Which Sherlock Holmes story features a missing racehorse named Silver Blaze?

The Sherlock Holmes story featuring the missing racehorse Silver Blaze is “Silver Blaze,” often listed under the fuller title “The Adventure of Silver Blaze.” It was written by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1892 in The Strand Magazine.

The case begins when Silver Blaze, a celebrated racehorse expected to win the Wessex Cup, disappears from its stable. His trainer, John Straker, is found dead, and suspicion initially falls on the stable boy. Holmes travels to Dartmoor with Dr. Watson and investigates the stable, the surrounding moor, and the horse’s unusual disappearance.

The story is famous for Holmes’s observation that the stable dog did not bark during the night. That apparently small detail tells him the visitor was someone the dog knew. Silver Blaze is eventually recovered, disguised by mud and paint. The story is sometimes remembered mainly for the “dog that didn’t bark” clue, but the missing horse is the central mystery and gives the tale its title.