Offlee Wild

Offlee Wild
Sire	Wild Again
Grandsire	Icecapade
Dam	Alvear
Damsire	Seattle Slew
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2000
Died	September 6, 2016
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay or Brown
Breeder	Dorothy Matz
Owner	Azalea Stables, LLC
Trainer	Thomas Smith (2002-3) Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. (2004-5)
Record	19: 6-3-2
Earnings	$976,325
Major wins
Holy Bull Stakes (2003) Massachusetts Handicap (2004) Suburban Handicap (2005) Excelsior Breeders’ Cup Handicap (2005)
Last updated on September 10, 2016

Offlee Wild (April 5, 2000 – September 6, 2016) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse won multiple graded stakes races. As a sire, his most successful offspring was Breeders' Cup Classic winner Bayern.

Bred by Dorothy A. Matz in Kentucky, he was sired by Wild Again, who won the inaugural Breeders' Cup Classic in 1984 and became a moderately successful sire. His dam Alvear was by Seattle Slew and out of the stakes winning mare Andover Way, who also produced leading sire Dynaformer.

Offlee Wild was purchased as a yearling at the Keeneland Sales for $325,000 by Azalea Stables, a syndicate stable headed by Lansdon Robbins. After the Jockey Club rejected several name choices, Robbins asked one of his employees for suggestions. "[The employee] said, 'We get wild now and then, how about Awfully Wild?' Well, I didn't want the word 'awful' in a horse's name, so we just changed the spelling."

Originally trained by Thomas Smith, Offlee Wild raced three times as a two-year-old, winning once. In his debut on October 6, 2002 at Keeneland, the colt dueled for the lead for first half mile but tired as they entered the stretch, finishing fourth. On October 27 at Churchill Downs, he instead rated off the pace for the first half mile then pulled clear to win by 5 lengths. In his next start on November 17, he finished second in an allowance race at Churchill Downs.

Offlee Wild began his three-year-old campaign in the Holy Bull Stakes on January 18, 2003 at Gulfstream Park. He was given little chance by the bettors, who dismissed him at odds of 27-1 in a field of 13 that included the then-unheralded Funny Cide. Offlee Wild broke well, settled into third place behind the early leaders, Bham and Powerful Touch, and then drew alongside them in the stretch. Bham fell back, finishing third, but Powerful Touch fought back. At the finish line, Offlee Wild won by a nose. In his first race around two turns, he earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 99. It was Robbins first stakes victory.

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