Waya

Waya
Racing silks of George Strawbridge
Sire	Faraway Son
Grandsire	Ambiopoise
Dam	War Path
Damsire	Blue Prince
Sex	Filly
Foaled	1974
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Dayton Ltd.
Owner	1) Daniel Wildenstein (France & USA) 2) P. M. Brant/G. W. Strawbridge (1979)
Trainer	1) Angel Penna, Sr. (France & USA) 2) David A. Whiteley (1979)
Record	29: 14-6-4
Earnings	US$822,948
Major wins
Prix de Royaumont (1977) Prix de l'Opéra (1977) Flower Bowl Handicap (1978) Diana Handicap (1978) Man o' War Stakes (1978) Aqueduct Turf Classic Invitational Stakes (1978) Santa Ana Handicap (1979) Santa Barbara Handicap (1979) Edgemere Handicap (1979) Top Flight Handicap (1979) Saratoga Cup Handicap (1979) Beldame Stakes (1979)
Awards
American Champion Older Female Horse (1979)
Honours
Waya Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

Waya (1974–2001) was a French Thoroughbred World Record holding racehorse who competed successfully in France and was a Champion in the United States. She was bred by the prominent French horseman Daniel Wildenstein through his breeding company, Dayton Ltd. Out of the mare War Path, her sire was Wildenstein's stallion Faraway Son, a Group 1 winner and the 1971 French Champion Miler.

In 1977, the three-year-old Waya competed in France for Daniel Wildenstein, where she was conditioned for racing by the Argentine-born trainer Angel Penna, a future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. A winner in her debut at Saint-Cloud Racecourse, Waya also won the Group 3 Prix de Royaumont at Chantilly and the Group 2 Prix de l'Opéra at Longchamp. She ended her French racing career in October 1977 with a record of three wins, two seconds, and a third from her eight starts.

For the 1978 racing season, Waya and her trainer Angel Penna competed on the New York Racing Association circuit, where she won the Flower Bowl Handicap and the Diana Handicap against fillies. In winning the Diana Handicap, she equaled the world record of 1:45 2/5 for 1⅛ miles on grass. She then beat her male counterparts in the Aqueduct Turf Classic Invitational Stakes and the Man o' War Stakes. Against a mostly male field of top American and European horses in the Washington, D.C. International Stakes at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, Waya ran third behind winner Mac Diarmida, whom she beat in the Man o' War Stakes.