Stud Record
When Harness died in 1902, she was sold to John E. Madden. She produced five foals under his care, among them the stakes winner Faust and the winning colt Devilkin.
Extremely popular in the Gay Nineties, she retired at seven years of age, having set records at 1 1/16, 1¼, 1½ and 1¾ mile.
Imp won the U.S. Horse of the Year honors in 1899, as well as the U.S. Champion Handicap Mare, the same year Admiration (b. 1896) by Kingston out of Hypocrite by Longfellow was three year old filly champion. She repeated as Champion Handicap Mare in 1900. Her life earnings amounted to $70,069.
She died in 1909 and was buried at Hamburg Place, Lexington, Kentucky. (See external links for Walmart's treatment of her burial site.)
More than five decades after her death, Imp was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1965.
In a poll among members of the American Trainers Association, conducted in 1955 by Delaware Park Racetrack, Imp was voted the tenth greatest filly in American racing history. Gallorette was voted first.
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