Silver Blaze

Silver Blaze (The Strand Magazine, december 1892)

Fictional horse.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Silver Blaze was a racehorse of Isonomy stock (SILV 43).

• It was owned by Colonel Ross (SILV 475).

• Silver Blaze was trained for the Wessex Cup and wore a black cap and red jacket (SILV 475).

• It killed its trainer John Straker when Straker attempted to lame him so he could profit from betting against the horse (SILV 573), after the killing Silver Blaze fled randomly to a competitor's stable (Capleton stables) (SILV 395).

• By reasoning and following tracks, Sherlock Holmes found Silver Blaze and the horse could compete and won the Wessex Cup, with a good six lengths before its rival (SILV 504).

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