Wally (9 November 1991 – 20 February 2024) was an Argentine-bred thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Group 1 Gran Premio Estrellas Sprint three times and being named the 1996 Argentine Champion Sprinter.
[8] Wally made her debut on April 30, 1994, in a 1200-meter maiden race on the turf at Hipódromo de San Isidro, facing 13 other two-year-old fillies.
[9] Wally was then stepped up in both distance and class, running in the 1600-meter Group 1 Gran Premio de Potrancas in June.
She followed this with her first race in open company, the Group 1 Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires in January 1995.
[10] Wally's first race as a four-year-old was the Group 1 Gran Premio Suipacha, where she finished second, a neck behind her rival Preflorada, who would be named the Argentine Champion Sprinter for 1995.
[12] Preflorada didn't run in the Group 1 Gran Premio Maipú that October, which Wally won by 5 lengths.
[11] The two again clashed in first week of 1996 in the Group 1 Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires, which Wally had won the year prior.
[10] Wally didn't perform to the same level she had previously in 1997, losing five consecutive races leading up to the Carreras de las Estrellas.
[10] Wally started as favorite as part of a coupled entry with Redama and Old Star in the Group 1 Gran Premio Estrellas Sprint.
She won by half a neck,[10] becoming the first horse to win three Carreras de las Estrellas races.
Watch Her won 6 stakes races, including the Group 1 Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
[10] Wally is the second dam of Wanna Dance, winner of the 2013 Group 1 Gran Premio Saturnino J.