Himyar (horse)

Himyar
Portrait of Himyar by Harry Lyman (1888)
SireAlarm
GrandsireEclipse
DamHira
DamsireLexington
SexStallion
Foaled1875
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederMajor Barak G. Thomas
Owner1) Dixiana Farm
2) Edwin S. Gardner
Record27 starts:14–6–4
Earnings$11,650
Major wins
Colt Stakes (1877)
Colt and Filly Fall Stakes (1877)
Belle Meade Stakes (1877)
Phoenix Hotel Stakes (1878)
Belle Meade Stakes (1878)
January Stakes (1878)
Merchant's Stakes (1880)
Turf Stakes (1880)
American Classic Race placing:
Kentucky Derby 2nd (1878)
Awards
Leading sire in North America (1893)

Himyar (1875 – December 30, 1905) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Although successful as a racehorse he is most notable as the sire of 1898 Kentucky Derby winner Plaudit and Domino, the grandsire of Colin and Peter Pan. Himyar lived to be thirty years old, outliving both Domino and his famous grandson Commando, who both died young.