• Hard to keep up with all the good news with Lisa Limon. Yesterday, there were two different positive developments. First, her half-brother Snow Man won an allowance race at Zia Park by 8 & ¾ lengths, going away in a cakewalk and doubling his lifetime earnings (see chart). He’s already stakes placed (2^nd by a neck in his 2^nd career start) and appears to be stakes quality. This is a very important boost to Lisa Limon’s own pedigree, aside from all the good news with the red hot sire she’s in foal to, Liam’s Map. Also yesterday, a Liam’s Map colt was the sales topper at the OBS Select yearling sale, bringing $230,000 (Liam’s Map colt tops Selected Yearling Sale). Several Liam’s Map’s sold for a lot more than this at Keeneland last month and this isn’t a surprising price for a sire as hot as he is now, but the OBS sale commands far lower averages than Keeneland and for a Liam’s Map to be the sales topper here is just another sign of how in demand he is. Easy to see why, as last weekend Liam’s Map’s daughter Wicked Whisper won the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park, going away and trainer Steve Asmussen reports she is being pointed for the Breeder’s Cup at the beginning of November (conveniently right before Lisa is scheduled to sell at Keeneland). Coupled with Basin’s win in the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga last month, Liam’s Map now has two grade one winners, the most of any freshman sire this year and a very rare feat indeed. Lisa Limon, an allowance winning filly by Scat Daddy from a young and attractive female family in foal to Liam’s Map on one early cover (breeding) should be a filly in great demand at Keeneland next month. Congratulations to all her owners! 

• New Found Treasure, Life On the Edge and Magic Musketier were all entered today for races at three different tracks and none of them went, but all three were carried over. There is a grass race at the Meadowlands for New Found Treasure enter Sunday for Friday, two different allowance races at Laurel Park for Life on the Edge, enter tomorrow for Sunday, and a dirt race at Fresno for Magic Musketier enter tomorrow for Sunday. Hoping we have some better news to report on the entry front tomorrow afternoon.

• No Good Deed has a van lined up (finally, took a while!) and is scheduled to ship into trainer Ron Spatz at Gulfstream Park tomorrow to continue her training there.  

• Rapstorerocks seems better after he spiked a high fever a couple of days ago. No fever but he’s still not eating everything. He walked today and seems ok. He is supposed to be entered Thursday for Sunday at Laurel Park and trainer Kelly Breen plans to monitor him closely. If there’s any question we’ll pass and wait for the next spot.  

• Shake It Up Baby training at T-Square Stud and doing super. Adam Parker thinks he’s about two weeks away from an easy timed work, maybe a 2 minute lick or an easy 2 furlong timed breeze. At that point, assuming he comes out of it well, he’ll be ready to ship to Gulfstream Park to continue his training there.

• Hard to believe but the flood of great news with Lisa Limon keeps on coming. Today her half-brother Snow Man won an allowance race by 8 & ¾ lengths, going away in a cakewalk and doubling his lifetime earnings. He’s already stakes placed (2^nd by a neck in his 2^nd career start) and appears to be stakes quality. This is a very important boost to Lisa’s own pedigree, aside from all the good news with the red hot sire she’s in foal to, Liam’s Map.  Last weekend Liam’s Map’s daughter Wicked Whisper won the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park, going away and trainer Steve Asmussen reports she is being pointed for the Breeder’s Cup at the beginning of November (conveniently right before Lisa is scheduled to sell at Keeneland). Coupled with Basin’s win in the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga last month, Liam’s Map now has two grade one winners, the most of any freshman sire this year and a very rare feat indeed. With a Grade 1 winning filly and a Grade 1 winning colt plus several impressive other maiden special weight winners who look like stakes quality runners, anything else would just be icing on the cake. Lisa Limon, an allowance winning filly by Scat Daddy from a young and attractive female family in foal to Liam’s Map on one early cover (breeding) should be a filly in great demand at Keeneland next month. Congratulations to all her owners! 
• Giuliana Vee had a nice 5 furlong work today at Monmouth Park. She worked in company with two other horses from the gate, showed plenty of speed from the rail although she did hesitate when she got dirt in her face on the turn (a good learning lesson).  Off of this she is probably one or two works away from being ready to run.

