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KETTLE WON created quite a stir in his 2-year-old debut during the 1998 Saratoga meet as the Todd Pletcher-trainee blew away the opposition with a ten and a half-length romp in maiden special company. He has since competed successfully on dirt and turf, going short and long, and fiinished second in the Fort Lauderdale Handicap-G3 over Gulfstream Park's turf course in March of 2000. A half-brother to the durable allowance horse GLIDE HOME, KETTLE WON is out of championSAFELY KEPT's half-sister SAFE AT THE PLATE, a stakes-placed winner of $114,923.
 

Ch.c. 1996, Colonial Affair–Safe At the Plate, by Double Zeus. Bred and raised at Dark Hollow Farm. Sold by Dark Hollow Farm for $120,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale. Purchased by Anstu Stables for $370,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Select Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Currently standing stud in New York.

FLIT represents four generations of impressive producers at Dark Hollow Farm. Descending from the farm's legendary foundation mare SAFELY HOME, she is a daughter of the marvelous producer SAFE JOURNEY and is a half-sister to three stakes horses, led by four-time stakes winner O DIONYSUS, who has earnings of nearly $450,000 and was a stakes winner four consecutive years, on dirt and turf, and set a course record at Delaware Park for a mile and a half when winning the 2018 Cape Henlopen S. FLIT's half-sister JOY won Belmont Park's Perfect Sting S., Delaware Park's Christiana S. and Laurel Park's All Brandy S., earned $250,544 and is the dam of six-figure sales yearlings. FLIT's half-brother Combat Diver, a $100,000 2-year-old sales horse, was stakes-placed at 3. 

FLIT is the dam of a six-figure sales offspring, BETCHA BY GOLLY (by Tapizar), the most expensive filly sold at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale when purchased by the highly-successful Maryland-based stable Skeedattle Associates for $150,000. In her first three starts at 2, BETCHA BY GOLLY finished in the top three in all of them, and recorded her first win when stretching out for the first time at Pimlico in September, leading throughout to score by nearly 3 lengths over a sloppy track.

Produce History

2024 bred to HONOR A. P.
2023 b.c. by GREAT NOTION.
2022 dk.b./br.c. by HONOR A. P. Sold for $300,000 at OBS March 2024.
2021 bred to CATALINA CRUISER.
2020 CONVENE, b.f. by UNIFIED.
2019 FLITTER dk.b./br.f. by GREAT NOTION. Winner at 4, $40,020.
2018 BETCHA BY GOLLY, dk.b./br.f. by TAPIZAR. Winner at 2, 3, 4, & 5: $222,427. Sold for $150,000 FTM OCT 2019. 
2017 NEXTSTOP POKIPC, dk.b./br.g. by CONGRATS. Sold for $75,000 at OBS SPR 2019. Placed at 2 and 3.

FLIT
2011 Dark Bay/Brown Mare
Not For Love–Safe Journey, by Flatter
Bred and Owned by Dark Hollow Farm

 


 

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KETTLE WON created quite a stir in his 2-year-old debut during the 1998 Saratoga meet as the Todd Pletcher-trainee blew away the opposition with a ten and a half-length romp in maiden special company. He has since competed successfully on dirt and turf, going short and long, and fiinished second in the Fort Lauderdale Handicap-G3 over Gulfstream Park's turf course in March of 2000. A half-brother to the durable allowance horse GLIDE HOME, KETTLE WON is out of championSAFELY KEPT's half-sister SAFE AT THE PLATE, a stakes-placed winner of $114,923.

Ch.c. 1996, Colonial Affair–Safe At the Plate, by Double Zeus. Bred and raised at Dark Hollow Farm. Sold by Dark Hollow Farm for $120,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale. Purchased by Anstu Stables for $370,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Select Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Currently standing stud in New York.

 

A winning daughter of UNBRIDLED, KINLIN has been a star in the sales ring. She had three consecutive yearlings sell for six figures—totaling $1.24 million—topped by a $500,000 More Than Ready filly in 2007. Her yearlings have always turned heads: her first foal, by Partner's Hero, won his class at the Maryland Horse Breeders Association's annual yearling show; her 2008 colt by Malibu Moon was named the show's champion, and sold later that fall for $400,000.

