12/07/2025
Our favorite…Serena’s Song
33 years young, trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Donna Barton in the irons, 38 Starts/in the money 32 times, earned $3.2M, often beat the “boys” (Haskell), Eclipse Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame.
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Serena’s Song (KY)
Foaled April 4, 1992
Rahy – Imagining, by Northfields
Bred by Dr. Howard Baker
After the Finish Line and ReRun Thoroughbred Adoption painted with Serena’s Song at Denali Stud on July 8, 2024. She was sent to Denali Stud to be a broodmare and was pensioned in 2014. Thank you to Claire, Brendan, and her groom Omar for helping us paint.
Serena’s Song was trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Jockey Donna Barton was aboard for owners Robert and Beverly Lewis. Serena’s Song had a very successful racing career. She raced from May 1994–November 1996 at Churchill Downs, Woodbine, Belmont Park, Momnouth Park, Saratoga, Oaklawn Park, Hollywood Park, Pimlico, Santa Anita, Belmont Park, Turfway Park, Hollywood Park and Del Mar.
Serena’s Song often raced against and beat the “boys” in Stakes races across the United States.
Career Statistics:
Starts 38 Firsts 18 Seconds 11 Thirds 3 Lifetime Earnings $3,283,388
At 2: 1st Oak Leaf S, Hollywood Starlet, Landaluce S; 2nd Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies, Hollywood Juvenile; 3rd Sorrento S.
At 3: 1st Haskell Invitational(G1), Beldame S(G1), Santa Anita Oaks(G1), Mother Goose S.(G1), Las Virgenes(G1), Gazelle(G1), Jim Beam S(G2), Black Eyed Susan S(G2), Santa Ynez S(G2); 2nd American Oaks(G1) Turfway Breeders' Cup H(G2)
At 4: 1st Hempstead H(G1), Santa Maria H(G1), Santa Monica(G2), Pimlico Distaff(G3), Fleur De Lis(G3); 2nd Breeders' Cup Distaff(G1) Beldame S(G1), Whitney(G1), Ruffian(G1), Vanity Inv H.(G1), Churchill Downs Distaff(G2), Louisville Breeders' Cup(G2); 3rd Apple Blossom(G1), Philip H. Iselin H(G1)
Major Wins
1994: Oak Leaf Stakes, Hollywood Starlet Stakes, and Landaluce Stakes
1995: Las Virgenes Stakes, Jim Beam Stakes, Santa Ynez Stakes, Gazelle Handicap, Mother Goose Stakes, Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Haskell Invitational Handicap, and Beldame Stakes
1996: Hempstead Handicap, Fleur De Lis Handicap, Santa Maria Handicap, Santa Monica Handicap and Pimlico Distaff.
Awards
1995: Kentucky-bred Three-Year-Old Filly, Kentucky-bred Horse of the Year and American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
1996: Kentucky-bred Handicap Mare
Honors:
Eclipse Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
2002 U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
Photo credit: Carson Blevins