Imp (horse)

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Imp
Imp (foreground) running with Ethelbert in the 1900 Brighton Cup as painted by Henry Stull.
Sire	Wagner
Grandsire	Prince Charlie
Dam	Fondling
Damsire	Fonso
Sex	Filly
Foaled	March 5, 1894
Country	United States
Color	Black
Breeder	Daniel R. Harness
Owner	1. Daniel R. Harness 2. John E. Madden
Trainer	Charles E. Brossman & Peter Wimmer
Record	171: 62-35-29
Earnings	$70,069
Major wins
Austin Stakes (1898) Memorial Day Handicap (1898) Monadnock Stakes (1898) Brighton Handicap (1899) First Special Stakes (1899) Islip Handicap (1899) Ocean Handicap (1899) Oriental Handicap (1899) Second Special Stakes (1899, 1900) Suburban Handicap (1899) Turf Handicap (1899) Advance Stakes (1900) Mahopac Handicap (1900) Parkway Handicap (1900)
Awards
United States Horse of the Year (1899) U.S. Champion Female Handicap Horse (1899, 1900)
Honors
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1965)
Last updated on July 14, 2017

Imp (1894–1909) was a pure black Thoroughbred racing filly with a white, diamond-shaped star between her eyes. She was sired by Wagner (GB) out of Fondling (by Fonso) and was foaled on March 5, 1894.^[1] Owned and bred by Daniel R. Harness of Chillicothe, Ohio, and trained by both Charles E. Brossman and Peter Wimmer (when she was seven), Imp's male line of descent was the great Eclipse. Imp, nicknamed "My Coal Black Lady" after a popular song of the day, was a bit of a homely-looking thing, the daughter of parents who each raced only once. Her sire won the Wilton Park Stakes in England but her dam was injured in her only start.