A half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner DUBLEO, now a graded stakes sire in Australia, KINLIN is out of the SECRETARIAT mare Secret Red, a half-sister to champion sprinter RUBIANO. This is also the family of Belmont S.-G1 winner SUMMER BIRD, top runner and leading sire TAPIT, major sire RELAUNCH and world-record-equaling sprinter and successful sire GLITTERMAN.

Produce History

2014 bred to TAPIZAR for 2014
2013 filly by PADDY O'PRADO
2012 Aborted
2011 (unnamed) filly by MALIBU MOON
2010 Not Bred
2009 LITTLE MISS JAYLA, filly by HENNY HUGHES
2008 MAESTRO, colt by MALIBU MOON
Sold for $400,000 at Keeneland September 2009 Yearling Sale
2007 EPICURUS, colt by MORE THAN READY
Sold for $340,000 at Keeneland September 2008 Yearling Sale
2006 KHENDUM, filly by MORE THAN READY
Sold for $500,000 at Keeneland September 2007 Yearling Sale
2005 POWER IN TRUTH, colt by PARTNER'S HERO
 

KINLIN
1998 Bay Mare
Unbridled—Secret Red, by Secretariat
Owned by Dark Hollow Farm

 

 

 

 

Details
KETTLE WON created quite a stir in his 2-year-old debut during the 1998 Saratoga meet as the Todd Pletcher-trainee blew away the opposition with a ten and a half-length romp in maiden special company. He has since competed successfully on dirt and turf, going short and long, and fiinished second in the Fort Lauderdale Handicap-G3 over Gulfstream Park's turf course in March of 2000. A half-brother to the durable allowance horse GLIDE HOME, KETTLE WON is out of championSAFELY KEPT's half-sister SAFE AT THE PLATE, a stakes-placed winner of $114,923.
 

Ch.c. 1996, Colonial Affair–Safe At the Plate, by Double Zeus. Bred and raised at Dark Hollow Farm. Sold by Dark Hollow Farm for $120,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale. Purchased by Anstu Stables for $370,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Select Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Currently standing stud in New York.

A stakes winner of $159,200, HIGH MOMENT won Laurel Park's Dahlia S. at a mile on the turf, and Philadelphia Park's Dr. James Penny Memorial S. at a mile and a sixteenth on the turf over multiple graded stakes winner J'ray. 

HIGH MOMENT's first two foals of racing age are winners, including graded stakes winner LUNA TIME, whose first stakes win came in the Grade 3 Obeah S. at Delaware Park. Earlier in the year she finished third in the Maryland Racing Media S. in her stakes debut. HIGH MOMENT's son by first-year sire TRAPPE SHOT, now named BEST DRIVE, sold for $230,000 at the 2015 Barretts Select 2-year-old sale. He initially sold out of the Dark Hollow consignment for $127,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling sale.

Out of multiple stakes-placed Apogee (a daughter of champion sprinter STAR DE NASKRA), HIGH MOMENT is a half-sister to Gr. 2 Gulfstream Park H. winner SIR WHIMSEY, a $521,784-earner who won or placed in nine stakes, with a third in the Gr. 1 Pimlico Special among his efforts. The family includes Gr. 1 winner and $836,765-earner JESSICA IS BACK. HIGH MOMENT's first three dams are all stakes performers.

Tragically, HIGH MOMENT died of foaling complications in 2015 after producing a filly by Trappe Shot, who survived.

Produce History

2015 ch.f. by TRAPPE SHOT
2014 TAP THE MOMENT, b.g. by TAPIZAR
2013 BEST DRIVE, ch.c. by TRAPPE SHOT. Winner of $91,656 in Japan. $127,000 Kee Sept Yrlg; $230,000 Barretts Select 2-year-old sale
2012 Barren
2011 LUNA TIME, ch.f. by MALIBU MOON. GSW winner of $195,073.
2010 WALK OFF WINNER, ch.f. by GRAND SLAM. Winner.
 

HIGH MOMENT
2003 Chestnut Mare
High Yield—Apogee, by Star de Naskra
Owned by Dorsey Brown & Rich Palmer

 

 

Details
KETTLE WON created quite a stir in his 2-year-old debut during the 1998 Saratoga meet as the Todd Pletcher-trainee blew away the opposition with a ten and a half-length romp in maiden special company. He has since competed successfully on dirt and turf, going short and long, and fiinished second in the Fort Lauderdale Handicap-G3 over Gulfstream Park's turf course in March of 2000. A half-brother to the durable allowance horse GLIDE HOME, KETTLE WON is out of championSAFELY KEPT's half-sister SAFE AT THE PLATE, a stakes-placed winner of $114,923.

