Hi All,

A race tonight and much more to come as Monmouth Park opens for its 80th season on Saturday afternoon. 

 We will be hosting our “Owner for a Day Program” on Saturday June 14^th Haskell Preview Day (see attached notice above).  It is a great opportunity for anyone who has not been a Kenwood Horse Group Member to see Morning Training and visit our horses in Kelly Breen’s Barn on the Monmouth Park Backside.  Afterwards you will be able to watch the races from a beautiful Winner’s Circle Terrace Suite with both breakfast and lunch included. As a bonus the first 5000 in attendance that day will receive a Monmouth Park Hoodie.  A great Father’s Day Gift. Please let us know if you are interested in receiving more information as space is limited.

Cali Heat is entered tonight in Race 3 at Penn National with Tyler Conner in the irons going 6 furlongs on the main track (see pp’s attached above and details below).  Trainer Mark Salvaggio feels that he is ready to go for his 2^nd win in a row after a nice breeze on April 29^th (details below).  Scott’s pre-race comments are:

All systems are a go tonight for CALI HEAT, as he steps up in class off his win last out and looking to make it two in a row! Tyler Conner is back aboard for the 6-furlong sprint, carded as Race 3 with a Post Time just before 6:45 PM tonight! Cali Heat drew the #3 Post Position and is 7-5 on the ML.  There is not a lot of early speed signed on with this short field of six runners, and the ML favorite #5-Saponara looks to the only other early speed on paper along with Cali Heat.  While Cali Heat has proven more successful stalking the early speed, Tyler Conner may have no choice but to be on the pace with Cali Heat today, as Saponara breaks to their outside and prefers a similar stalking setup to Cali Heat. With that said, speed can carry at Penn National after heavy rains, and they got a lot of rain out there through the weekend, so on the pace might be the place to be! The track was fast last week for Cali Heat’s last breeze, so we’ll see how it is playing in the first couple races; both of which are 6-furlong dirt sprints, too. The #1-Grey Streak could be interesting, as he exits a poor showing against Starter Allowance company, but he has 2-wins and 1-second in his last three races against Claiming company, so he can’t be overlooked in this spot; albeit it’s a step up for him too, from his win at the Clm7500 level. Mark texted this morning that Cali Heat is “sharp”, and fingers crossed he runs his race tonight!  He tried hard every time, which is one of the fun things about this horse but has also been improving since returning to training last Fall, and we’re hopeful he answers the bell in the step up in class tonight. Best of luck to all Group 93 members and our Kenwood Racing Partners!  Fingers crossed for a clean trip, and little racing luck tonight! 

Cali Heat is entered today at PENN NATIONAL.

Race: 3 - 6:43 PM        W-P-S/ Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta / Daily Double Pick 3 (Races 3-4-5)

Purse: $ 18,000. (plus Up To 40% Pabf) For Three Year Olds And Upward Which Have Not Won A Race Since February 7 Or Which Have Never Won Four Races. Three Year Olds, 121 Lbs.; Older, 124 Lbs. Non-winners Of A Race Since April 7 Allowed 2 Lbs. ; A Race Since March 7 Allowed 4 lbs. Claiming Price $10,000, if for $9,000, allowed 2 lbs. (Races Where Entered For $8,000 Or Less Not Considered In Eligibility in Beaten Condition). Six Furlongs.

Cali Heat (4-Year-Old Gelding)

Date: April 29, 2025
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 47:44 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 6/25

One Time Willard arrived at Monmouth Park from Florida last week (he is closest to the camera in the attached picture above) and is ready to go with an entry for Mother’s Day this Sunday May 11^th in Race 9 at Monmouth Park (see details below).  Paco Lopez will ride leaving from post 5 in a full field of 10 plus 3 other MTO entries going a mile and a sixteenth on the turf.  The weather looks like it will be fine and if you are planning on attending and need passes, please let us know no later than 2 pm on Saturday we can leave at Will Call.  Additional info once the pp’s are released.

One Time Willard is entered to run on May 11, 2025, at MONMOUTH PARK.

Race: 9 - 4:50 PM       

Purse: $ 50,000. (plus Up To 40% Njb) For Three Year Olds And Upward Which Have Never Won $20,000 Once Other Than Maiden, Claiming, Starter, Or State Bred Allowance Or Which Have Never Won Two Races. Three Year Olds, 120 Lbs.; Older, 124 Lbs. Non-winners Of A Race At A Mile Or Over On The Turf Since April 11 Allowed 2 lbs. Such A Race Since March 11 Allowed 3 lbs. (Races Where Entered For $30,000 Or Less Not Considered In Allowances). (Rail at 24 feet). One And One Sixteenth Miles. (Turf)

One Time Willard (6-Year-Old Gelding)

Date: April 25, 2025
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:50 Breezing
Track Condition: Firm
Surface: Turf
Rank: 3/33

Our Connect / Lisa Limon filly has officially been named Lisa Connects.  She continues to train at Whispering Meadows Equestrian in Delaware as weather permits (see video from 4/23 attached above).  We have only two more shares available in this filly on a first come first serve basis.  If you are interested in becoming a Group 98 Member, please let us know ASAP.

Cadet Corps has arrived at Monmouth Park and is the big chestnut walking just behind One Time Willard in the picture attached above.  We are targeting an Allowance race for him on May 18^th for his next entry.  He had a nice maintenance breeze at Palm Meadows on April 25th (see below) before making the trip to NJ last week.

Cadet Corps (6-Year-Old Gelding)

Date: April 25, 2025
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 51:70 Breezing
Track Condition: Firm
Surface: Turf
Rank: 24/33

Outlaw Country has arrived at Monmouth Park also and is very happy to be home (see the video link below).  He is well after his return to the track on April 27^th and we will be looking for a turf sprint for him in the coming weeks.

 Outlaw Country - MTH Stall Roll 05.02.25.mp4

Lisa’s Palace was initially scheduled to be entered for a race this Sunday, but she came up with a small abcess in her foot and had to be sidelined for a few days.  Once it clears up we will be looking to get her into a two-turn turf race at either Penn National or Monmouth Park.

Red Head Italian (4-Year-Old Filly)

Date: April 25, 2025
Track: LAUREL PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:40 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 14/35