• New Found Treasure, Life On the Edge and Magic Musketier will all be entered tomorrow (Wednesday) for races at three different tracks. A grass race at the Meadowlands for New Found Treasure, an allowance race at Laurel Park for Life on the Edge, and a dirt race at Fresno for Magic Musketier. Hoping we have some good news to report on the entry front tomorrow afternoon.
• Rapstorerocks spiked a high fever yesterday and didn’t eat. Our vet drew a blood which was ok and this morning the fever was gone and he ate up his feed so looks to be something of no consequence. He is supposed to be entered Thursday for Sunday at Laurel Park and trainer Kelly Breen plans to monitor him closely. If all is well the next 48 hours he’ll be entered, if there’s any sign of illness we’ll pass and wait for the next spot.  
• Night Of Idiots excellent out of her race at Golden Gate Fields, a good 3^rd off a layoff. With this one under her belt and a switch to dirt next time she should be tough to beat. There’s a perfect spot for her at Golden Gate at the end of October.
• No Good Deed will ship into trainer Ron Spatz at Gulfstream Park as soon as we can find a van for her.  
• Shake It Up Baby training at T-Square Stud and doing super.
• ShimmyShimmy Shake doing very well at Penn National with trainer Mark Salvaggio and should be ready to run as soon as she’s ‘out of jail’ (can run outside of Monmouth Park where she was claimed) at the end of October.
• More Ice is back in training at Los Alamitos and doing well.  “He didn’t lose much (fitness) at the farm. Maybe work 3-4 times and look for  a race”, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
• 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
October 8, 2019
Giuliana Vee (2-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, purchased OBS MArch 2019
Date: October 8, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.01:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 4/6

• The news with Lisa Limon keeps getting better and better. This afternoon, Liam’s Map’s daughter Wicked Whisper won the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park, going away in a cakewalk. Coupled with Basin’s win in the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga last month, Liam’s Map now has two grade one winners, not only the most of any freshman sire this year, but something that hasn’t been done in decades. Both Basin and Wicked Whisper will be one of the favorites for the Breeder’s Cup race at the end of the month if they run there. At this point, with a Grade 1 winning filly and a Grade 1 winning colt, plus several impressive other maiden special weight winner’s who look like stakes quality runners, anything else would just be icing on the cake. Lisa Limon, an allowance winning filly by Scat Daddy from a young and attractive female family in foal to Liam’s Map on one early cover (breeding) should be a filly in great demand at Keeneland next month.
• Race for New Found Treasure did not go today for Friday at the Meadowlands but was brought back, enter Wednesday for Saturday.
• On Saturday, Start A Fire got in the race we wanted at Laurel Park, went off the solid favorite against a very weak field of maidens, made the lead easily and held it for the first half of the race, then slowed to a walk with no excuse to finish dead last, beaten over 18 lengths with no excuse. We spotted him where we felt there was a solid shot he would be claimed and he was.
• Solar fine out of his race at The Meadowlands. He’s been 2^nd and 3^rd now for us in 3 starts and is a solid runner.

• Solar ran hard and well today at The Meadowlands, finishing 3^rd, beaten a nostril for 2^nd, Went right to the front, set an honest pace, battled hard when challenged turning for home and repelled that runner, the heavily favored winner went by everyone but he continued to fight and just missed 2^nd in a long photo. It was a nice ‘bounceback’ from last time when he got a deep cut during the race and finished 6^th with an obvious excuse. He’s been 2^nd and 3^rd now for us in 3 starts and is a solid runner. “I was very happy with (the effort), I’d like to run him back in the same race again (at The Meadowlands) if we can towards the end of the month”, Kelly Breen
• Annie’s Candy is good out of his race at Fresno, closed with a rush from off the pace to finish 3^rd, beaten a nose for 2^nd and ½ length for the win in a 4 way photo. The distance was just too short for him and it showed, as he was flying late. He’s an honest horse who almost always gives his best.
• Start A Fire  got in the race we wanted at Laurel Parkand runs tomorrow (Saturday). The horse is doing just fine and this is a realistic spot in terms of class and especially the distance. We are hoping for a decent debut here as he begins his career.
• Giuliana Vee and Rapstorerocks both will breeze next week, probably Tuesday Monmouth Park. There are spots to enter Rapstorerocks in the middle of October at Laurel if nothing comes up sooner. He’s ready to run now. We will know more about Giuliana Vee after her work next week but she’s close to her debut, maybe 2-3 weeks away if all keeps going well.
• Night Of Idiots excellent out of her race, a good 3^rd off a layoff at Golden Gate Fields. With this one under her belt and a switch to dirt next time she should be tough to beat.
• Life On the Edge doing well; should be a couple of spots for her next week
• Magic Musketier ready to run, had a nice little maintenance work. There are races for him next week at both Santa Anita and Fresno.
• Starring John Wain had an excellent workout at Los Alamitos. He’s ready to run, there are races for him at Santa Anita or Fresno also.
• New Found Treasure is fine. There’s a race for her next week at the Meadowlands which should be a good spot.
• No Good Deed will ship into trainer Ron Spatz at Gulfstream Park early next week most likely. 
• Shake It Up Baby training at T-Square Stud and doing fine
• More Ice is back in training at Los Alamitos and doing well.  “He didn’t lose much (fitness) at the farm. Maybe work 3-4 times and look for  a race”, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
• Bullion is doing well with Steve Asmussen in Kentucky, training at Ellis Park and Steve is looking at Texas or Louisiana circuits for his next start
• Lisa Limon doing excellent. Hip #s for the sale are out and she sells Sat. Nov 9^th, hip #1533 (below). Her covering sire, Liam’s Map, has TWO horses in grade 1 stakes this weekend at Belmont; Wicked Whisper and  Alpha Sixty Six. Even a placing for one (or both) after Basin won the Grade 1 Hopeful stakes would be huge.

Finally, see the article from Thoroughbred Daily News just below on champion Midnight Bisou, Midnight Bisou a “Game Changer”. She was purchased for just $80,000 at OBS April, and what her buyer explained (see below), says what matters and how we and other savvy buyers approach a sale better than anything I’ve seen. People spend millions for horses that can’t run, and overlook horses like this for very affordable prices. It’s NOT about a prestige pedigree or a fast work time, it’s about buying the right individual folks. Hard to fathom for many people, but the facts speak for themselves time and again.

• Start A Fire got in the race we wanted at Laurel Park after being scratched at Parx to enter here. The horse is doing just fine and this is a much more realistic spot in terms of class and especially the distance. He’s not shown much speed in his works but he’s bred to go long and improve as he matures. We are hoping for a decent debut here as he begins his career.
• Annie’s Candy gets in a good spot at Fresno this week, will be favored and should run very well in here.
• Solar worked Monday at Monmouth Park, an easy maintenance breeze for his race Friday afternoon, opening day at the Meadowlands. A full 12 horse field, but fits well and been training well for this.
• Giuliana Vee and Rapstorerocks both worked really well at Monmouth Park. Giuliana Vee is about ready to run, maybe one more work, just waiting for a race for Rapstorerocks.
• Life On the Edge doing well and should work this week at Monmouth Park, just an easy maintenance breeze
• Night Of Idiots excellent out of her race last week at Golden Gate Fields, a good 3^rd off a layoff. With this one under her belt and a switch to dirt next time she should be tough to beat.

Horse Workout Notification
September 30, 2019

Solar (3-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: claimed 6-28-19
Date: September 30, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 37:80 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 5/9

Rapstorerocks (2-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Purchased oBS June 2019
Date: September 30, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.03:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 8/9

Giuliana Vee (2-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, purchased OBS MArch 2019
Date: September 30, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:20 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 5/25

• Night Of Idiots made her long awaited Kenwood debut at Golden Gate Fields after a layoff at the farm and finished a decent 3^rd. Not a bad effort given the time off, she was climbing on the turf and it looked obvious that she was not crazy about the surface. With this one under her belt and a switch to dirt next time she should be tough to beat.
• Solar finally gets in the entries, runs Friday afternoon the opening day at The Meadowlands. A full 12 horse field, but fits well and been training well for this.
• Start A Fire will be SCRATCHED Monday at Parx. The horse is fine but as mentioned previously, it’s absolutely NOT the spot we were looking for. There’s an extra to enter in at Laurel Park that’s the right distance and in looking at this race we all felt it’s just not the way to begin his career. Hopefully the Laurel race will go, if not we’ll wait for something else at least reasonably suitable.
• Life On the Edge, Giuliana Vee, Rapstorerocks all will work tomorrow or shortly at Monmouth Park.
• Magic Musketier ready to run, looking for a spot, had a nice little maintenance work today at Los Alamitos.

Horse Workout Notification
September 29, 2019
Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: September 29, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 5/6

• Start A Fire makes his debut Monday at Parx. It should be a good learning experience for him and give him a solid foundation for his next start when something comes up.
• Night Of Idiots makes her long awaited Kenwood debut after a layoff at the farm this Sunday at Golden Gate Fields. Been training very forwardly for Jonathan Wong, obviously any horse may need a race or two after a lengthy layoff to show their best but we are expecting a solid effort from her here. Anyone who needs help with seating-admissions please email George@kenwoodracing.com 
• ShimmyShimmy Shake doing nicely at Penn National.

• Starring John Wain had an excellent workout today at Los Alamitos. He’s ready to run, looking for a spot

Horse Workout Notification
September 27, 2019
Starring John Wain (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: September 27, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.00:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/4

• Solar was entered today for Saturday at Monmouth Park in a spot where he’d be tough to beat, they got 8 horses but didn’t use it and didn’t bring it back. They are waiting to use turf races for the Meadowlands so that’s where he’ll have to run as soon as there’s a spot for him.
• ShimmyShimmy Shake arrived safely at Penn National this afternoon.
• Life On the Edge good out of her race at Parz and ready to run back in October. Life On the Edge stumbled at the start, but recovered quickly and made the lead, got into a protracted head to head battle with the other speed horse in the race and tired to finish 7^th and last. Really she just seems to be a cut below these high-level allowance horses running for an $80,000 purse, at least at this juncture. Seems to have come back ok so far, we’ll know more in the next day or two but should be fine to run back in a less salty spot next month.
• Giuliana Vee is 2 or 3 works away from her debut.
• Rapstorerocks ready to run whenever we can get a spot for him.
• Start A Fire ready for anything suitable that comes up.
• Night Of Idiots  “doing really well, almost ready to run” Jonathan Wong.
• Magic Musketier ready to run, looking for a spot.
• Starring John Wain ready to run, looking for a spot
• New Found Treasure is fine today. There’s a race for her in about three weeks at the Meadowlands we’ll point for which should be a good spot.
• No Good Deed will ship into trainer Ron Spatz at Gulfstream Park later next week most likely. 
• Shake It Up Baby training at T-Square Stud and doing fine
• More Ice excellent and ready to return from his brief R&R on the farm.
• Annie’s Candy is fine and looking for the right spot, good out of easy maintenance work today (below).
• Bullion is doing well with Steve Asmussen in Kentucky.
• Lisa Limon doing excellent. Hip #s for the sale are out and she sells Sat. Nov 9^th, hip #1533 (below).  Liam’s Map has two more 2yos in stakes this weekend, Buyer’s Remorse and Song River (below). These will be real longshots, not likely anything like Basin winning the Hopeful, but even a placing by one of them would add to his reputation considerably. Just having two more runners in major stakes is impressive and promising for a young sire like this.

Hip numbers have been assigned for the Keeneland November Sale:

Horse Workout Notification
September 25, 2019
Annie's Candy (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 10-28-18 at GGF
Date: September 25, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:20 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 5/6

Excellent morning of training at Monmouth Park today (see photos below), also works in California.

Here’s some details, all works below….

• Giuliana Vee worked very well this morning at Monmouth Park and is 2 or 3 works away from her debut.
• Solar had an excellent work (not caught by clockers but super work in 48.0) and will be entered Wednesday for Saturday at Monmouth Park in a spot where he’d be tough to beat, hoping it goes.
• Rapstorerocks worked with Start A Fire and one other horse and worked well, he’s ready whenever we can get a spot for him.
• Start A Fire worked fine but slow, beaten by both horses he ran with (including Rapstorerocks above) while not doing anything wrong. Time was decent. There’s an extra at Parx, enter tomorrow for next weekend, maybe we’ll have some luck there and get to run, he’s ready for anything suitable that comes up.
• In California Night Of Idiots worked well again this morning at Golden Gate Fields. “She’s doing really well, almost ready to run,” trainer Jonathan Wong.

• Magic Musketier worked well (below)
• Starring John Wain worked well (below). 

Racing news…

• ShimmyShimmy Shake had a good break, a clean trip, and plain tired to finish 7^th today at Monmouth Park. She’s had every shot here, is sound and trains well, either just doesn’t like Monmouth Park or just doesn’t have it period. She’ll ship to Penn National now, a much easier circuit. The next couple there will tell the story.
• Life On the Edge will run in an allowance at Parx with an enhanced $80,000 purse on Monday. While we’d have liked to run at Monmouth Park Sunday in the stake, it really was a no-brainer to run at a better distance, for more money, against a smaller field, and be able to get top rider Paco Lopez (who rode her so impressively in her maiden win) on her again. For this money certainly not an easy spot but we are expecting a big effort from her if she can handle the tricky Parx surface, which is sometimes a challenge for horses the first time over the track. Please let us know if you plan to attend, George@kenwoodrfacing.com for help with seating – admissions everywhere.
• New Found Treasure got some antihistamines after her race and was much better. She was stung by a wasp on the face yesterday morning and almost didn’t run. The swelling went down and she was cleared to run by both Kelly and the state vet, but it’s likely that took a little out of her. There’s a race for her in about three weeks at the Meadowlands we’ll point for which should be a good spot.
• No Good Deed will need a few more days before shipping into trainer Ron Spatz at Gulfstream Park. 
• Shake It Up Baby back into training at T-Square Stud and doing fine, see attached photos courtesy of Adam Parker.

• More Ice excellent and ready to return from his brief R&R on the farm.
• Annie’s Candy is fine and looking for the right spot, good out of easy maintenance work.

Horse Workout Notification
September 22, 2019
Start a Fire (2-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: September 22, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.01:40 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 8/27

Giuliana Vee (2-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, purchased OBS MArch 2019
Date: September 22, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:80 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 20/90

Rapstorerocks (2-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Purchased oBS June 2019
Date: September 22, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.01:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 8/27

Night of Idiots (4-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claim 12-8-18 @GGF
Date: September 22, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.03:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 22/37

Starring John Wain (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: September 22, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:80 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 9/17

Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: September 22, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.00:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 3/8

• New Found Treasure sat a good trip, close up in a nice stalking spot under Nik Juarez and plain didn’t fire at Monmouth Park on Saturday, finishing 5^th. Not to make excuses but she was stung by a wasp on the face early this morning and almost didn’t run. The swelling went down and she was cleared to run by both Kelly and the state vet, but it’s not impossible that took a little out of her, or that she simply didn’t have enough kick when asked. There’s a race for her in about three weeks at the Meadowlands we’ll point for that should be a good spot.
• ShimmyShimmy Shake runs tomorrow (Sunday) at Monmouth Park. The race flow appears to set up a lot better for her here than in any of her previous starts for us. A good break, a clean trip, and a top effort will produce a much better result than she’s shown thus far. Been training really well for this too.
• Life On the Edge will run in an allowance at Parx with an enhanced $80,000 purse on Monday. While we’d have liked to run at Monmouth Sunday in the stake, it really was a no-brainer to run at a better distance, for more money, against a smaller field, and be able to get top rider Paco Lopez (who rode her so impressively in her maiden win) on her again. For this money certainly not an easy spot but we are expecting a big effort from her if she can handle the tricky Parx surface, which is sometimes a challenge for horses the first time over the track. Please let us know if you plan to attend this any – all of the above races and wish help with seating arrangements. Admission is free now at Monmouth for Sept. and always free at Parx.

Contact George@kenwoodrfacing.com for help with seating – admissions everywhere.

All entry info. is here as usual .  A reminder that ALL entries (and planned workouts too!) are subject to change for many reasons, NO horse is “going to run” until the gate opens, and NOBODY knows “what race, what time, what post”, etc. until after the entries come out.