Dark NME: From Historic Speed to Historic Opportunity—Offered Only at Fastrack
- Taylor Zimmerman
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In a moment that defines a new era for both the racing industry and Solo Select Racing, Dark NME, whose brilliance once ignited every racetrack she touched, steps into the spotlight again, offering her legacy from the breeding shed rather than the starting gate.
On December 14, during the first-ever Fastrack December Mixed Sale, Solo Select Racing proudly presents Hip 11: Dark NME, along with four 2026 embryos—the complete set of her debut foal crop. For Solo Select Racing, this is more than a consignment.
It’s a milestone.
A statement.
A moment that elevates the program onto one of the most prestigious stages in Quarter Horse racing.
And for buyers, it is the rarest of chances: The ability to shape the next generation of a champion’s legacy.
"Buying Dark NME is a rare and extraordinary opportunity. She is a unicorn, and her first four embryos are proof she has been started exactly the right way. Our thanks go to Willie Garcia for trusting Fastrack to represent such an exceptional mare. For anyone looking to build a long-term program, she has every indication of becoming a producer of significant runners for years to come."
— Butch Wise
A Race Career That Rewrote Record Books
By any measure, Dark NME is a mare whose presence changes the landscape.
A daughter of Hes Relentless, she stepped onto the track with a level of consistency and finishing power seldom seen.
9 wins
$1,739,485 in earnings
AQHA Champion 2-Year-Old Filly (2023)
Multiple Grade 1 victories
Two track records, one of which broke a mark previously held by World Champion Empressum
Her dominance began with a six-race win streak as a 2-year-old, including a jaw-dropping three and a half length victory in the G1 Remington Park OK-Bred Futurity, and continued at Ruidoso Downs with her legendary G1 Rainbow Futurity performance where she set a new track record.
She proved her class time and time again, from winning her G1 Texas Classic Futurity to standing toe-to-toe with the best of her generation in the All American.
Dark NME has done rare things. Special things. The kind of things that mares of this caliber very seldom accomplish—and even more rarely enter the marketplace with.
A Broodmare Prospect With Unlimited Upside
Dark NME now transitions into the role she is uniquely built for: a cornerstone producer.
Her pedigree is steeped in speed, consistency, and modern racing relevance.
By Hes Relentless — sire of Hes Judgeandjury, Relentless Eagle, Unrelentless
Out of Quions (by Spit Curl Jess) — producing elite runners including G2 winner Mr Dillard
Descended from a deep female line featuring G1 winners CR Tuckernuck and Fast Prize Zoom
Dark NME is exactly the kind of mare programs dream of founding their future around. And on December 14, she becomes available to the public for the first time.
Four Embryos. Unlimited Direction. One Extraordinary Opportunity.
Alongside Dark NME (Hip 11), Solo Select Racing offers Hips 12–15, all four embryos she produced for her 2026 foaling season.
The breeder is not retaining a single one meaning a level of access to a mare of this caliber that is almost unheard-of.
Hips 12 & 14 — By Favorite Cartel
The incomparable Grade 1 sire of seven champions and 33 G1 winners.The Favorite Cartel × Hes Relentless cross is young, but already potent: producing the stakes-placed runner M E Ettago Relent from the only foal to hit the track to date.
Hip 13 — By Flying Cowboy 123
A two-time champion and one of the most important young sires in the sport and already the sire of back-to-back AQHA champion 2-year-olds.
The cross with Hes Relentless mares has shown enormous early promise through Cowboy Cadillac, winner of this year’s Sweetwater Downs Futurity. Paired with a mare of Dark NME’s class, the resulting foal is positioned for success.
Hip 15 — By Kiss My Hocks
The champion 2-year-old of 2014 and sire of seven Grade 1 winners, including 2024 champion Kempton.
Hes Relentless mares already have stakes-performers by Kiss My Hocks, such as Relentless Dasher, and Dark NME dramatically elevates the quality at this crossroad.
This isn’t just another mare entering production.
This is one of the most accomplished, consistent, and electric fillies of her generation—paired with three stallions who have shaped the modern Quarter Horse industry.
This is history in the making, and Solo Select Racing is honored to bring it forward.
Dark NME and her embryos sell December 14 during the Fastrack December Mixed Sale.
