Wainamoinen showed some good form in the early sprints at two but was put in her place quite readily when she ran into Endurance by Right, the eventual champion of the division, at Washington Park in July. She may have been hurt in that race as she did not reappear on the track until early April of her 3-year-old season. Her Oaks preparation was unusually stiff by the standards of the time as she started six times prior to the spring's main event, winning three sprint purses, but it seems to have fulfilled the intent of getting her completely fit as she easily galloped away from her three rivals in the Kentucky Oaks despite a distance that was a little more than she normally wanted. A stakes winner at the Washington Park meeting as well, she was back in action at 4, 5, and 6 and was a winner each year before retiring to the paddocks, where she was a disappointment.
Race record
Complete record unavailable. As complied by the Louisville Courier-Journal through the Kentucky Oaks, she had a record of eight wins from 15 starts.
1901:
1902:
1903:
As an individual
A bay, Wainamoinen was a “grand-looking mare” according to contemporary accounts. She was best at a mile or less under relatively light weights.
As a producer
Wainamoinen produced seven named foals. None of her foals were of any importance as racers or producers.
Connections
Wainamoinen was bred and owned by the Talbot Brothers and was trained by Will Wallace, who had also owned and trained her sire The Commoner. She produced her first five foals for the Talbot Brothers before being sold on to Xalapa Stud. Her last owner was Harry Sinclair's Rancocas Stud, where she died in 1922.
Pedigree notes
Sired by The Commoner (a good sprinter and sire by Hanover), Wainamoinen is inbred 3x2 to three-time American champion Hindoo, 5x5x4 to the good sire Vandal (Hindoo's paternal grandsire), and 5x5 to National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame member and three-time American champion sire Boston. She is the only foal of any significance produced by Matilda, whose dam The Prairie Queen (by by 1867 Ascot Gold Cup winner Lecturer) is a full sister to Lady of the Lea, second dam of Polish Two Thousand Guineas winner Trafalgar. Produced from the King Tom mare Queen of the Vale, The Prairie Queen is also a half sister to Madrigal, second dam of 1900 St. James's Palace Stakes winner Bonarosa.
Fun facts
Last updated: April 14, 2023
Race record
Complete record unavailable. As complied by the Louisville Courier-Journal through the Kentucky Oaks, she had a record of eight wins from 15 starts.
1901:
- Won Ardelle Stakes (USA, 4FD, Memphis)
- Won Debutante Stakes (USA, 4.5FD, St. Louis)
1902:
- Won Kentucky Oaks (USA, 8.5FD, Churchill Downs)
- Won Englewood Stakes (USA, 8FD, Washington Park)
- 2nd Decoration Handicap (USA, 10FD, Latonia)
- 2nd Iroquois Handicap (USA, 8FD, Hawthorne)
- 3rd Tennessee Oaks (USA, 8FD, Memphis)
- 3rd Latonia Oaks (USA, 10FD, Latonia)
- 3rd Garden City Stakes (USA, 6FD, Harlem)
1903:
- Won Free Handicap (USA, 7FD, Churchill Downs)
As an individual
A bay, Wainamoinen was a “grand-looking mare” according to contemporary accounts. She was best at a mile or less under relatively light weights.
As a producer
Wainamoinen produced seven named foals. None of her foals were of any importance as racers or producers.
Connections
Wainamoinen was bred and owned by the Talbot Brothers and was trained by Will Wallace, who had also owned and trained her sire The Commoner. She produced her first five foals for the Talbot Brothers before being sold on to Xalapa Stud. Her last owner was Harry Sinclair's Rancocas Stud, where she died in 1922.
Pedigree notes
Sired by The Commoner (a good sprinter and sire by Hanover), Wainamoinen is inbred 3x2 to three-time American champion Hindoo, 5x5x4 to the good sire Vandal (Hindoo's paternal grandsire), and 5x5 to National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame member and three-time American champion sire Boston. She is the only foal of any significance produced by Matilda, whose dam The Prairie Queen (by by 1867 Ascot Gold Cup winner Lecturer) is a full sister to Lady of the Lea, second dam of Polish Two Thousand Guineas winner Trafalgar. Produced from the King Tom mare Queen of the Vale, The Prairie Queen is also a half sister to Madrigal, second dam of 1900 St. James's Palace Stakes winner Bonarosa.
Fun facts
- Wainamoinen shares her name with a hero from the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala. First published in 1835, the poem was composed by Elias Lönnrot and is based on a body of orally transmitted myths and legends from the Karelian and Finnish peoples. However, her name was often spelled as Wain-a-Moinen, and one of her owners attributed her name to his attempt at approximating his young child's pronunciation of “rainy morning.”
Last updated: April 14, 2023