- Dark Mirage
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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) Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on November 18, 2006 Dark Mirage (1965–1969) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. 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.
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.
In 1974, Dark Mirage was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Pedigree of Dark Mirage Sire
Persian Road IIPersian Gulf Bahram Blandford Friar's Daughter Double Life Bachelor's Double Saint Joan One For The Road Watling Street Fairway Ranai Sundae Hyperion Bachelor's Fare Dam
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