Awesome Challenge started off Kenwood's 2016 meet at Monmouth Park on a winning and thrilling note, on May 15th with the shortest possible nose victory after a head to head battle with the other favored horses, running side by side for the last half mile of a great race and putting her nostril in front in literally the final jump. After a poor debut with a big excuse behind the gate on January 28th with this private purchase, Awesome Challenge was 3rd on February 18th at Gulfstream Park in a solid effort and then took a big step forward with a very game 2nd at Gulfstream Park on March 25th. Caught up in a 3 horse speed battle for most of the race, she never quit, passed in deep stretch by a horse sitting just off the pace who clearly benefited from the battle in front of her but still fought to the end to finish ahead of both horses she'd been battling with and the rest of the field. This is a nice filly who we really enjoyed having in our barn, she was claimed from us out of her Monmouth Park win and gave our partners and co-owners a lot of thrills (and made a lot of purse money) for us this year!