Domino (horse)
| Domino | |
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| Sire | Himyar |
| Grandsire | Alarm |
| Dam | Mannie Gray |
| Damsire | Enquirer |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1891 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Brown |
| Breeder | Barak G. Thomas |
| Owner | James R. Keene & Foxhall Keene |
| Trainer | William Lakeland |
| Record | 25: 19-2-1 |
| Earnings | $193,550 |
| Major wins | |
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Great American Stakes (1893) Matron Stakes (1893) Futurity Stakes (1893) Great Trial Stakes (1893) Withers Mile (1894) Culver Stakes (1894) Ocean Handicap (1894) Sheepshead Bay Handicap (1895) |
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| Awards | |
| Unofficial American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1893) Unofficial United States Horse of the Year (1893) |
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| Honours | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (1955) | |
| Last updated on March 12, 2010 | |
Domino (1891–1897) was a 19th-century American thoroughbred race horse.
A dark brown, almost black*, colt, Domino was sired by Himyar out of the mare Mannie Gray.Sam Hildreth writes in his book, "The Spell of the Turf" that he looked black was actually a deep chestnut. Himyar was out of speed horse called Alarm who'd inherited this speed from the great Eclipse. Domino, who also inherited that speed, was foaled at Major Barak Thomas's Dixiana Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. What he did not have was stamina.
Owned by James R. Keene, he was purchased as a yearling for $3,000 by his son, Keene. Domino was trained by William Lakeland and ridden by jockey Fred Taral whom Domino hated for his rough style and copious use of whip and spur.
At the age of two, he won the Great Eclipse Stakes, the Futurity Stakes, the Great American Stakes, the Great Trial Stakes, the Hyde Park Stakes, the Matron Stakes and the Produce Stakes.
By now, people called him "The Black Whirlwind." About this time heats no longer dominated horse races in America (they'd fallen out of favor in England decades earlier), and speed was becoming a premium. Domino was considered the fastest sprinter of his time.
In his first start at age three in the Withers Stakes, Domino defeated the Belmont Stakes champion Henry of Navarre, and went on to win five of the next seven races he entered including a dead heat in a match race with arch rival Henry of Navarre. As such, they met again three weeks later in a race to determine the 1894 championship. For this event, the 4-year-old Clifford joined the two younger colts. This time, Henry of Navarre won by 3/4's of a length, earning Horse of the Year honors.
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