Horse by Horse News

As most people know, a major storm hit the Jersey Shore this week and knocked out power in many locations, including unfortunately at Monmouth Park. They were not able to take entries at all yesterday, today they took them manually; no computers, no power. A bit of a mess and a bit of an unknown about racing this weekend (they can’t run until power is fully restored). But great news on entries, updated with 2 more for Sunday, six horses entered at three different tracks in the next few days, read below!

• Seven Seven makes his much anticipated career debut Friday at Saratoga. Here’s a video of him walking on the van this morning at Monmouth on his way to Saratoga with his legs neatly wrapped for the trip. Look at what a big, strong, good looking colt this is (and how calmly he loads on the van). He gets top rider Luis Saez and a favorable outside post in an 8 horse field. While Seven Seven is bred to improve with age-distance (much like Fire’s Finale, who was a good 3^rd in his debut) he’s shown speed and ability from the get go and with a decent trip we are expecting a solid effort from him.
• No Good Deed will run Friday at Penn National IF (and only if!) the race comes off the grass. Right now weather says 80% chance of thunderstorms, doing a rain dance so stay tuned! If you do not hear from us, she is NOT running but it may be a last minute decision, we have until 5:30pm to see if the race comes off the grass.
• Tracy Ann’s Legacy was entered at Monmouth Park and the race went, she runs Saturday in a nice grass allowance event with a big purse. It’s an exceptionally tough spot, almost every horse in it comes out of a winning race, one of the few that don’t is the likely favorite, who comes out of a good 2^nd in a stake at Belmont Park in her last. That said, Tracy Ann comes off a super-impressive win herself and has been training well, so we expect a big effort from her.
• Fire's Finale was entered for Sunday at Monmouth Park and that race went with a nice short field. Looking forward to seeing him run locally!
• Highwaytwentyseven entered for Sunday at Monmouth Park and that race went also, one race before Fire’s Finale. It’s on the grass, not what we wanted at all as he’s never run on it, but with no other option in sight and the horse doing really well, we decided to give him a chance on a new surface (through we wouldn’t mind at all if it came off the grass!).
• New Found Treasure perfect out of her impressive win at Penn National and a race came up for her on the extras with good timing and she got in. She runs next week at Penn National in a similar spot to the race she won last time. Came up especially tough this time, the horse she was 2^nd to a couple of races back is in there, along with several others with good form, but as well as she’s been running recently she’s one of the top contenders nonetheless.
• Life on the Edge excellent out of her 10 length win at Monmouth Park. There’s an excellent race for her in about 2 weeks at Monmouth Park. She has really filled out and matured into a very good looking filly this spring-summer.
• Pango ok out of an excellent flying 4^th at Penn National, beaten a head for 3^rd in a photo and a heartbreaking 1 length for the win despite a tough trip. It was an ultra-tough race for the level with an overflow field and for the first time since we claimed him this spring, he ran a winning race. A few strides after the wire he was in front and off this race we have renewed optimism that he can join the rest of our stable in the winner’s circle.
• Rapstorerocks great out of his 2^nd win in a row at Penn National. Should run back towards the end of August.
• Giuliana Vee good out of a very game 2^nd at Penn National coming back on just 2 weeks rest off her debut win. There’s a race for her towards the end of August. This filly has matured into an honest, consistent runner and we are very pleased.
• Blu Candy gets a little time off at the farm and is doing well there. Expect her to return to training at Monmouth Park in September. We are not rushing her as she’s bred to mature into a nice filly.

As usual, entry information can be found here.

General News

• We are pleased to announce group #60 is now sold out. Every single one of our new co-ownership groups was full in 2020, several over-subscribed with waiting lists. The support of our incredibly loyal co-owners, especially during such challenging times, is deeply appreciated by our entire team. We do this for you and we thank every one of our owners for being part of the Kenwood Racing family. 
• What an amazing July! Six wins and three seconds from just eleven starts. Congratulations to all our owners on your wins this month with No Good Deed, New Found Treasure, plus TWO wins for Rapstorerocks, a win and a photo finish 2^nd for Giuliana Vee, and an outstanding blowout win to end the month following an excellent 2^nd on Haskell Day for Life On the Edge.  
• Lisa Limon and her Liam’s Map foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse. Good luck to Lisa’s brother Snow Man in the Duke City Sprint Stakes this week!
• Enjoy our latest news post “Lessons from a great month”.

General News

• What an amazing July! Six wins and three seconds from just eleven starts. Congratulations to all our owners on your wins this month with No Good Deed, New Found Treasure, plus TWO wins for Rapstorerocks, a win and a photo finish 2^nd for Giuliana Vee, and an outstanding blowout win to end the month following an excellent 2^nd on Haskell Day for Life On the Edge.  Enjoy our latest news post “Lessons from a great month”
• We are down to the final share in Adhwaa, 10 shares sold in four days, very much appreciate the support. The group is under $3,500 for this classy, lightly raced 3yo filly with pedigree and a proven race record. If a picture is worth 1000 words, a video is worth 10,000. You can see it here.

