This tall, almost jet black filly destroyed track and stakes records for two seasons before she broke down in a match race against Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure.

An offer he made in 1949 to give a horse to the boy or girl who sent in the best name for a black filly drew 47,000 letters.

Sam's black filly, sired by the Phantom.

The tiny, cheap black filly rocketed six furlongs in 1:11.12 for a four-and-three-quarter-length victory in the meeting's opening stakes race.

Or Pocahaba, the black filly?

A little later Nefer marked a black filly.

Catgut started second favourite in a twelve runner field but finished unplaced behind Soota, a black filly owned by Mr Lake.

The beautiful black filly was bought back by Peter van der Zwan via an agent.

In the photograph Joe indicated, a middle-aged man with graying temples stood proudly beside a black filly.

Ridden by William Arnull, she won from Lord Chesterfield's black filly Olga, with Salute in third place.