and Smooth Performance (runner-up in the Orby Stakes). Heart of Darkness tracked the leaders as Malvernico set the pace, but began to make progress inside the last quarter mile. He caught the Bolger colt in the final strides and won by a head, with Prodigal Blues a length away in third place. Heart of Darkness was being prepared for a run in the Dewhurst Stakes when he fractured a cannon bone in a training gallop. 1991: three-year-old season Heart of Darkness was off the racecourse for over a year before returning for four races in the late autumn of 1991. He finished second in a minor event at Newwbury and then came home sixth in the Listed Main Reef Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse, fading in the closing stages after leading for most of the way. He went on to run second to Susurration in the Darley Stakes and ended his campaign by finishing runner-up to Mohican Girlwhen favourite for the James Seymour Stakes over ten furlongs at Newmarket on 1 November. 1992: four-year-old season In 1992 Heart of Darkness was mainly campaigned in handicap races but had little success for most of the year and finished unplaced in his first eight races. He eventually returned to winning form at Warwick Racecourse on 5 October, taking the seven furlong Queen Bess Stakes "comfortably" by three lengths from the three-year-old Talb. Seventeen day later he followed up by winning a one-mile handicap at Newbury under a weight of 140 pounds. As in his victory at Warwick he was ridden by Ray Cochrane and wore a visor. On his last two starts Heart of Darkness ran third in a handicap at Newmarket and then came home eighth of the twelve runners in the Group 3 Prix Perth at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on 8 November. Stud record At the end of his racing career Heart of Darkness was retired to become a breeding stallion in Australia where he sired several minor winners but no top-class performers. He reportedly died at Gundaroo on 25 May 2011 at the age of twenty-three. Pedigree References 1988 racehorse births 2011 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 13-c