Horse by Horse News

• Great news! Seven Seven gets in the entries at Saratoga on August 7^th for his much anticipated career debut. Gets top rider Luis Saez and a favorable outside post in an 8 horse field for Kelly Breen, who is not only the runaway leading trainer at Monmouth but has been winning races at Saratoga as well. While Seven Seven is bred to improve with age-distance (much like Fire’s Finale, who was a good 3^rd in his debut) he’s shown speed and ability from the get go and with a decent trip we are expecting a solid effort from him here.
• Fire's Finale breezed again today and is ready to run, there is a race coming up for him at Monmouth Park on August 9^th that we are pointing for.

Horse Workout Notification
August 2, 2020
Fire's Finale (2-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: Fire's final foal
Date: August 2, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 37:60 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 12/31

• Life on the Edge excellent out of her 10 length win on Friday at Monmouth Park, her 3^rd win in 13 career starts with career earnings now approaching $60,000. There’s an excellent race for her in about 3 weeks at Monmouth Park. She has really filled out and matured into a very good looking filly this spring-summer.
• Pango ok out of an excellent flying 4^th at Penn National, beaten a head for 3^rd in a photo and a heartbreaking 1 length for the win despite a tough trip. It was an ultra-tough race for the level with an overflow field and for the first time since we claimed him this spring, he ran a winning race. A few strides after the wire he was in front and off this race we have renewed optimism that he can join the rest of our stable in the winner’s circle.
• No Good Deed excellent out of her impressive maiden win at Penn National. She was entered at Penn for next week and the race didn’t go. There was another race on the grass for August 7th, we have her entered there ‘dirt only’ so IF (and only if!) the race comes off the grass she’ll run, if not we have another race to enter in this week (she just broke her maiden impressively on the dirt and has no real grass pedigree or turf foot so no sense changing things up off a win and trying grass with her now).
• Tracy Ann’s Legacy will be entered this week for an allowance race at Monmouth Park. Comes off a super-impressive win and we expect a big effort from her.
• Highwaytwentyseven has several spots at Monmouth Park to point for in August, he too is doing well and we expect him to run a big race for us in his Kenwood debut.
• New Found Treasure perfect out of her impressive win at Penn National and there are races for her coming up this month (August) at Penn, including one this week to enter in. This honest filly is a really nice grass horse and should have more good races to look forward to all summer and into the fall.
• Rapstorerocks great out of his 2^nd win in a row at Penn National. Should run back towards the end of August.
• Giuliana Vee good out of a very game 2^nd at Penn National coming back on just 2 weeks rest off her debut win. There’s a race for her towards the end of August. This filly has matured into an honest, consistent runner and we are very pleased.
• Blu Candy well at Monmouth Park. We are not rushing her as she’s bred to mature into a nice filly.
• Lisa Limon and her Liam’s Map foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse. Good luck to Lisa’s brother Snow Man in the Duke City Sprint Stakes this week!

General News

• Video of Adhwaa, the newest member of the stable, training this morning at Monmouth Park. A better looking, more athletic filly would be hard to find. What a beautiful mover! If a picture is worth 1000 words, a video is worth 10,000. Group #60 was released to our Triple Crown Club members this week; 9 shares sold in the first 48 hours (thank you!). She offers pedigree with an established race record, coming off of two straight 2nds at the ultra-tough Oaklawn Park meet. After extensive vet exams and research, we were able to purchase her privately at a great price and the group is offered for under $3,500. All owners will receive a full package of information tomorrow. First come, first served for the final shares, keep your eyes open and respond promptly if interested

Horse by Horse News

Racing news: two horses this evening at 2 different tracks, both ran well and another winning night to cap off a truly amazing month….

• Life on the Edge was in just the race we were looking for at Monmouth Park until heavy rain took it off the grass. She was doing really well and did break her maiden on the dirt at Monmouth, so we stayed in with leading rider Paco Lopez and ended up with exactly the setup she likes, an easy stalking trip from the outside. To put it mildly, she sure made the most of it; despite stumbling at the start she quickly recovered and pressed the heavy favorite from the get go, taking over at will on the far turn and drawing away to a visually stunning 10 length win (9&3/4 according to the official chart ). This is a filly who is simply a different horse with the right (for her) trip whether on turf or dirt; outside of horses in the clear with a moderate pace. She got exactly that here and looked like a star. This is her 3^rd win in 13 career starts with career earnings now approaching $60,000 and we think there’s more to come with her. Less than 10% of all horses win 3 races by the middle of their three year old year, kudos to trainer Kelly Breen for his careful management and congratulations to all her owners. Enjoy the video and photos from her race.
• Then an hour later Pango was a flying 4^th at Penn National, beaten a head for 3^rd in a photo and a heartbreaking 1 length for the win despite a tough trip. It was an ultra-tough race for the level with an overflow field and for the first time since we claimed him this spring, he ran a winning race. A few strides after the wire he was in front and off this race we have renewed optimism that he can join the rest of our stable in the winner’s circle.

