Dark Mirage

Dark Mirage
Dark Mirage
Sire	Persian Road II
Grandsire	Persian Gulf
Dam	Home by Dark
Damsire	Hill Prince
Sex	Filly
Foaled	1965
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay
Breeder	Duval A. Headley
Owner	Lloyd I. Miller
Trainer	Everett W. King
Record	27: 12-3-2
Earnings	$362,789
Major wins
	Prioress Stakes (1968); La Troienne Stakes (1968); Kentucky Oaks (1968); Acorn Stakes (1968); Mother Goose Stakes (1968); Coaching Club American Oaks (1968); Monmouth Oaks (1968); Delaware Oaks (1968); Santa Maria Handicap (1969)
Awards
	1st U.S. Filly Triple Crown Champion (1968); U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly (1968)
Honours
	United States Racing Hall of Fame (1974)
	Last updated on November 18, 2006

Dark Mirage (1965–1969) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

Racing career

Small in stature at just 15.1 hands, Dark Mirage proved big on the race track. Although her 1967 campaign as a two-year-old produced only two minor wins in fifteen starts, at three she completely dominated her female competitors. She lost her first race then, en route to winning nine in a row, became the first winner of the Filly Triple Crown, capturing all three races with ease. Although in July her handlers decided to rest her for the remainder of the racing season, Dark Mirage's performance still earned her U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly honors.^[1]

At age four, the ill-fated Dark Mirage raced only two times. In her first race she picked up where she had left off the previous year, keeping her winning streak intact. In her next race, the filly severely injured a fetlock joint that ended her racing career and resulted in her death a few months later.^[2]

Hall of fame

In 1974, Dark Mirage was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Dark Mirage
Sire Persian Road II	Persian Gulf	Bahram	Blandford
		Bahram	Friar's Daughter
		Double Life	Bachelor's Double
		Double Life	Saint Joan
	One For The Road	Watling Street	Fairway
		Watling Street	Ranai
		Sundae	Hyperion
		Sundae	Bachelor's Fare
Dam Home by Dark	Hill Prince	Princequillo	Prince Rose
		Princequillo	Cosquilla
		Hildene	Bubbling Over
		Hildene	Fancy Racket
	Sunday Evening	Eight Thirty	Pilate
		Eight Thirty	Dinner Time
		Drowsy	Royal Minstrel
		Drowsy	Lazy Susan

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References

^ "Dark Mirage". spiletta.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
^ "Dark Mirage". spiletta.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
^ "Dark Mirage Horse Pedigree". Pedigree Online: Pedigre database. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

External links

Dark Mirage at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

[1] "Dark Mirage". spiletta.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[2] "Dark Mirage". spiletta.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[3] "Dark Mirage Horse Pedigree". Pedigree Online: Pedigre database. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

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