General News

Another terrific weekend, another terrific month, a great record at Monmouth Park, and the beat goes on! Seven wins and five seconds from just fifteen starts in July and August. Congratulations to all our owners on your wins with Highwaytwentyseven, No Good Deed, New Found Treasure, plus TWO wins for Rapstorerocks, a win and a photo finish 2^nd for Giuliana Vee, an outstanding blowout win to end the July following an excellent 2^nd on Haskell Day for Life On the Edge and a very game 2^nd in her Kenwood debut this weekend for Tracy Ann’s Legacy.

Horse by Horse News

• First up today was Highwaytwentyseven, entered on the turf at Monmouth Park hoping it would be moved to dirt and that’s exactly what happened, turning him from a live longshot (having never run on grass) to the horse to beat. He looked like the speed of the race and our plan was to get to the lead and never look back and that’s exactly what happened. He broke alertly from the unfavorable inside post, went to the front, repelled a couple of challengers on the far turn, and drew away in the stretch to win by over 5 widening lengths. Made up for losing the grass for Tracy Ann’s Legacy yesterday (who ran an excellent 2^nd at Monmouth Park, despite the surface switch). Congratulations to our active racing group #58, for a very impressive win here, coupled with the excellent 2^nd yesterday with Tracy Ann’s Legacy.

Highwaytwentyseven Vimeo video
Highwaytwentyseven Facebook album
Highwaytwentyseven Youtube race video

• One race later Fire's Finale made his first start at Monmouth Park coming off a fine debut 3^rd at Gulfstream Park six weeks ago. Stretched out a little in distance today he broke fine but had no speed early and dropped back to last. He gradually made up ground on the far turn while still far back and the top of the stretch looked off the board and hopelessly beaten. Then his long stride kicked in and he began to gobble up ground, running down the two front runners in the final stride to finish a fast closing 2^nd to a favored and highly impressive first time starter. Before his debut at Gulfstream trainer Ron Spatz stated “he probably wants to go a little further, but I think he has enough speed to show himself going 5/8” and after the race we said “this is a very typical debut for many good horses and most move forward in their 2^nd starts” and he did exactly that here. He’s bred to be a classic distance horse and get better as he matures, as we said before people bought into the group. We owned his mother and she went from a claiming sprinter at age two to a three time stakes winner going long at age three. We can’t guarantee Fire’s Finale will repeat her success but off two excellent efforts we have reason to believe he’s a talented horse and we are looking forward to a fine career with him. Being a Pa. bred gives us even more options with him down the road. Congratulations to all his owners  

Fire's Finale Vimeo video
Fire's Finale Facebook album
Fire's Finale Youtube race video

• The rain that worked to our advantage with No Good Deed previously and Highwaytwentyseven the following day was a disadvantage for Tracy Ann’s Legacy Saturday as her race was taken off the turf. After much discussion we decided to run and were rewarded as she ran an excellent, hard-trying 2^nd at Monmouth Park, picking up $10,000 in purse money. She and the 1 to 5 favorite both were bumped and off a bit slow but they quickly recovered and battled head to head until the winner pulled away in deep stretch, but Tracy Ann never quit and ended up 6 lengths in front of the rest of the field in a very solid effort. We stayed in because she’s run well on dirt and sloppy tracks before, knowing she is clearly better on grass. However as trainer Kelly Breen said these races are hard to get to go, so with a 5 horse field we opted to run. This race comes back in the book in 3 weeks and while no guarantee it will go, if it does the timing would be excellent to run back in there and hopefully it will stay on the turf next time. This is a very nice filly and looks like an excellent claim for our active racing group #58, should be lots of good times ahead with her. It was a fun day, a good race, and more to come!

Tracy Ann’s Legacy Vimeo video
Tracy Ann’s Legacy  Facebook Album
Tracy Ann's Legacy Youtube video

Kenwood’s record at Monmouth Park thus far has been nothing short of phenomenal; a word we rarely if ever use but with two wins and three seconds from five starts for the meet it certainly applies. Would love to have run more but with a very short meet (just began in July remember) and racing only 3 days a week, the opportunities to run have been limited but we’ve sure made the most of them. We picked up well over $20,000 in purse money with our win and two seconds this weekend alone and look forward to more wins and purses to come before the meet ends!

