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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.

One of the best 3-year-old sprinters in the nation in 2011, POSEIDON'S WARRIOR became a Gr.1 winner in 2012 when capturing Saratoga's Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. It was the fifth stakes win of a career which saw him win the NATC Futurity S. at Monmouth at 2 and three stakes at 3. He was named Maryland-bred champion 3-year-old after a season in which he earned $244,937 while winning four of nine starts.

A son of champion sprinter Speightstown, POSEIDON'S WARRIOR is the final foal of Dark Hollow's retired matron POISED TO POUNCE (by Smarten), Maryland's Broodmare of the Year of 2012.

POSEIDON'S WARRIOR made 21 starts, won seven, with two seconds and four thirds, for earnings of $701,147.

Race Record:
1st- Alfred G. Vanderbilt H-G1 at SAR  Video Triangle
1st- La Bagoter S at PEN  Video Triangle
1st- New Castle S at DEL  Video Triangle
1st- East Hanover S at PEN  Video Triangle
1st- NATC Futurity S at MTH  Video Triangle
2nd- Gallant Bob S at PRX 
2nd- Grey Planet S at BEL 
3rd- Vosburgh Invitational S-G1 at BEL 
3rd- Fabulous Strike S at PEN 
3rd- Valley Forge S at PRX 
3rd- First State Dash S at DEL 

POSEIDON'S WARRIOR
Dk.b./br.c., 2008, Speightstown—Poised to Pounce, by Smarten
Bred by Dark Hollow Farm & William Paca Beatson. Sold as a two-year-old for $90,000 at FTMMAY
Currently stands at stud at Pleasant Acres Stallions, Morriston, Fla.