What an amazing month! Six wins and three seconds from just eleven starts in July! Congratulations to all our owners on your wins this month with No Good Deed, New Found Treasure, plus TWO wins for Rapstorerocks, a win and a photo finish 2^nd for Giuliana Vee, and an outstanding blowout win to end the month following an excellent 2^nd on Haskell Day for Life On the Edge. 

• No Good Deed excellent out of her impressive maiden win at Penn National. She was entered today at Penn National for next week and the race didn’t go. There was another race on the grass for August 7th, we have her entered there ‘dirt only’ so IF (and only if!) the race comes off the grass she’ll run, if not we’ll look for another spot (she just broke her maiden impressively on the dirt and has no real grass pedigree or turf foot so no sense changing things up off a win and trying grass with her now).
• Great news! Seven Seven had a super work. He got his gate card and is ready to run. He’ll be entered this weekend for a race at Saratoga on August 7^th or next week for a race at Monmouth Park on August 15^th. While he’s bred to improve with age-distance (much like Fire’s Finale, who was a good 3^rd in his debut) he’s shown speed and ability from the get go and we are expecting a solid effort from him wherever he runs.

Horse Workout Notification
July 28, 2020
Seven Seven (2-Year-Old Colt)
Date: July 28, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:60 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 3/32

• Fire's Finale good out of his recent breeze at Monmouth Park and is ready to run, there is a race coming up for him at Monmouth Park August 9^th we are pointing for.

Horse Workout Notification
July 26, 2020 Fire's Finale (2-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: Fire's final foal
Date: July 26, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 30/104

• Tracy Ann’s Legacy is doing so well we entered her on short rest for an allowance race at Monmouth Park this weekend but it didn’t go. Fortunately, she has two nice allowance races to point for in August at Monmouth Park coming up. Comes off a super-impressive win and we expect a big debut effort from her.
• Highwaytwentyseven has several spots to point for in August at Monmouth Park, he too is doing well and we expect him to run a big race for us in his Kenwood Racing debut.
• New Found Treasure perfect out of her impressive win at Penn National and there are races for her coming up this month (August) at Penn National. This honest filly is a really nice grass horse and should have more good races to look forward to all summer and into the fall.
• Rapstorerocks great out of his 2^nd win in a row at Penn National. Should run back towards the end of August.
• Giuliana Vee good out of a very game 2^nd coming back on just 2 weeks rest off her debut win. There’s a race for her towards the end of August. This filly has matured into an honest, consistent runner and we are very pleased.
• Blu Candy well at Monmouth Park. We are not rushing her as she’s bred to mature into a nice filly.
• Lisa Limon and her Liam’s Map foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse

General News

• We are very excited to announce a new addition to the stable, the three year old filly Adhwaa. She was privately purchased from Shadwell Farm and offers pedigree with an established race record, coming off of two straight 2nds at the ultra-tough Oaklawn Park meet (see below PP’s).

After extensive vet exams and research, we were able to buy her at a great price. She has arrived at Monmouth Park and is training with Kelly Breen. Look for the details on this very special group #60 shortly. Triple Crown members will get first shot and then any remaining shares will be offered to all current co-owners.  As with Blu Candy – our Candy Ride filly from last month’s Fasig-Tipton sale, we expect this group to sell out very quickly (likely will be oversubscribed) so watch for a separate email and please respond promptly.

• A ton of new entry info. Read below and then look here for possible dates.

Horse by Horse News

What an amazing month! Five wins and three seconds from nine starts in July! Congratulations to all our owners on your wins this month with No Good Deed, New Found Treasure, plus TWO wins for Rapstorerocks, a win and a photo finish 2^nd for Giuliana Vee, and an excellent 2^nd on Haskell Day for Life On the Edge.  All are doing very well out of their races and are pointing for more wins in August. Meanwhile, we have two new entries on tap for this week as follows….

• Life on the Edge runs Friday at Monmouth Park in just the race we were looking for. It too came up tough and she too has a full field to contend with, plus comes back on short rest, but she’s doing really well and it’s just the right spot and she gets leading rider Paco Lopez, so if things go just right, she has a real shot to run another big race for us here and end our specular month on a high note.
• Pango  runs Friday at Penn National, tries the grass in an ultra-tough race for the level with an overflow field. Will need a huge effort to hit the board in this one.
• In other news, Seven Seven excellent. He’ll either make his debut at Saratoga or at Monmouth Park, depending on what comes up first.
• Fire's Finale had some gate work and an excellent breeze yesterday and is ready to run, there are races coming up for him at Monmouth Park in early August.

Horse Workout Notification
July 26, 2020

Fire's Finale (2-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: Fire's final foal
Date: July 26, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 30/104

Both of our recent additions to the stable doing very well.

