Home by Dark (USA)
March 20, 1959 – c. 1974
Hill Prince (USA) x Sunday Evening (USA), by Eight Thirty (USA)
Family 9-b
March 20, 1959 – c. 1974
Hill Prince (USA) x Sunday Evening (USA), by Eight Thirty (USA)
Family 9-b
Born deaf, Home by Dark never received the chance to prove the worth of her regal bloodlines on the track. She made up for that in the breeding shed, where she produced Dark Mirage, one of the most spectacular champions seen in the 3-year-old filly division in years, and founded a branch of her family leading to European champions Indian Skimmer and Bluebird.
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
A gray mare who was officially registered as roan, Home by Dark was attractive and well-balanced but was born with one ear missing and the other deformed. Although completely deaf, she was calm and good-natured.
As a producer
A Reine-de-Course as designated by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Home by Dark produced 10 foals. All 10 started and eight were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Home by Dark was bred by Greentree Stud. She was owned by Duval Headley, who was given the filly on condition that Greentree would have an option to buy a half interest in her first foal. Headley bred nine of Home by Dark's 10 foals alone or in partnership (John Gaines and James Hoolahan bought into the mare for US$300,000 following her daughter Dark Mirage's emergence as a champion) before selling the mare to Harry T. Mangurian, Jr., who bred Home by Dark's final foal, the 1974 The Axe II filly Home by Sunset.
Pedigree notes
Home by Dark is inbred 5x5 to the good sire Ultimus. She is a half sister to 1964 Test Stakes winner Time for Bed (by Bold Ruler), the second dam of Grade 3 winner Firgie's Jule and the third dam of Grade 3 winners My Girl Jeannie and Bold Wench. She is also a half sister to Prayer Bell (by Better Self), dam of 1969 American champion 2-year-old male Silent Screen (by Prince John), 1979 Poinsettia Stakes (USA-G3) winner Belladora (by Stage Door Johnny) and multiple stakes winner Prayer Cap (by Thinking Cap) and the third dam of 2013 Carter Handicap (USA-G1) winner Swagger Jack, 2001 Mercury Sprint (SAF-G1) winner All Will Be Well; Grade 2 winners Tap Dance, Silver Music and Musical Ghost; and Canadian Grade 3 winner With Flair. A third half sister to Home by Dark, Royal Society (by Royal Charger), is the second dam of 1979 Puerto Rican champion imported 2-year-old male Lazy Eyes and Grade 2 winner Nordic Prince.
Home by Dark and her siblings are out of 1949 Spinaway Stakes winner Sunday Evening, a half sister to multiple stakes winner Mesmer (by Third Degree). Sunday Evening is also a half sister to Aching Back (by War Admiral), dam of 1962 Del Mar Futurity winner Slipped Disc (by Decathlon) and 1969 Summer Stakes winner Admiral's Road (by Lord Quillo) and second dam of 1967 Illinois Derby winner Royal Malabar.
Sunday Evening, in turn, is out of 1937 Ashland Stakes winner Drowsy (by Royal Minstrel), a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Condiment (by Eight Thirty) and to Turnplate (by Bull Lea), second dam of five stakes winners including 1971 Puerto Rican champion older male Ray Jeter and 1955 Hollywood Lassie Stakes winner Miss Todd. The next dam in Home by Dark's tail-female line, Lazy Susan (by St. Germans) is out of the Delhi mare Idle Dell and is, thus, a half sister to 1927 Matron Stakes and Pimlico Futurity winner Glade (by Touch Me Not), dam of 1932 Spinaway Stakes winner Easy Day (by St. Germans) and 1933 Futurity Stakes winner Singing Wood (by Royal Minstrel).
Last updated: December 30, 2022
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
A gray mare who was officially registered as roan, Home by Dark was attractive and well-balanced but was born with one ear missing and the other deformed. Although completely deaf, she was calm and good-natured.
As a producer
A Reine-de-Course as designated by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Home by Dark produced 10 foals. All 10 started and eight were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
- Dark Mirage (1965, by Persian Road II) was the American champion 3-year-old filly of 1968 after sweeping the New York Triple Tiara by an average margin of over nine lengths. She died to to complications of an ankle injury as a 4-year-old.
