• More Ice made his return after a brief freshening today at Del Mar and was the victim of a truly horrible trip, finishing 8^th yet beaten (literally) less than 4 lengths for the win. He was squeezed back and forced to check on the first turn when trying to not be 5 wide from the outside and checked again on the backstretch, was a bit rank after that and never really recovered.  We were obviously expecting better but had a real excuse here and with this one under his belt should run a lot better next time.

• Rapstorerocks runs in race 4 at Aqueduct next week on Thanksgiving day. It’s a good spot in a 10 horse field. He improved markedly from his first race to his second and another step forward would make him very competitive in here for a nice purse. He then ships to Gulfstream Park for winter turf racing there.
• New Found Treasure gets in race 9 on Wednesday at Penn National next week.    

See Equibase or our website for details on all entries.

Anyone wishing help with seating – admissions kindly email George@kenwoodracing.com

• The race for Night of Idiots we entered in today did not go but was brought back, enter next week again at Golden Gate Fields. She’s doing great, will be looking for her 2^nd win in a row. Had a super work today. If you want an education about work times and how little they generally mean, look at the time (below), average. She moves beautifully, under wraps, never asked for speed while galloping out super strongly. Anyone who understands racehorses even slightly can see it’s a super work, if we’d asked her to run faster she’d have had a ‘fast’ work and made people feel good, but the time to ask for speed is when they are running in a race, for a purse. Times mean virtually nothing in a work because you rarely ask for the horse to run anywhere near full speed, it’s how they do it that matters.
• Lisa Limon, in foal to Liam’s Map, excellent at the farm in Kentucky, looking forward to a nice healthy baby in February.  Planning her breed back sire for 2020 and will have an announcement shortly.
• Life On the Edge excellent out of her work on the grass at Palm Meadows. The next race for her is in about 2 weeks at Gulfstream Park
• Shake It Up Baby training well at Palm Meadows, good out of his work this week and will work again next week, he should be ready to run at Gulfstream Park around the end of the year.
• Magic Musketier fine out of his race at Del Mar.
• No Good Deed training at Gulfstream Park well now, will work next week again.
• Solar galloping nicely, pointing towards a start at Gulfstream Park in December.

Horse Workout Notification
November 23, 2019
Night of Idiots (4-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claim 12-8-18 @GGF
Date: November 23, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 32/68

Entries, works, Lisa Limon photos, Monmouth Park expanded dates

• More Ice makes his return after a brief freshening, runs Saturday at Del Mar in a very competitive spot. He’s trained super for this and is at his favorite track.

Anyone wishing help with seating – admissions kindly email George@kenwoodracing.com. All entry information can be found here.

Big news on expanded New Jersey racing dates for next year, the Meadowlands will have a full fall meet with turf AND dirt racing from October through the beginning of December! Expanded 2020 NJ Racing Schedule Includes Dirt Racing at Meadowlands

• Lisa Limon excellent at the farm in Kentucky, enjoy the two photos of her having a good life and looking forward to a nice healthy baby in February.  Thanks to Hidden Brook Farm for the photos!

• Life On the Edge worked on the grass at Palm Meadows and went easily and well. The next race for her is in about 3 weeks at Gulfstream Park.
• Rapstorerocks pointing for one more grass in NY, enter this Saturday for next week and then ships to Gulfstream Park for winter turf racing there. Here’s a video of him training. Note most days horses don’t do timed-speed works, most of it is conditioning like this. It’s the part you don’t see recorded on a timer that’s frequently even more important…

• Speaking of our yearling by Exchanging Fire mentioned in our blog, The Zenyatta Conundrum, he’s in training in Ocala and doing super.
• No Good Deed training at Gulfstream Park and seems much more comfortable now, traveling well.
• Solar galloping nicely, pointing towards a start at Gulfstream Park in December.

Horse Workout Notification
November 20, 2019
Life On the Edge (2-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, purchased OBS March 2019
Date: November 20, 2019
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 52:20 Breezing
Track Condition: Firm
Surface: Turf
Rank: 16/21

Let’s begin with a really interesting article on the great race mare Zenyatta. The Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN) had a really interesting article on the great race mare Zenyatta on November 16th, which offers a great ‘teachable moment’ on the relative importance of pedigrees-breeding. Read our latest blog, The Zenyatta Conundrum.

On to Kenwood Racing news…

• Bullion is at the Fair Grounds and back on the work tab again this week (below), a good sign to have two solid works a week apart!
• More Ice ready to run at Del Mar. Had an exceptional work this week and will be entered tomorrow for this weekend
• ShimmyShimmy Shake will be entered tomorrow also for this weekend at Penn National
• Rapstorerocks pointing for one more grass at Aqueduct. Enter this Saturday for next week and then ships to Gulfstream Park for winter turf racing there.
• Shake It Up Baby training well at Palm Meadows, should be ready to run at Gulfstream Park around the end of the year.

