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 YouTube DarkHollowEMMM“Edie Meeny Miny Mo. Did they catch the 7? No!”

Track announcer Frank Mirahmadi had fun with the name of the Dark Hollow Farm-bred filly after her thrilling stretch battle with Club Car in the $100,000 Regret Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 2. Edie Meeny Miny Mo dug in to win by a head and record the first stakes win of her career.

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ConsultDavid and JoAnn Hayden’s Dark Hollow Farm homebred Consultant kept telling everyone he loved the turf. And the 3-year-old son of Malibu Moon backed that up in his first start of the year when he galloped home a nine-length winner at Laurel Park on April 30.

Tugging hard as he stalked the pace down the backstretch, Consultant pulled himself to the front heading into the far turn and flew home, widening his margin with every stride. Jockey Victor Carrasco had a hard time pulling up the powerful chestnut gelding after the finish of the one-mile maiden race.

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ForeverDreamingTrainer Michael Dickinson had the talented 3-year-old filly Forever Dreaming fit and ready to go for her first start, over the Pimlico turf, on July 16.

Racing for Willis Horton Racing LLC, who saw a promising prospect when purchasing the gray/roan daughter of The Factor for $300,000 at the OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training in June 2020, Forever Dreaming dashed away from the gate in the one mile race and took charge of the pace. As the pace quickened heading into the far turn, she held her lead and wouldn’t be caught as she crossed the line a gate-to-wire winner.

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JoyrunnerThe streak of happiness continues! JOYRUNNER, from the first crop of the sensational Gun Runner out of Dark Hollow Farm-bred stakes winner JOY, won first time out when tackling seven juvenile fillies in a maiden special weight at Indiana Grand Race Course on Thursday, July 8.

Owned by the generous James “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, who purchased the chestnut filly for $145,000 as a yearling at last year’s Keeneland September sale, JOYRUNNER was also generous when giving her rivals a head start in the five and a half-furlong race! Nearly a dozen lengths back of the early leaders, the Laura Wohlers trainee began to pick up the pace heading into the far turn. Coming widest of all over the sloppy track, the blazed-faced mud-streaked filly passed one after the other, then kicked into another gear as she flew under the wire to win by one and a half lengths.

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Ellanation

David and JoAnn Hayden have always had faith in the family of Mystic Dance, a member of the marvelous Christiana Stables’ family descending from Obeah. Now rewarding the faith is ELLANATION, a 5-year-old granddaughter of Mystic Dance who recorded her first stakes win in Dark Hollow Farm's colors when getting up in time to take the $75,000 Jameela on Pimlico’s Independence Day holiday program.

To get there has been quite the journey!

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EMMMEdie Meeny Miny Mo was not playing around! Making her career debut at Pimlico on April 23, just about a week shy of her actual third birthday, the statuesque daughter of Upstart was eager to get to the front. The 9-10 favorite took charge in the first half mile of the six-furlong waiver maiden and dared her seven rivals to catch her as she cruised home a four and a quarter-length winner.

The dark bay filly owned by Holly Hill Farm is conditioned by Miguel Vera and has been training over the Pimlico track since early March. Her first start was eagerly anticipated after the excitement of her last public appearance.

Representing three generations of runners bred by Dark Hollow Farm, the daughter of stakes winner Plum made a quite a showing at last year's delayed Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale in late June. She zipped an eighth-mile in 10.0, equalling the fastest time at the under tack show of any horse in the sale, and sold as the second-highest priced filly when Sallusto/Albina, agents, went to $400,000. Cary Frommer prepared and consigned the filly, who went through the ring as a yearling for $120,000.

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