Hi All,
Some important dates to announce as we move closer to the opening of Monmouth Park on Saturday May 11th.
First is Saturday June 15th which will be our initial “Owner for A Day” event for 2024. It is Haskell Preview day at Monmouth Park and we will be welcoming up to 15 people to spend the day with us from early morning training including visiting the backside to meet our horses, Trainer and Jockeys and watching the races from one of the new Terrace Suites in Monmouth Park’s Clubhouse. Use the below link to access more details and sign-up information on our website at Kenwoodracing.com. These events fill up quickly so check it out now and get in the game!
https://www.kenwoodracing.com/owner-for-a-day
A second important date to mark on your calendar is Sunday August 25th which will be Kenwood Racing’s Annual Picnic to be held at Monmouth Park on NJ Thoroughbred day. More information to come later this summer.
For information on upcoming races for our horses please copy the following link which will take you to the Stable page on our Website
Entries here - https://www.kenwoodracing.com/statistics/entries
Calming Sea is entered in Race 6 at Gulfstream Park on Saturday April 6th (see details below for the race and her most recent maintenance breeze). I have included Scott’s pre-race analysis below and have attached the pp’s above.
CALMING SEA is entered to run next Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Race 6, an 8 ½ furlong turf route for non-winners of two races lifetime. Post Time is 3:40 PM, and Calming Sea drew the #4 Post Position in a short field of seven runners with Paco Lopez aboard to give her Kenwood debut another go! She has come out of her freak-incident in the paddock two weeks ago doing well and hasn’t missed a beat; including a nice 4-furlong breeze this past Monday. While this is a step up in class from the Clm16000 race that claimed her out of, she has shown enough for trainer Kelly Breen and his team to warrant the entry. She was competitive at this level back on New Years Day, getting nailed at the wire by a wall of horses after leading the entire way, in a thrilling finish. We couldn’t pass up this turf entry with a short field. There is some other early speed entered that she will have to contend with, but she is inside of that and with a clean trip, she should get the shortest run around the track. With a couple closers to the outside that have run well at this level already, Calming Sea will need to run a big one, but she fits and should have a say in the outcome of this race.
Calming Sea is entered to run on April 6, 2024, at GULFSTREAM PARK.
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Race: 6 - 3:41 PM $1 Daily Double / $1 Exacta / $.50 Trifecta / $.10 Superfecta / $1 Super Hi 5 $.50 Bet 3 (Races 6-7-8) / $.50 Pick 4 (Races 6-7-8-9)
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CLAIMING $25,000 |
Purse: $ 37,000. (Includes $4,000 - FTHA-FOA) (Includes $5,000 - FBIF - Florida Bred Incentive Fund) . For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward Which Have Never Won Two Races. Three Year Olds, 120 Lbs.; Older, 126 Lbs. Claiming Price $25,000 (if No Three-year-olds Are Entered, Older Weight Will Revert To 122 Lbs.). (if Deemed Inadvisable To Run This race over the turf course, it will be run on the Tapeta Course at One Mile and One Sixteenth) (Rail at 24 feet). One And One Sixteenth Miles. (Turf)
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Calming Sea (4-Year-Old Filly)
Date: March 25, 2024
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:90 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 16/23
Butterfly Queen gave a good effort in her Kenwood debut at Gulfstream Park on March 15th. Paco Lopez sat a perfect ground saving trip until the 1/8th pole, where she was cut off along the rail costing her a chance for victory. However, she was very game and regrouped to just get nosed out for 2nd place, settling for a hard earned third. We are encouraged by this effort and are looking forward to her next entry later this month. She had an easy maintenance breeze on Sunday shown below.
Butterfly Queen (3-Year-Old Filly)
Date: March 31, 2024
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:95 Breezing
Track Condition: Firm
Surface: Turf
Rank: 16/30
Outlaw Country ran another good race for our ARC23 Group on Saturday March 24th at Gulfstream Park. Scott’s post- race comments are below.
OUTLAW COUNTRY looked phenomenal pre-race in the paddock and on track, and ran his typical race today coming from off the pace, to finish a strong 2nd. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to catch the ML and Post Time Favorite, #8-Hope For Him, who went gate-to-wire in impressive fashion. Johnny V stalked that early speed along with the 3rd Place Finisher, #2-Souper Success, and Outlaw Country was grinding and still running late to create more separation from the rest of the field, but the winner was just too good, start to finish. OC came out of the race in good order so far, and we’ll finalize plans for his next couple months in the coming weeks. OC has now collected 1st or 2nd place purse money in 7 of 8 races for ARC23 in the Kenwood silks, and hasn’t missed a beat since claiming him for just $16,000! He didn’t quite get back into the Winner’s Circle today, but his future continues to look bright, and it’s only a matter of time before he breaks through for his first win of 2024!
Miti Fast Flower had her first timed work for Trainer Mark Salvaggio at Penn National on Saturday. Scott’s comments are below.
MITI FAST FLOWER had another strong week of training, culminating in a nice 3-furlong breeze this morning, stopping the clock in 37.2 seconds for her first breeze towards a 3YO campaign! Mark Salvaggio was very happy with how she went about the workout, and she has come out of things well so far. These next few weeks will be key for starting to build back her speed, and we are currently targeting her next breeze the week of April 8th. She’ll gallop 1-2 miles over the next week, as we also continue to build back her endurance and stamina as well, and we are excited to have her back on the official “work tab”! The Equibase Workout Notification is below:
Miti Fast Flower (3-Year-Old Filly)
Date: March 30, 2024
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 37:41 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 6/11
Wind Ninety Nine had a nice breeze on March 25 (see below) and is ready for his Kenwood debut. We are targeting a dirt race for him at Gulfstream on April 13th with entries taken this Saturday. Details to follow.
Wind Ninety Nine (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Date: March 25, 2024
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:95 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 11/23
Cali Heat is recovering from a deep cut that he sustained in his stall a couple of weeks ago and we are looking forward to getting him back into training once the wound is fully healed.
Red Head Italian is well at Overbrook Farm following a setback due to an injury while training at Overbrook Farm. She will need some time off for healing and hopefully resume training early this summer.
Our Vino Rosso / Lisa Limon filly continues to train well, and we are looking forward to her arrival in New Jersey early in May.
Our Connect filly is well at Hidden Brook Farm in Kentucky.