Horse Workout Notification November 19, 2019

Bullion (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: OBS March with Hollendorfer
Date: November 19, 2019
Track: FAIR GROUNDS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 52:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 20/23

Here are some videos of several horses training this morning

• Solar just walked at Palm Meadows. He just arrived from New York and he’ll gallop tomorrow.

• Life On the Edge pointing towards a start at Gulfstream Park in December

• No Good Deed seems much more comfortable now, looks good in the video taken this morning at Gulfstream Park.

• More Ice ready to run at Del Mar. He had an exceptional work today.

Horse Workout Notification
November 17, 2019
More Ice (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: November 17, 2019
Track: DEL MAR
Distance: Six Furlongs
Time: 1.13:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/6

• Magic Musketier had absolutely no excuse when 7^th of 8 horses today at Del Mar. Seems simply overmatched on this circuit.
• Night of Idiots good and should be ready to run back around the end of the month, excellent work today at Golden Gate Fields.

Remember all info. on possible upcoming races and current entries may be found here.

Also remember, for help with seating-dining-paddock arrangements for any race please, email George@kenwoodracing.com

Horse Workout Notification
November 16, 2019
Night of Idiots (4-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claim 12-8-18 @GGF
Date: November 16, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:80 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 12/48

• Magic Musketier runs Saturday at Del Mar, been training really well and expecting a return to form after several sub-par races.
• Bullion is at the Fair Grounds and back on the work tab, a good sign and nice to see! Trainer Steve Asmussen’s plan is to get a race or two into him in Louisiana and hopefully have him sharp and ready for the Oaklawn Park meet that begins in January. Oaklawn has some of the largest purses in the nation at all levels and Steve feels he’ll be a really good fit there and have a shot to earn some serious purse money at that meet.
• More Ice ready to run at Del Mar next week.
• Solar good out of his race and shipped to Palm Meadows in Florida this afternoon, where he should be competitive in the right spots this winter.
• Giuliana Vee and New Found Treasure good out of their races and at Penn National.
• Rapstorerocks pointing for one more grass in New York and then ships to Gulfstream Park.
• ShimmyShimmy Shake doing well and may run back next week at Penn National
• Life On the Edge training at Palm Meadows and will hopefully be ready to run at Gulfstream Park in a few weeks. One or two more starts and then a little time at the farm for some well-deserved R&R
• Night of Idiots good and should be ready to run back around the end of the month at Golden Gate Fields.
• Shake It Up Baby training at Palm Meadows with Kelly Breen. We hope to have him ready to run at Gulfstream Park around the end of the year.
• Lisa Limon excellent at Hidden Brook farm in Kentucky, looking forward to her Liam’s Map foal in February.
• Our yearling by Exchanging Fire in training at T-Square Stud in Ocala and doing super.

Remember all info. on possible upcoming races and current entries may be found here.

Also remember, for help with seating-dining-paddock arrangements for any race please, email George@kenwoodracing.com

Horse Workout Notification
November 13, 2019
Bullion (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: OBS March with Hollendorfer
Date: November 13, 2019
Track: FAIR GROUNDS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 21/36

A lot of action today at the races, here’s all the news plus works, videos and more..

• First up was Giuliana Vee at Laurel Park, who sat a good trip up close early and plain didn’t fire, finishing a dull 6^th under top rider Trevor McCarthy. We had expected a much better effort here and were very disappointed. She’ll ship to Penn National now (where she was 4^th in her debut against much better runners) and hope this was just an off race.
• Next up at Laurel Park, New Found Treasure went off at 15 to 1 in a tough race for the level, her first try on dirt, and ran hard and well, rallying from well back despite being in tight quarters most of the way to get 3^rd. Not a bad effort considering. Off this should be able to win at Penn National on the dirt this winter.
• Then at Aqueduct Solar finally got to run in a full field of 12 horses, he got the far outside post #12, a VERY unfavorable draw, tough to overcome, and then broke absolutely flat-footed losing all shot. He tracked well in mid-pack for much of the race but flattened out to finish 8^th with an obvious excuse.  He’s a solid runner and will now head to Florida where he should be competitive in the right spots this winter.
• More Ice and Magic Musketier both good out of excellent works yesterday at Del Mar for their entries coming up for this weekend and next weekend.

Remember all info. on possible upcoming races and current entries may be found here.

Also remember, for help with seating-dining-paddock arrangements for any race please email George@kenwoodracing.com

More workouts (below) and training videos…

A couple of excellent videos of Shake It Up Baby training strongly  at Palm Meadows on November 9th and 11th from trainer Kelly Breen…

Also a nice video from Kelly of Life On the Edge training at Palm Meadows on the 9th:

Horse Workout Notification
November 10, 2019

More Ice (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: November 10, 2019
Track: DEL MAR
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:80 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 13/17

Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: November 10, 2019
Track: DEL MAR
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 59:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/17

Three big entries next Monday at two different tracks and the sale of Lisa Limon Sunday will make for an exciting holiday weekend!