- Timely Tammy (1966, by Tim Tam) is the second dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Timely Writer and 1987 Santa Anita Oaks (USA-G1) winner Timely Assertion. She is also the third dam of Australian Group 3 winner Citichy.
- Dusky Evening (1967, by Tim Tam) produced multiple Grade 2 winner Javamine (by Nijinsky II), in turn the dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Java Gold (by Key to the Mint) and English Group 3 winner Spicy Story (by Blushing Groom). Dusky Evening is also the second dam of 1987 Irish champion sprinter Bluebird, a useful sire.
- Reunion (1968, by Admiral's Voyage) produced stakes winner Saratoga Revelry (by Full Out).
- Gray Mirage (1969, by Bold Bidder) won the 1972 Pinafore Stakes. She is the dam of stakes winner Texas Gem (by Canonero II) and the second dam of Indian Skimmer, a two-time champion older female in England, 1988 champion older female in Ireland and 1989 champion older female in France. Gray Mirage is also the second dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Missy's Mirage, 1995 Ballerina Handicap (USA-1) winner Classy Mirage, and Grade/Group 2 winners Country Pine (a useful sire in Florida) and Courvoisier. She is also the third dam of 2003 Atto Mile Stakes (CAN-G1) winner Touch of the Blues, 2009 Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dublin and Australian Group 2 winner Spring Thaw.
- Bold Impulse (1973, by Bold Bidder) won the 1975 San Mateo Stakes.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Home by Dark was bred by Greentree Stud. She was owned by Duval Headley, who was given the filly on condition that Greentree would have an option to buy a half interest in her first foal. Headley bred nine of Home by Dark's 10 foals alone or in partnership (John Gaines and James Hoolahan bought into the mare for US$300,000 following her daughter Dark Mirage's emergence as a champion) before selling the mare to Harry T. Mangurian, Jr., who bred Home by Dark's final foal, the 1974 The Axe II filly Home by Sunset.
Pedigree notes
Home by Dark is inbred 5x5 to the good sire Ultimus. She is a half sister to 1964 Test Stakes winner Time for Bed (by Bold Ruler), the second dam of Grade 3 winner Firgie's Jule and the third dam of Grade 3 winners My Girl Jeannie and Bold Wench. She is also a half sister to Prayer Bell (by Better Self), dam of 1969 American champion 2-year-old male Silent Screen (by Prince John), 1979 Poinsettia Stakes (USA-G3) winner Belladora (by Stage Door Johnny) and multiple stakes winner Prayer Cap (by Thinking Cap) and the third dam of 2013 Carter Handicap (USA-G1) winner Swagger Jack, 2001 Mercury Sprint (SAF-G1) winner All Will Be Well; Grade 2 winners Tap Dance, Silver Music and Musical Ghost; and Canadian Grade 3 winner With Flair. A third half sister to Home by Dark, Royal Society (by Royal Charger), is the second dam of 1979 Puerto Rican champion imported 2-year-old male Lazy Eyes and Grade 2 winner Nordic Prince.
Home by Dark and her siblings are out of 1949 Spinaway Stakes winner Sunday Evening, a half sister to multiple stakes winner Mesmer (by Third Degree). Sunday Evening is also a half sister to Aching Back (by War Admiral), dam of 1962 Del Mar Futurity winner Slipped Disc (by Decathlon) and 1969 Summer Stakes winner Admiral's Road (by Lord Quillo) and second dam of 1967 Illinois Derby winner Royal Malabar.
Sunday Evening, in turn, is out of 1937 Ashland Stakes winner Drowsy (by Royal Minstrel), a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Condiment (by Eight Thirty) and to Turnplate (by Bull Lea), second dam of five stakes winners including 1971 Puerto Rican champion older male Ray Jeter and 1955 Hollywood Lassie Stakes winner Miss Todd. The next dam in Home by Dark's tail-female line, Lazy Susan (by St. Germans) is out of the Delhi mare Idle Dell and is, thus, a half sister to 1927 Matron Stakes and Pimlico Futurity winner Glade (by Touch Me Not), dam of 1932 Spinaway Stakes winner Easy Day (by St. Germans) and 1933 Futurity Stakes winner Singing Wood (by Royal Minstrel).
Last updated: December 30, 2022