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.
The well-traveled DANCE FEE, a 2001 bay mare out of Dark Hollow Farm's MYSTIC DANCE, earned $336,100 for owner John Murphy and conditioner Michael Gorham. The durable and consistent mare hit the board 31 times in 45 starts and was a stakes performer each year she raced.
The highlight of DANCE FEE's career came in 2005 when she led throughout to capture Delaware Park's Justakiss Stakes. She also placed second in Delaware's John W. Rooney Memorial and Winter Melody S. in 2006, and was third in three added-money races in Maryland: the 2005 Geisha H., 2004 Caesar's Wish S. and 2003 Heavenly Cause S.
B.f., 2001, Menifee—Mystic Dance, by Nepal
Bred by Dark Hollow Farm & Ann Merryman
Sold by Dark Hollow Farm for $35,000 at FTM 2YO 03
