Her performances earned her the title of 2-year-old filly honors in a poll by Turf and Sports Digest magazine.
At three, Twilight Tear won fourteen out of seventeen races including eleven straight, beating both fillies and colts.
In the prestigious Pimlico Special she defeated Devil Diver and Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Pensive in a time that matched the record set by Seabiscuit in the 1938 race.
Her dominating performance in 1944 saw her named Horse of the Year by both the Daily Racing Form[2] and the Turf and Sport Digest.
[3] In her first race at age four, Twilight Tear suffered respiratory tract problems and was retired to stand as a broodmare at Calumet Farm.