
[18] Starting the odds-on favorite against four opponents, she raced in third place before taking the lead a quarter of a mile from the finish and winning by one and a half lengths from Lavender Sky.
With John Velazquez reclaiming the ride, Wait A While tracked the leader Sharp Susan before taking the lead entering the stretch and held off the challenge of Carriage Trail to win by a length.
[22] Pletcher expressed the view that the firmer ground had been the key to the mare's improved performance and added "She's a special filly... she's won some tremendous races.