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 10 1/2-length romp in maiden special company. He went on to compete successfully on dirt and turf, going short and long, and finished second in the Fort Lauderdale H.-G3 over Gulfstream Park's turf course.
A half-brother to multiple stakes-placed Cognac Kisses as well as the durable allowance horse GLIDE HOME, an earner of $365,683, KETTLE WON is out of Hall of Famer and Eclipse Award champion SAFELY KEPT's half-sister Safe At the Plate, a stakes-placed winner of $114,923.
KETTLE WON entered stud in New York. From three small crops, he is the sire of $205,692-earner Doodlin and $147,938-earner Celtic Kettle.
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