• Tracy Ann’s Legacy has two nice allowance races to point for in August at Monmouth Park. Comes off a super-impressive win and we expect a big debut effort from her.
• Highwaytwentyseven has several spots to point for in August also, he too is doing well at Monmouth Park and we expect him to run well for us in his Kenwood debut also.

• New Found Treasure perfect out of her impressive win and there are race for her next month at Penn National. This honest filly is a really nice grass horse and there’s plenty of turf ahead this season for her.
• Rapstorerocks great out of his 2^nd win in a row at Penn National. Should run back towards the end of August.
• No Good Deed excellent out of her impressive maiden win at Penn National and there’s a race for her in early August to point for.  
• Giuliana Vee good out of a very game 2^nd coming back on just 2 weeks rest off her debut win at Penn National. There’s a race for her towards the end of August. This filly has matured into an honest, consistent runner and we are very pleased.
• Blu Candy well at Monmouth Park. We are not rushing her as she’s bred to mature into a nice filly.
• Lisa Limon and her Liam’s Map foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse

General News

• Please take a look at our most recent Blog post, Fast works and high Prices at sales rarely equal racetrack success

• We are very excited to announce the addition of a new horse. We are in the process of completing the private purchase of a 3 year old filly with pedigree and an established race record at a great price. Assuming everything goes through as expected, we will have the details shortly out to Triple Crown members and then to all current co-owners. As with Blu Candy – our Candy Ride filly from last month’s Fasig-Tipton sale, we expect this group to sell out very quickly (likely will be oversubscribed) so watch for a separate email and please respond promptly.

Horse by Horse News

Friday was a terrific night of racing that will not soon be forgotten….

• New Found Treasure came out of an excellent 2^nd and was poised for a winning race and didn’t disappoint, sitting off a fast early pace and flying down the stretch to win going away in race 1 at Penn National. A huge congratulations to Mark Salvaggio who is on fire this month and all her owners. This honest filly is a really nice grass horse and there’s plenty of turf ahead this season for her.
• Then Rapstorerocks was at the right level and distance looking for two in a row off a fine maiden win and ran an exceptional race in race 11 at Penn National. Well back early as the leader opened up a seemingly insurmountable lead, he commenced a sustained run to gain contention as another horse rallied beside him. At the wire it was a three horse photo and Rapstore put his head up at exactly the right time to get the nod, winning a three horse photo by two short heads. When you’re hot, you’re hot and Kenwood is on fire. Jockey Julio Hernandez deserves a special shout out for some outstanding race riding on all our horses recently, and of course Mark Salvaggio has done his usual great training job for us. And a shout out to our partner Ralph Pastore who named this horse and has been on fire with us this month. Congrats. to everyone on one amazing month.
• First up Wednesday evening was No Good Deed at Penn National. She drew the absolute worst possible #1 post but had been training super, so we were expecting a big race from her if she could work out a decent trip and she didn’t disappoint. Fortunately she broke like a shot and made the lead easily; once she was alone on the lead it was over as she never was threatened, winning by two lengths after being geared down inside the 16^th pole when 6 lengths in front. She literally would have won by 10 if the rider had kept asking her (he did the right thing by wrapping up on her once it was clear she was going to win by daylight and even with that she was more than 11 lengths ahead of the 3^rd horse). The race was run in a fast time for the level on a sloppy track and off this impressive maiden win we have reason to think she can be a nice filly and win more races for us properly spotted. On a personal note, No Good Deed was named by yours truly to honor my late father Norman Levinsky (who always used to tell us jokingly “no good deed goes unpunished”) so as with Giuliana Vee (just below) the long awaited maiden victory was especially sweet. Congratulations to our partner Ralph Pastore and all our co-owners! 
• A few races later Giuliana Vee drew in from the also eligible list and got to run from a favorable outside spot at Penn National. Despite coming back on just 2 weeks rest off her debut win she ran another huge race, finishing a very game 2^nd in a photo finish.  She sat off the pace early, made a terrific sustained drive from the 3/8 pole to get right next to the leader by just couldn’t go by her in the final strides, coming up a head short at the wire. Very likely with a little more time between races she’d have got the win but it was a super race to end another big night for Kenwood runners on a high note. This filly has matured into an honest, consistent runner and we are very pleased. If you haven’t read it yet, take a look at this great story on Giuliana here.    
• In other news, Seven Seven excellent out of his work yesterday at Monmouth Park. He’ll either make his debut at Saratoga or at Monmouth Park, depending on what comes up first.

