New works, upcoming race, and a very happy new year!

A very safe, happy and healthy New Year to everyone in the Kenwood Racing family from all of us. We are so grateful for your support year after year. We do this for the love of the horses, the game, and for you…..

A look at the latest possible race dates for all your horses here. Note we have five horses scheduled for races in the first part of January from coast to coast.

  • Here’s a video of Shake It Up Baby at Palm Meadows, courtesy of trainer Kelly Breen, galloping nicely and very easily with jockey Paco Lopez standing up on him. He had an easy breeze today, just getting him fit for his scheduled race in a couple of weeks. The horse is doing excellent.

 

 

  • Solar had an easy maintenance work this morning at Palm Meadows. There’s a race for him in early January and he’ll be ready for it.
  • Night of Idiots had a sizzling fast work this week to sharpen her for her race, enter Thursday for Sunday at Golden Gate Fields. If the race goes she’ll be our first starter of the new decade.

Folks, you’ve heard-read many comments before from us about how little workout times actually mean; the works below offer a textbook example. Shake It Up Baby and Solar worked slow, Night of Idiots worked super-fast. All were good works, just what the trainer wanted given where they are in their training-racing cycles and what we were looking to accomplish. The riders got off each of the horses and said they went easily and felt great, that’s what we are looking for. We could easily have had any of them work faster or slower; even a fast workout is slower than the speed a horse runs at in a race. Don’t let anyone mislead you. It’s not about the time, it’s about how the horse does it. A good ‘teachable moment’ to end the year.

  • Giuliana Vee good out of her game 2nd at Penn National, in a clearly improved effort to end the year on a nice note. She’s gradually improving with each start and has a decent shot to win races for us at Penn this winter.
  • Bullion good out of his return last week at the Fairgrounds. Tried hard, needed the race obviously after a lengthy layoff, showed plenty of speed against a super tough field. We got this race under his belt exactly as planned to have him ready for the Oaklawn Park meet with some of the largest purses in the nation at all levels. It’s been a journey with this horse, all minor stuff but a lot more time off than racing. With a little luck our patience is about to be rewarded.
  • No Good Deed doing very well after her first half mile work at Gulfstream Park. “She didn’t go fast, it was her first half mile, but she finished up very strong, galloped out quick. We’ll ask her for a little more speed next time and then go to the gate with her. I’m very happy with how she’s doing”, trainer Ron Spatz.
  • New Found Treasure excellent out of her going away win by 8+ lengths at Penn National. There’s a race for her in early January where she should be tough to beat again.
  • Magic Musketier doing fine.
  • Rapstorerocks doing fine, there’s a race for him at Gulfstream Park in early January also.
  • Life On the Edge at the farm in Ocala and couldn’t look or be doing better.
  • Our beautiful yearling out of Exchanging Fire in training at T-Square stud in Ocala and doing super. We expect him to be a precocious two year old next year.
  • Lisa Limon excellent at the farm in Kentucky, looking forward to a nice healthy baby in February. She will be bred to world-class racehorse Palace Malice (by Curlin) in 2020, one of the leading first-crop sires this year with 19 individual winners including Structor, a Breeder’s Cup winning two year old on the Triple Crown trail!

Mark your calendars for a Kenwood dinner meeting January 31st near Monmouth Park with some exciting news on plans for the New Year!

 

Horse Workout Notification
December 31, 2019
Solar (3-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: claimed 6-28-19
Date: December 31, 2019
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 51:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 89/94

Shake It Up Baby (2-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, purchased OBS March 2019
Date: December 31, 2019
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:50 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 79/94

Horse Workout Notification
December 29, 2019
Night of Idiots (4-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claim 12-8-18 @GGF
Date: December 29, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 47:80 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 1/74