• Lisa Limon is Hip #1533, selling this Sunday at Keeneland, the sale will be live streamed on the Keeneland website, you can see it here. She shipped in today well from the farm, will be shown all of Saturday and sells early on Sunday. We will update her owners on how she has been received at the sale Saturday evening if possible.

Good news on entries today after several days with races not going. Remember all information on possible upcoming races and current entries may be found here.  Also remember, for help with seating-dining-paddock arrangements for any race please email George@kenwoodracing.com

• Monday Solar finally gets in at Aqueduct in the race we were looking for. That’s the good news, bad news is it’s a full field of 12 horses plus 4 on the also eligible and he got the far outside post #12. A VERY unfavorable draw, tough to overcome, but he’s training excellent, has a good rider and with a good break and a good trip will be very competitive here for a big purse.
• Also Monday Giuliana Vee and New Found Treasure both run at Laurel Park. Giuliana Vee stretches out to a mile, bred to like that, hoping for a nice move forward off her decent 4^th in her debut. A few races later, New Found Treasure is a good fit in this spot IF she can handle the dirt (run on grass her entire life). Both horses get top riders and fit well in these spots if they fire their best shots.
• Rapstorerocks good out of his race yesterday, a fine closing 4^th at 23 to 1 odds at Aqueduct. Bumped at the start, well back, closed nicely to just miss 3^rd by less than ½ length. A big step forward. Many young turf horses need a little time to mature; he went from a 6^th at Monmouth Park to a closing 4^th in New York, and recalling his troubles the last few weeks  (he’d been sick, fell and got cut and lost training time) this was a very solid effort. Maybe one more grass in NY and then ship to Gulfstream Park.
• ShimmyShimmy Shake tired but good out of her 2^nd at Penn National yesterday. She’d been training strongly since arriving at Penn National and we were expecting a huge improvement here off her disappointing Monmouth Park races where she’d been off the board every time, beaten 10++ lengths in her last seven starts. Here she broke a bit flat-footed, sat back early, and made a very decent late to get 2^nd money. At this level with luck, she might be able to win a couple of races for us. Another example of how much of a difference class makes.
• Life On the Edge training at Palm Meadows and will hopefully be ready to run at Gulfstream Park in a few weeks. One or two more starts and then a little time at the farm for some well-deserved R&R
• Night of Idiots good and should be ready to run back at Golden Gate Fields around the end of the month
• Shake It Up Baby training at Palm Meadows with Kelly Breen. We hope to have him ready to run at Gulfstream Park around the end of the year.

• Lisa Limon is Hip #1533, selling this Sunday at Keeneland, the sale will be live streamed on the Keeneland website. You can see it here.  She ships in Friday from the farm, will be shown all of Saturday and sells early on Sunday.
• No good news on entries today. Solar’s race went, only problem is it had over 30 entries and he didn’t draw in. They did bring back the same race enter tomorrow for Sunday, there will still be 15-18 entries that didn’t get in today and only 12 can run, but hopefully this time he’ll get in. He’s doing excellent.
• Race for New Found Treasure  at Penn National did not go and did not come back. Nothing in the book for her, we’ll keep looking. She’s doing fine, if she can handle the dirt at all she’ll be real tough when she runs next.
• Life On the Edge and Night of Idiots both good out of their races, both should be ready to run back around the end of the month.
• Rapstorerocks runs at Aqueduct tomorrow, if rain takes the race off the turf (a real possibility) we WILL run, although we’d much prefer to run on grass.
• ShimmyShimmy Shake also runs tomorrow at Penn National. She’s been training strongly since arriving at Penn and we are expecting a huge improvement here off her disappointing Monmouth Park races.
• Shake It Up Baby arrived yesterday at Palm Meadows to continue his training there with Kelly Breen this week from T-Square Stud in Ocala.  We hope to have him ready to run at Gulfstream Park around the end of the year. Looks really good!

• Magic Musketier doing fine, had a nice work and there’s a good spot for him at Del Mar next week.

Remember all possible upcoming entries may be found here.