Horse Workout Notification
July 21, 2020
Seven Seven (2-Year-Old Colt)
Date: July 21, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/36

• Fire's Finale galloping well after his arrival at Monmouth Park this week from Florida (brief video). Looking for a spot for him at Monmouth Park or Parx.  
• Both of our recent additions to the stable doing very well. Tracy Ann’s Legacy and Highwaytwentyseven were both claimed Sunday afternoon at Monmouth Park. Highwaytwentyseven, a three year old gelding who runs short on the dirt, ran decently when third as the favorite, a neck behind the 2^nd horse in a photo after chasing the early pace of the winner. Meanwhile Tracy Ann’s Legacy, a four year old grass filly, went to the lead and never looked back, winning by nearly 5 lengths in a very fast time, by far the fastest of the day for the distance and less than 1 second off the time the male star Archidust posted when winning Saturday’s Wolf Hill Stakes at Monmouth the day before. Both horses look like solid claims and we look forward to them making their debuts for us next month at Monmouth Park.
• Pango was entered at Penn National and got in for next Friday, trying the grass, doing well, but a super tough spot.
• Life on the Edge good out of her excellent 2^nd Haskell day at Monmouth Park. She’s a nice honest filly and is ready for the winner’s circle with a decent draw – trip next time. 
• Our Candy Ride – Tiz Blu filly is now officially named Blu Candy. She has settled in nicely since arriving at Monmouth Park. 
• Lisa Limon and her Liam’s Map foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse, see photo. He was recently weaned and is doing excellent.

General News

• Please take a look at our most recent Blog post, Fast works and high Prices at sales rarely equal racetrack success
• We are very excited to announce the addition of a new horse. We are in the process of completing the private purchase of a 3 year old filly with pedigree and an established race record at a great price. Assuming everything goes through as expected, we will have the details shortly out to Triple Crown members and then to all current co-owners. As with Blu Candy – our Candy Ride filly from last month’s Fasig-Tipton sale, we expect this group to sell out very quickly (likely will be oversubscribed) so watch for a separate email and please respond promptly.

Horse by Horse News

Another very good night for Kenwood Racing runners Wednesday night! We’re off to an exceptional start for the second half of the year, with three wins and three seconds from seven starts in July so far. We are expecting this to continue to be a really good summer and fall for our stable. Congratulations to all our owners on your wins this month with No Good Deed and Rapstorerocks, a win and a photo finish 2^nd for Giuliana Vee, plus an excellent 2^nd on Haskell Day for Life On the Edge!

• First up Wednesday evening was No Good Deed at Penn National. She drew the absolute worst possible #1 post but had been training super, so we were expecting a big race from her if she could work out a decent trip and she didn’t disappoint. Fortunately she broke like a shot and made the lead easily; once she was alone on the lead it was over as she never was threatened, winning by two lengths after being geared down inside the 16^th pole when 6 lengths in front. She literally would have won by 10 if the rider had kept asking her (he did the right thing by wrapping up on her once it was clear she was going to win by daylight and even with that she was more than 11 lengths ahead of the 3^rd horse). The race was run in a fast time for the level on a sloppy track and off this impressive maiden win we have reason to think she can be a nice filly and win more races for us properly spotted. On a personal note, No Good Deed was named by yours truly to honor my late father Norman Levinsky (who always used to tell us jokingly “no good deed goes unpunished”) so as with Giuliana Vee (just below) the long awaited maiden victory was especially sweet. Congratulations to our partner Ralph Pastore and all our co-owners!
• A few races later Giuliana Vee drew in from the also eligible list and got to run from a favorable outside spot at Penn National. Despite coming back on just 2 weeks rest off her debut win she ran another huge race, finishing a very game 2^nd in a photo finish.  She sat off the pace early, made a terrific sustained drive from the 3/8 pole to get right next to the leader by just couldn’t go by her in the final strides, coming up a head short at the wire. Very likely with a little more time between races she’d have got the win but it was a super race to end another big night for Kenwood runners on a high note. This filly has matured into an honest, consistent runner and we are very pleased. If you haven’t read it yet, take a look at this great story on Giuliana here.   

Two more races on tap tonight (Friday) at Penn Nationalas we look to build on a fantastic month….

• Rapstorerocks in an excellent spot at Penn National. Right level and distance as he shoots for two wins in a row.
• New Found Treasure comes out of an excellent 2^nd at Penn National and should run well again here in a full, competitive field. Ran hard and well despite coming back a bit quick on just 10 days rest last time, here she has a little more time off between races and a better post.
• In other news, Seven Seven excellent out of his work yesterday at Monmouth Park. He’ll either make his debut at Saratoga or at Monmouth Park, depending on what comes up first.

