wilson was also involved for a number of years in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing both as a breeder and as an owner in france and the united states. he bred santa anita derby winner jim french, as well as two-year-old european superstar arazi, winner of the 1991 breeders' cup juvenile and european horse of the year. another horse, outta here, raced in the 2003 kentucky derby and finished in seventh place.