• Giuliana Vee  good and ready to run back as soon as we can find a spot for her. There are races at Penn National next week and the week after if we can’t find anything for her at Aqueduct.
• No Good Deed training at Gulfstream Park, has had some treatments for stiffness and still not moving as well as we’d like, but no obvious problem.
• More Ice good out of an excellent work at Los Alamitos and should be ready to run at Del Mar, there’s a great race for him in 2 weeks, he’ll work again next week and as long as he comes out of it well will be entered. Ideally we’d like to get another work into him but this race is exactly the right spot for him so he’ll run if he’s doing as well as he is now.  
• Bullion is doing well in Kentucky, training at Ellis Park. Trainer Steve Asmussen (leading trainer in North America this year and the trainer of both of Liam’s Map’s stakes winners, Basin and Wicked Whisper, interestingly) reports he’s been working on building up muscle he lost while on the farm. Says the horse is training well and very sound, no leg or other issues. His plan is to get a race or two into him in Louisiana later this fall and hopefully have him sharp and ready for the Oaklawn Park meet that begins in January. Oaklawn has some of the largest purses in the nation at all levels and Steve feels he’ll be a really good fit there and have a shot to earn some serious purse money at that meet.

Horse Workout Notification
November 3, 2019
Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: November 3, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 59:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 4/14

Horse Workout Notification
November 2, 2019
More Ice (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: November 2, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 47:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt

So much news, hard to know where to begin! 

We’ll start with an outstanding weekend of racing at Santa Anita with exceptional performances at the Breeders’ Cup. A large group of Kenwood owners & friends attended the National Thoroughbred Owner’s Conference this week, followed by a thrilling Breeders’ Cup in a setting that is truly sublime. If you’ve never been to Santa Anita, you’ve missed out on something very special indeed. Of course everyone was deeply saddened at the loss of Mongolian Groom and our hearts go out to all his connections but nonetheless it was a weekend of racing to remember on many fronts.

Turning to Kenwood runners, we had two races at two tracks and come away with one thrilling win and one hard fought loss. The two races went off, literally, at the same time on two coasts, with Life On the Edge battling hard for the lead in a one mile dirt event at Laurel Park, taking the lead briefly at the top of the stretch before tiring badly to finish a well beaten 7^th.  It was a tough allowance race and probably the dirt was not her best surface. Seems to have come out of the race fine, she tried hard and actually ran well.

As Life On the Edge was tiring at Laurel Park, at Golden Gate Fields, Night of Idiots was rallying from dead last after a slow start to run down the entire field from the far outside in the stretch to just get up over the favorite in the final stride, winning by a head in a thrilling photo finish. We felt going in off a good 3^rd in her comeback after a layoff last time out she was the horse to beat in this spot and she lived up to her billing with a vary game and hard fought victory today. Kenwood partner Helen Hansel was on hand to celebrate in the winner’s circle with trainer Jonathan Wong, who has done a wonderful, patient training job for us and our partner MyRacehorse.com with this filly. Congratulations to Jonathan and his team and all the co-owners of this horse. 

Photos courtesy of Golden Gate Fields.

Also some good news on the entry front to report, with two entries for this coming week.

• Rapstorerocks finally gets in the entries at Aqueduct Thursday, after the race was carried over 5 times. He’s in an overflow 16 horse field (12 will run), obviously not an easy spot in New York, but he’s been training really well recently and deserves a shot here.
• ShimmyShimmy Shake also finally gets in the entries and also runs this Thursday, at Penn National. She’s been training strongly since arriving at Penn National and we are expecting a huge improvement here off her disappointing Monmouth Park races.

Anyone needing assistance with seating – admissions, etc. please contract George@kenwoodracing.com

• Solar is doing excellent, there’s a race for him enter this week at Aqueduct or an alternate at Laurel Park the same day
• New Found Treasure fine at Penn National and will be entered this week for her first race there.  
• Giuliana Vee  good and ready to run back as soon as we can find a spot for her.
• No Good Deed training at Gulfstream Park, had been a little stiff last few days but we did some treatments and she trained excellent today.

No Good Deed training at Gulfstream Park on November 1, 2019.

• More Ice worked really well again today at Los Alamitos and should be ready to run at Del Mar later this month.
• Shake It Up Baby will ship to Gulfstream Park to continue his training there with Kelly Breen this week from T-Square Stud in Ocala.  
• Magic Musketier doing fine and will look for grass next time.  
• Bullion is doing well in Kentucky, training at Ellis Park. Trainer Steve Asmussen (leading trainer in North America this year and the trainer of both of Liam’s Map’s stakes winners, Basin and Wicked Whisper, interestingly) reports he’s been working on building up muscle he lost while on the farm. Says the horse is training well and very sound, no leg or other issues. His plan is to get a race or two into him in Louisiana later this fall and hopefully have him sharp and ready for the Oaklawn Park meet that begins in January. Oaklawn has some of the largest purses in the nation at all levels and Steve feels he’ll be a really good fit there and have a shot to earn some serious purse money at that meet.
• Last but certainly not least, impossible to keep up with all the good news with Lisa Limon, she sells a week from Sunday at Keeneland, the sale will be live streamed on the Keeneland website.

Horse Workout Notification
November 2, 2019
More Ice (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: November 2, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 47:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/12