Horse Workout Notification
July 21, 2020
Seven Seven (2-Year-Old Colt)
Date: July 21, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/36

• Fire's Finale galloping well after his arrival at Monmouth Park this week from Florida (brief video). Looking for a spot for him at Monmouth Park or Parx.  
• Both of our recent additions to the stable doing very well. Tracy Ann’s Legacy and Highwaytwentyseven were both claimed Sunday afternoon at Monmouth Park. Highwaytwentyseven, a three year old gelding who runs short on the dirt, ran decently when third as the favorite, a neck behind the 2^nd horse in a photo after chasing the early pace of the winner. Meanwhile Tracy Ann’s Legacy, a four year old grass filly, went to the lead and never looked back, winning by nearly 5 lengths in a very fast time, by far the fastest of the day for the distance and less than 1 second off the time the male star Archidust posted when winning Saturday’s Wolf Hill Stakes at Monmouth the day before. Both horses look like solid claims and we look forward to them making their debuts for us next month at Monmouth Park.
• Pango doing well and will be entered tomorrow for a grass race next week at Penn National.
• Life on the Edge good out of her excellent 2^nd Haskell day at Monmouth Park. She’s a nice honest filly and is ready for the winner’s circle with a decent draw – trip next time.
• Our Candy Ride – Tiz Blu filly is now officially named Blu Candy. She has settled in nicely since arriving at Monmouth Park.
• Lisa Limon and her Liam’s Map foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse. He was recently weaned and is doing excellent.

Horse by Horse News

• We’re pleased to announce the addition of two promising horses to the stable. Tracy Ann's Legacy and Highwaytwentyseven were both claimed Sunday afternoon at Monmouth Park. Highwaytwentyseven, a three year old gelding who runs short on the dirt, ran decently when third as the favorite, a neck behind the 2^nd horse in a photo after chasing the early pace of the winner (“dug in and lost 2^nd at the wire” – official chart). Meanwhile Tracy Ann’s Legacy, a four year old grass filly, went to the lead and never looked back, winning by nearly 5 lengths in a very fast time (“responded when roused and kicked away” – official chart). Her winning time, by far the fastest of the day for the distance, was less than 1 second off the time the male star Archidust posted when winning Saturday’s Wolf Hill Stakes at Monmouth Park on Haskell Day (“Archidust ran 5 1/2 furlongs on turf in 1:01.26 and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 95” - DRF).

Both horses look like solid claims and we look forward to them making their debuts for us next month at Monmouth.

• Seven Seven had another excellent work today and video. He’ll either make his debut at Saratoga or at Monmouth, depending on what comes up first.

Horse Workout Notification
July 21, 2020
Seven Seven (2-Year-Old Colt)
Date: July 21, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/36

Four entries scheduled for this week at Penn National after a busy weekend at Monmouth…

• No Good Deed in Wednesday at Penn National. Drew the absolute worst possible #1 post, other than that doing super so if she can work out a decent a trip from there expecting a big race from her. 
• A wonderful, heartwarming story behind recent winner Giuliana Vee which you can read here. She’s entered for Wednesday at Penn National and on the also eligible list; #12, only 10 can run, so unless at least 2 horses scratch by Wed. morning she will NOT run. If she does get in she’ll have the best post and a great shot to run well if she can handle coming back on short rest.
• Rapstorerocks in Friday at Penn National, an excellent spot. Right level and distance as he shoots for two wins in a row.
• New Found Treasure also in Friday at Penn National, comes out of an excellent 2^nd and should run well again here in a full, competitive field. Ran hard and well despite coming back a bit quick on just 10 days rest last time, here she has a little more time off between races and a better post
• Fire's Finale good and happy after his arrival at Monmouth Park, no issues (see photo & brief video). Looking for a spot for him at Monmouth Park or Parx.
• Pango doing well and will be entered Friday for a grass race next week at Penn.
• Life On the Edge good out of her excellent 2^nd Haskell day at Monmouth Park. She’s a nice honest filly and is ready for the winner’s circle with a decent draw – trip next time.
• Our Candy Ride – Tiz Blu filly (name submitted today) for new group #59 has settled in nicely since arriving at Monmouth Park.

We’re certainly off to a fine start for the second half of the year overall, with two seconds and two wins in July so far. We are expecting this to be a really good summer and fall for Kenwood runners.

• Lisa Limon and her Liam’s Map foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse

General News

• Thanks to another large group of owners who attended our most recent seminar, “Race entries and the condition book” on Thursday, July 16th. If you missed it, here’s the video.

Horse by Horse News

Lots of exciting new entries! Here’s the place for the details.