Ch.c. 1996, Colonial Affair–Safe At the Plate, by Double Zeus. Bred and raised at Dark Hollow Farm. Sold by Dark Hollow Farm for $120,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale. Purchased by Anstu Stables for $370,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Select Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Currently standing stud in New York.

 

Produce History

2011 in foal to: STEPHEN GOT EVEN
2010 (Unnamed) filly by: YES IT'S TRUE
2009 (Unnamed) filly by: PLEASANTLY PERFECT

HEDGE PROXY
2004 Chestnut Mare, by Silver Deputy–Hedge Ratio, by Unbridled
Owned by: Hillwood Stable LLC

 

 

 

Details
KETTLE WON created quite a stir in his 2-year-old debut during the 1998 Saratoga meet as the Todd Pletcher-trainee blew away the opposition with a ten and a half-length romp in maiden special company. He has since competed successfully on dirt and turf, going short and long, and fiinished second in the Fort Lauderdale Handicap-G3 over Gulfstream Park's turf course in March of 2000. A half-brother to the durable allowance horse GLIDE HOME, KETTLE WON is out of championSAFELY KEPT's half-sister SAFE AT THE PLATE, a stakes-placed winner of $114,923.

Ch.c. 1996, Colonial Affair–Safe At the Plate, by Double Zeus. Bred and raised at Dark Hollow Farm. Sold by Dark Hollow Farm for $120,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale. Purchased by Anstu Stables for $370,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Select Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Currently standing stud in New York.

 

Produce History

2011 in foal to: JUMP START
2010 (Unnamed) colt by: BERNSTEIN
2009 (Unnamed) filly by: QUIET AMERICAN
2008 BEAU AMERICAN, colt by QUIET AMERICAN
2007 FONDUE, colt by BROKEN VOW
2006 HELLO LOVER, colt by NOT FOR LOVE
2005 BENNY HAVENS colt by NOT FOR LOVE 
2004 Barren, (bred to NOT FOR LOVE) 
2003 DRESS GREY, gr/ro filly by LION HEARTED
1st– $75,000 Smart Halo Stakes at LRL
2002 MISS LOMBARDI, dk b/ filly by UNBRIDLED JET
1st- Maryland Million Ladies
Earned: $301,670
2001 ROXYETTE, dk b/ filly by NOT FOR LOVE
2000 COQUETTISH, gr/ro filly by NOT FOR LOVE
1st- Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship
Earned: $192,503
1999 KISSING ROCK, gr/ro gelding by NOT FOR LOVE 

 

CHEMISE
1995 Gray/Roan Mare, by Secret Halo–Cotton Too
Owned by: Robert & Linda Newton

 

 

 

 

 

Details
KETTLE WON created quite a stir in his 2-year-old debut during the 1998 Saratoga meet as the Todd Pletcher-trainee blew away the opposition with a ten and a half-length romp in maiden special company. He has since competed successfully on dirt and turf, going short and long, and fiinished second in the Fort Lauderdale Handicap-G3 over Gulfstream Park's turf course in March of 2000. A half-brother to the durable allowance horse GLIDE HOME, KETTLE WON is out of championSAFELY KEPT's half-sister SAFE AT THE PLATE, a stakes-placed winner of $114,923.
 

Ch.c. 1996, Colonial Affair–Safe At the Plate, by Double Zeus. Bred and raised at Dark Hollow Farm. Sold by Dark Hollow Farm for $120,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern Fall Yearling Sale. Purchased by Anstu Stables for $370,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Select Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Currently standing stud in New York.

Produce History

2020 bred to West Coast.
2019 (unnamed) colt by UNION RAGS. 
2018 (unnamed) colt by MORE THAN READY. 
2017 DIAMONDS ARE A, filly by STREET SENSE. Winner of $84,320. Sold for $120,000 FEE SEP 2018
2016 NAUNET, filly by PIONEER OF THE NILE. Sold for $90,000 FTK OCT 2017.
2015 PURE PRAISE, filly by CONGRATS. Winner of $106,837. Sold for $110,000 OBS MAR 2017. 

DR. DIAMONDS PRIZE
Pure Prize–Miss Mary Apples, by Clever Trick
2008 Dark Bay/Brown Mare


 

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