| Owner: 1) Capricornio (Argentina). 2) Janis & Frank Whitham (USA) Breeder: Haras Principal Winnings: 39 Starts: 21 - 9 - 0, $2,861,701
At age 5, won five consecutive stakes at one point and closing the year with eight major victories out of nine starts. Including the Santa Margarita, Apple Blossom, Hawthorne, Milady, Vanity, Ruffian, Spinster, and Breeders' Cup Distaff.
Champion 3-Year-Old in Argentina.
Champion Handicap Mare in U.S. 1989 and 1990.
At 6 Bayakoa was again named Champion Older Female following her repeat victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff.
Inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1998.
Bayakoa was euthanized on June 14, 1997 at Pennbrook Farm in Kentucky, where she foundered after giving birth to a May 7th foal (ARLUCEA by Broad Brush). She is buried right outside the main barn at Pennbrook, next to her paddock.
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