• Speaking of opportunities to run, a surprise entry at Monmouth Park for Life on the Edge this week. She was excellent out of her 10 length win so when an ideal extra came up to enter in today Kelly Breen put her in and the race went for this Friday. She returns on 2 weeks rest and if she can handle a slightly faster than usual turnaround and gets her trip from a middle post this time, she’ll be tough to beat.  Leading rider Paco Lopez stays with her off her big win last time.
• New Found Treasure runs this week at Penn National, a similar spot to the race she won last time. This one came up especially tough; 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.
• Enjoy some nice photos taken by trainer Mark Salvaggio of Pango, Giuliana Vee and Rapstorerocks training at Penn National. All of them are well (also New Found Treasure well, Mark couldn’t grab a good photo of her but will get one soon) and getting ready to run back later this month.
• Pango doing well 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.
• Seven Seven, is just fine out of his career debut at Saratoga. He broke well, sat an excellent stalking trip, made a huge move on the far turn to get alongside the 2 leaders, and then the horse next to him bore out badly, sending him 4 wide and causing him to lose all momentum and he finished 5^th   “strung out 4 wide on the turn” according to the official chart. There was a steward’s inquiry into the running of the race but they made no disqualification, but in any event it really wouldn’t have helped him at that point.  While he probably wasn’t going to beat the winner, he was would likely have been 2^nd or at least hit the board. We were expecting a solid effort from him and we got it, but it didn’t show up in the results. That said, he came out of the race fine and clearly has ability. Will come back next time at Saratoga or Monmouth Park and with a better trip be tough to beat.
• No Good Deed’s just fine out of a rough trip at Penn National as she went to her knees when the gate opened, losing all shot. Despite that, she made a nice move to gain contention and kept fighting the entire way, finishing 4^th, beaten in a photo for 3^rd. The winner looked to be much the best but with a better start she clearly was 2^nd instead of 4^th. It was encouraging to see her not quit after a bad start and she should bounce back next time.

Those two races offer a good education as to just how much the trip matters in every race. Almost all of our many horses who have won this summer got good setups and clean trips; if Seven Seven and No Good Deed got better trips they would have been 2^nd or 3^rd instead of 5^th and 4^th and if Rapstorerocks had anything less than a dream trip and not hit the wire at exactly the perfect moment, he’d have been 3^rd in a 3 horse photo instead of standing in the winner’s circle. If Life On the Edge didn’t get a favorable outside post or Highwaytwentyseven didn’t get a race rained off the turf where he was the controlling speed and was able to make an easy lead, they probably wouldn’t have won either, certainly not as easily as both did. The level of competition and the trip between them are easily 90% of the result at least 90% of the time.

• Blu Candy gets a little time off at the farm and is doing well there. Expect her to return to training at Monmouth in September. 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. Congratulations to Lisa’s brother Snow Man, who won the Duke City Sprint Stakes off a 8 month layoff yesterday, coming from dead last to win by a neck (see attached chart)! He’s now a stakes winner after a close 2^nd in a stake last year.

Horse by Horse News

Finally after a long string of good fortune two horses ran well today and got tough trips that cost them placings…

• First up was Seven Seven, making his much anticipated career debut at Saratoga. He broke well, sat an excellent stalking trip, made a huge move on the far turn to get alongside the 2 leaders, and then the horse next to him bore out badly, sending him 4 wide and causing him to lose all momentum and he finished 5^th   (“strung out 4 wide on the turn” see attached official chart). There was a steward’s inquiry into the running of the race but they made no disqualification, but in any event it really wouldn’t have helped him at that point.  While he probably wasn’t going to beat the winner, he was would likely have been 2^nd or at least hit the board. We were expecting a solid effort from him and we got it, but it didn’t show up in the results. That said, he came out of the race fine and clearly has ability. Will come back next time at Saratoga or Monmouth and with a better trip be tough to beat.
• This evening at Penn at was No Good Deed’s turn to get a rough trip, this time of her own making as she went to her knees when the gate opened, losing all shot. Despite that, she made a nice move to gain contention and kept fighting the entire way, finishing 4^th, beaten in a photo for 3^rd. Again the winner here looked to be much the best, but with a better start she clearly was 2^nd instead of 4^th. It was encouraging to see her not quit after a bad start, she too came out well so far and should bounce back next time.

These two races are a good if unfortunate education as to just how much the trip matters in every race. Almost all of the 6 horses who won last month got good setups and clean trips, while the two today got the worst of it. If Seven Seven and No Good Deed got better trips they would have been 2^nd or 3^rd instead of 5^th and 4^th; if Rapstorerocks had anything less than a dream trip and not hit the wire at exactly the perfect moment, he’d have been 3^rd in a 3 horse photo instead of standing in the winner’s circle.  

• 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”.

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