• Life on the Edge was an excellent, fast closing 2^nd today on Haskell day at Monmouth Park. Not to make excuses but the rail cost her the win here when beaten just 1&1/2 lengths while far ahead of the rest of the field, just as it did last time at Delaware Park when she also drew the rail and was 4^th, beaten 2 lengths for the win. The rail is generally the worst draw for almost any horse, even more so for her as she runs best when in the clear. Trevor McCarthy sat a patient stalking trip and finally found room at the top of the stretch, once he swung her out and in the clear she came flying and just ran out of room at a distance a bit short for her. She’s a nice honest filly and is ready for the winner’s circle with a decent draw – trip next time.
• Rapstorerocks gets in next Friday at Penn National in an excellent spot. Right level and distance as he shoots for two wins in a row.
• New Found Treasure also in next Friday at Penn National, comes out of an excellent 2^nd at Penn last time and should run well again here in a full, competitive field. Ran hard and well despite coming back a bit quick on just 10 days rest last time, here she has a little more time off between races and a better post.
• No Good Deed good out of an excellent work and gets in the entries next Wednesday at Penn National. Drew the absolute worst possible #1 post, other than that doing super so if she can work out a decent a trip from there expecting a big race from her.
• Giuliana Vee doing so well we entered her for next Wednesday at Penn National and the race went, BUT she’s on the also eligible, #12, only 10 can run, so unless at least 2 horses scratch by next Wed. morning she will NOT run (if you email us and say “I saw Giuliana Vee was running but now I don’t see her in the race” we will refer you to this email). If she does get in she’ll have the best post and a great shot to run well if she can handle coming back on short rest off her win.
• Fire’s Finale arrived safely at Monmouth Park this morning, no issues. He’s with Kelly Breen and will be pointed to races at Monmouth and Parx – Penn (where he receives bonus purse monies as a Pa. Bred). He’s coming out of a fine debut at Gulfstream when a good 3rd. Off this nice effort we are looking forward to an exciting career with him this summer and beyond.
• Seven Seven good after a very nice breeze from the gate at Monmouth Park, as he approaches his debut. It was another fast time which will make the owners (and us) happy, but what makes us more pleased is the way he did it; under wraps, easily keeping up with the older horse he worked with. He’s close to his debut now. Maybe one or two more works and run if all keeps going well.

Horse Workout Notification
July 14, 2020
Seven Seven (2-Year-Old Colt)
Date: July 14, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:40 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 3/32

• Our Candy Ride – Tiz Blu filly (name coming shortly) for new group #59 has settled in nicely since arriving at Monmouth Park and had her first timed work from the gate today (below). It was one of the fastest works of the day-distance but honestly any horse can work in 37 seconds. What matters to us is she went well and is moving in the right direction.

• Pango ok out of his raceat Penn National, looking for a turnaround next time after several sub-par efforts.

We’re certainly off to a fine start for the second half of the year overall, with two seconds and two wins in July so far. We are expecting this to be a really good summer and fall for Kenwood runners.

• Lisa Limon and her Liam’s Map foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse

General News

• The OBS sale began today in Ocala. We had one horse to bid on today that we did not get, several others failed the vet exam. Three more sale days to go so still plenty of opportunity. Many people felt if you wanted to buy a horse at a bargain this would be the place to do it, but it was a surprisingly solid sale for the opening day (average slightly up, median slightly down), featuring for the first time live internet bidding. In a sale like this, some people will protect their horses with strong reserves if they like them and race if they don’t sell, but there are more than a few people here who pin hooked on bank credit and absolutely have to take what the market offers at this point. If we are lucky one of these horses will not get a lot of attention and we’ll buy a quality runner for a value price. If not, we just will pass. Group #59 sold out in 72 hours with 9 people shut out a couple weeks ago and we’re hoping to find one or two more opportunities for our valued co-owners in the final major two year old sale of 2020. Stay tuned and thanks for your support!
• Our next online seminar this Thursday “Race entries and the condition book” is an absolute must for all owners who want to learn more about an essential and complex part of the game. You can join without an RSVP using the link below but if you wish to attend we highly recommend you reserve your space in advance by emailing Jack@kenwoodracing.com . We have a large group of signups already; all welcome but current co-owners get priority.
• All updated entry information on your horses can be found at Equibase or on our entries page.  Please remember, ‘entered’ does NOT mean the horse is running, it means they will be entered in a race that may or may not go, that the horse may or may not get into. If you want to learn more about how the process works, our seminar this Thursday is a must!

Horse by Horse News

Two fine works to report this morning…

• Seven Seven had a very nice breeze today from the gate at Monmouth Park, as he approaches his debut. It was another fast time which will make the owners (and us) happy, but what makes us more pleased is the way he did it; under wraps, easily keeping up with the older horse he worked with. He’s close to his debut now. Maybe one or two more works and run if all keeps going well.

Horse Workout Notification
July 14, 2020
Seven Seven (2-Year-Old Colt)
Date: July 14, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:40 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 3/32

• No Good Deed had an excellent work today and will be entered tomorrow for a race next week at Penn National. Doing excellent and ready for a big effort.

Horse Workout Notification
July 14, 2020
No Good Deed (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: OBS June 2019 purchase
>Date: July 14, 2020
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 36:30 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 3/21

• Our Candy Ride – Tiz Blu filly (name coming shortly, all owners submit your name choice ASAP!) for new group #59 has settled in nicely since arriving at Monmouth Park. In fact, she’s doing so well that Kelly gave her an easy 3/8 timed work at Monmouth this morning (see just below). She went really well in company, you can see a video of her galloping out here.

• Fire’s Finale is heading north~!  Coming to Monmouth Park next week (as soon as we can get a van ride for him) to train there with Kelly Breen and will be pointed to races at Monmouth and Parx – Penn (where he receives bonus purse monies as a Pa. Bred). He’s coming out of a fine debut at Gulfstream Park when a good 3rd. Off this nice effort we are looking forward to an exciting career with him this summer and beyond. A special shout out to trainer Ron Spatz, who did his usual excellent job getting this nice colt ready for his debut in Florida. 
• Giuliana Vee excellent out of her exciting maiden win at Penn National. Might come back end of next week on short rest if the race goes and she keeps doing this well. Hopefully she’ll build on her win and have a good summer for us.
• Rapstorerocks excellent out of his nice win at Penn National and will be entered this Friday for a race next week looking for two wins in a row. He’s nicely positioned for a good season at Penn now.
• New Found Treasure good out of an excellent 2^nd at Penn National. Ran hard and well despite coming back a bit quick on just 10 days rest. She will be entered this Friday for a race next week, should be fit and ready for distance grass races all summer now.
• Life on the Edge ready to run, looking for a spot for her.
• Pango ok out of his race at Penn National, looking for a turnaround next time after several sub-par efforts.

We’re certainly off to a fine start for the second half of the year overall, with a 2^nd and two wins in July so far. We are expecting this to be a really good summer and fall for Kenwood Racing runners.

• Our Liam’s Map – Lisa Limon foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse

General News

• Given the exceptionally high level of interest in 2 year olds from our owners (Group #59 sold out in 72 hours with 9 people shut out, thank you!), we will be attending the OBS July 2yo sale next week looking for one or two more horses for the stable. This will be the final opportunity for this year to purchase a nice two year old at public auction. The under tack show this week has been very sparsely attended. Not many people are going to make the trip to Ocala, Florida in July at the moment and everyone is anticipating an incredible buyer’s market. Stay tuned and thanks for your support!

• Don’t miss our next online seminar, which by popular request will be on “Race entries and the condition book” on July 16^th at 7:30 pm EDT A must for all owners who want to learn more about this vital and complex part of the game. As those of you who have attended previous seminars know, we’ve had 25-30 people and space is limited (with priority given to current co-owners). If you wish to attend, please reserve your space in advance by emailing Jack@kenwoodracing.com.

Horse by Horse News  

• Pango had no real excuse when 5^th this evening at Penn National. He sat a good trip, in tight a bit but just didn’t fire. It was a sloppy track and a competitive group and a fast run race for the level but all that said his best effort was good enough to make him very competitive here. We’re certainly off to a fine start for the second half of the year overall, with a 2^nd and two wins in July so far and we are expecting this to be a really good summer and fall for Kenwood runners.
• Our Candy Ride – Tiz Blu filly (name coming shortly, all owners submit your name choice ASAP!) for new group #59 has settled in nicely since arriving at Monmouth Park. In fact, she’s doing so well that Kelly gave her an easy 3/8 timed work at Monmouth this morning (see just below). She went really well in company, you can see a video of her galloping out here.

• Fire’s Finale is heading north~!  Coming to Monmouth Park next week (as soon as we can get a van ride for him) to train there with Kelly Breen and will be pointed to races at Monmouth and Parx – Penn (where he receives bonus purse monies as a Pa. Bred). He’s coming out of a fine debut at Gulfstream Park when a good 3rd. Off this nice effort we are looking forward to an exciting career with him this summer and beyond. A special shout out to trainer Ron Spatz, who did his usual excellent job getting this nice colt ready for his debut in Florida.
• No Good Deed was entered for a race next Friday at Penn National and the race did not go. There’s another race to enter her in next week at Penn.
• Giuliana Vee excellent out of her exciting maiden win this week at Penn National. Hopefully she’ll build on this and have a good summer for us.
• Seven Seven had another nice breeze Monday at Monmouth Park, as he approaches his debut. Doing excellent. “He would have worked a lot faster than that but the horse I had working with him couldn’t keep up, the riders were told to keep them together so he got less of a work than I wanted. I’m going to work him from the gate next week with an older horse, he’s more advanced than the rest of my 2 year olds at this point”, trainer Kelly Breen. Here’s a training video from Monday plus the work info. just below that….

Horse Workout Notification
July 6, 2020 Seven Seven (2-Year-Old Colt)
Date: July 6, 2020
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 37:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 8/23

• Rapstorerocks  excellent out of his nice win last week at Penn National. A hearty congratulations to all the owners, including our partners Degaetano and Pastore Inc. whose owner, Ralph Pastore, named this handsome horse! He’s nicely positioned for a good season at Penn now and should run back towards the end of the month.
• New Found Treasure good out of an excellent 2^nd this at Penn National. Ran hard and well despite coming back a bit quick on just 10 days rest. She should be fit and ready for distance grass races all summer now.
• Life on the Edge good out of her race at Delaware Park, beaten just 2 lengths for the win in a much improved effort. Kelly Breen feels confident she’ll run very well at Monmouth next time.
• Our Liam’s Map – Lisa Limon foal well at Hidden Brook Farm in Ky. Hard to find a better looking horse