On her three-year-old debut, Epitome ran second to Lost Kitty in the Honeybee Stakes at Oaklawn Park on April 1. She was then off the track for more than five months before returning to win allowance races at Belmont in September and Keeneland in October. After finishing second in another allowance at Keeneland she was moved back up in class for the fifth running of the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Churchill Downs on November 5. Ridden by Pat Day she started at odds of 10.3/1 and finished seventh of the nine runners in a race which saw Personal Ensign complete an unbeaten career by beating the Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors. On her final racecourse appearance, Epitome finished second to Top Corsage in the Falls City Handicap. In the Eclipse Awards for 1987, Epitome was named American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. Epitome produced at least eleven foals and eight winners between 1990 and 2003: