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. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... The Eclipse Award is a thoroughbred racing award. ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... A hand (or handbreadth) is a unit of length measurement, usually based on the breadth of a male human hand and thus around 1 dm, i. ... The Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, formerly known as the Filly Triple Crown, is a set of horse races in the United States which is open to three year old fillies. ... Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ...

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 in tact. 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. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...

References

• Dark Mirages' pedigree and racing stats
• Dark Mirage at the Unofficial Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
• Dark Mirage at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame