HUGE work day!

What a day of training at Monmouth Park! Seven horses work, all others train, all work really well in front of a big crowd of enthusiastic owners. They should all be like this.

• The biggest news of a great morning has to be the works of Rapstorerocks and Smarty Cat.  Both worked exceptionally well in company (together) today from the gate. Both came out flying and got their gate card and are ready to run. If ever a photo says a 1000 words, the attached one of their gate work does. Look at these two beautiful horses, they’ve done everything right since we purchased them at OBS in June and hopefully they will prove to be bargain purchases. We are entering Smarty Cat tomorrow for Friday at Monmouth Park for her debut and Rapstorerocks for his debut as soon as there’s a race for him.

• New Found Treasure  (who worked in company with Life On the Edge). Solar and ShimmyShimmy Shake all had maintenance works at Monmouth as they wait for somewhere to run.  ShimmyShimmy Shake was a bit rank early and finally settled late, Solar and New Found Treasure both went excellent (all works below). As soon as something suitable goes they will all be in, they are ready to run. Nothing on extras at Monmouth Park so far, maybe something will get put up tomorrow for next weekend for them.

• Life On the Edge excellent maintenance work too out of her impressive win, seems sharp and ready to run back now. We are looking at allowance or stake company for her next start.

• Giuliana Vee galloped strongly today and is doing super at Monmouth Park. She has a shot to be a very nice runner and being by Into Mischief, the leading sire in the world this year, if she has ability on the racetrack the sky’s the limit as far as her residual value. If all keeps going well she’ll run in early fall.

Horse Workout Notification 
August 17, 2019

Smarty Cat (2-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: OBS June 2019 purchase
Date: August 17, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 36:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 4/14

Rapstorerocks (2-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Purchased oBS June 2019
Date: August 17, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 36:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 4/14

Start a Fire (2-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: August 17, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:80 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 17/75

Life On the Edge (2-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, purchased OBS March 2019
Date: August 17, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 23/75

New Found Treasure (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: Claimed July Mon.
Date: August 17, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 23/75

Shimmyshimmy Shake (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: Claimed 5-18-19 Monmouth
Date: August 17, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 37:80 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 9/14

Solar (3-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: claimed 6-28-19
Date: August 17, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:60 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 10/75

Workouts – entries

Two horses worked today (below) in California and several others will work Saturday at Monmouth Park.

• Night Of Idiots back in training at Golden Gate Fields with trainer Jonathan Wong and doing well (see work and Jonathan’s comment below).
• Magic Musketier worked well at Los Alamitos and about ready to run now.
• Starring John Wain had to be scratched from his race at Del Mar when he came up with a fever the morning of the race, terrible timing but should be ok to run when the race comes back for him.
• Looking for races for New Found Treasure, Solar and ShimmyShimmy Shake at Monmouth Park, as soon as something suitable goes, they will be in. All doing really well, ready to run. Nothing on extras at Monmouth today

Horse Workout Notification 
August 15, 2019
Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: August 15, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Six Furlongs
Time: 1.15:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/1

Night of Idiots (4-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claim 12-8-18 @GGF
Date: August 15, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 38:80 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 4/4

Night Of Idiots worked 3/8 on 38.4 worked good 

Jonathan

Updates, last call morning training

Last Call! Morning training at Monmouth Park on Saturday. All horses expected to train, many with timed works. All welcome, space almost full, please RSVP if you wish to attend.

• Starring John Wain runs tomorrow at Del Mar; the horse is training really well. As good as we can get him for this allowance test.
• For a good look at how ‘stats’ can be misleading, take a look at the Thoroughbred Daily News article on Jerry Hollendorfer, “Hollendorfer Files Complaint for Emergency Relief Against Pacific Racing Association” and note the section at the end of the article circled in red.

As most people know, Jerry was kicked out of Santa Anita and Golden Gate after four horses under his care died in 5 months (interestingly after Bob Baffert had two horses die at Del Mar in the first 10 days, no action was taken). Jerry had over 100 horses training, most at Golden Gate and Santa Anita but many at tracks across the nation and the article notes that in a period of almost 4 years, he had absolutely ZERO equine deaths anywhere, except at Santa Anita and Golden Gate. Perhaps that might indicate the problems lie, at least to some extent, with the track surfaces and not with the trainers who are being made scapegoats for larger industry problems?  NOT that Jerry (or any trainer) doesn’t have a responsibility to protect horses under his care in every way possible, but this is a complex issue to say the least and tracks unilaterally ‘banning’ trainers with no active violations of any kind is certainly not the answer, as the courts have so far fortunately ruled.

• Looking for races for New Found Treasure, Solar and ShimmyShimmy Shake at Monmouth Park, as soon as something suitable goes, they will be in. All doing really well and are ready to run.

No ice, works

• More Ice got a bit of a rough trip today at Del Mar when 6^th beaten less than 3 lengths for the win. He was trapped behind a wall of horses until too late but that said, didn’t close as quickly as he has in his best efforts when he did get running room. He’s been in training without a break for almost 1&1/2 years now and is probably due for a brief freshening. Sound and trains well, probably a few weeks at a local farm and back to the track early fall.
• Starring John Wain runs Thursday at Del Mar, race went with a nice short field and the horse is training really well. Had another fine work (below). As good as we can get him for this allowance test. Any owner wishing to attend please contact George@kenwoodracing.com for assistance with seating-dining-admissions, etc.
• New Found Treasure was entered in an extra for Friday at Monmouth Park that did not go, looking for a spot to run her.

Horse Workout Notification 
August 11, 2019
Annie's Candy (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 10-28-18 at GGF
Date: August 11, 2019
Track: SANTA ROSA
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.01:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/7

Another big entry & works

• Starring John Wain runs Thursday at Del Mar, race went with a nice short field and the horse is training really well. Had another fine work today (below). As good as we can get him for this allowance test
• More Ice gets in an allowance at Del Mar tomorrow, doing excellent.

Details at www.kenwoodracing.com or on www.equibase.com for both of the above entries. Any owner wishing to attend please contact George@kenwoodracing.com for assistance with seating-dining-admissions, etc.

• New Found Treasure will be entered tomorrow in an extra for next Friday at Monmouth Park.
• Works today (below) at Monmouth for several horses including Solar (excellent maintenance work), Start A Fire (fine but didn’t show as much zip as we’d have liked), and Rapstorerocks and Smarty Cat (went well together, 6 furlongs really slow, picking it up in the stretch nicely (works not recorded but very solid moves).  Smarty Cat might run in a spot on the 23^rd of Aug. at Monmouth or shortly thereafter, maybe another week or so for Rapstorerocks.
• Life On the Edge excellent out of her impressive win and looking at allowance or stake company for her next start.

Horse Workout Notification 
August 10, 2019
Starring John Wain (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: August 10, 2019
Track: DEL MAR
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 18/32

Horse Workout Notification 
August 10, 2019
Start a Fire (2-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: August 10, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 37:40 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 9/20

Horse Workout Notification 
August 10, 2019
Solar (3-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: claimed 6-28-19
Date: August 10, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 18/45

Another big entry & work

• Magic Musketier had a super work today at Los Alamitos (below), about 2 works away from a return to the entries, doing super!
• More Ice gets in an allowance at Del Mar this Sunday, doing excellent, details at www.kenwoodracing.com or on www.equibase.com.  Any owner wishing to attend please contact George@kenwoodracing.com for assistance with seating-dining-admissions, etc.

Horse Workout Notification 
August 8, 2019
Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: August 8, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Six Furlongs
Time: 1.14:80 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/1

Here’s your mid-week update with works and entries:

• ShimmyShimmy Shake a nice maintenance work at Monmouth Park (below), ready for her race Aug. 24^th or anything that comes up sooner. Hasn’t run well for us but training forwardly.
• New Found Treasure good. Should run back at Monmouth Park in August.   
• Magic Musketier will breeze this week at Los Alamitos, about 2 works away from a return to the entries, doing super!
• More Ice will be entered tomorrow for an allowance at Del Mar this Sunday, doing excellent.
• Starring John Wain ready for his race Aug. 15^th at Del Mar, hoping it goes.
• Annie’s Candy worked beautifully in northern California (below), should run Aug. 18^th or 24^th at his favorite track, Golden Gate Fields.
• Night Of Idiots back in training at Golden Gate Fields with trainer Jonathan Wong.
• No Good Deed, Shake It Up Baby and Bullion all fine on the farm.
• Lisa Limon fine at farm in Kentucky, in foal, will be sold in November or January. Her covering sire, Liam’s Map, just had his first winner today at Saratoga, breaking his maiden impressively in a $90,000 maiden special weight race.

Horse Workout Notification 
August 7, 2019
Shimmyshimmy Shake (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: Claimed 5-18-19 Monmouth
Date: August 7, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 51:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 9/13

Horse Workout Notification 
August 4, 2019
Annie's Candy (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 10-28-18 at GGF
Date: August 4, 2019
Track: SANTA ROSA
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/4

Big win for Life On the Edge, many workouts & training videos

• Competitive Edge filly Life On the Edge was placed in the right spot at Monmouth Park for her 2^nd career start and won easily and impressively as the heavy favorite under Paco Lopez; going right to the lead at the start, repelling a bid from two horses on the turn, and drawing away in the stretch to win by 5 widening lengths under wraps.

She galloped out 15+ lengths ahead of the field and returned to the winner’s circle to get her photo taken with a very large crowd of Kenwood owners & their friends. 

A hearty congratulations to the members of our milestone group #50 on the debut win for a very talented filly. Enjoy this great Vimeo clip of her saddling in the paddock before the race and returning to the winner’s circle afterwards

After a slow start to the meet, we have now had a 3^rd, a 2^nd and a win in our last three starts at Monmouth Park. This is a business of hot and cold streaks; savvy owners understand that and are in it for the long run. It’s days like these that make the game worth playing; congratulations to trainer Kelly Breen and his hardworking team and all the members of the Kenwood Racing family who were on hand at Monmouth or watching and enjoying from afar.

• Into Mishief filly Giuliana Vee doing super at Monmouth Park, trained great every day this week after a nice break at the farm

Folks, they are raceHORSES not racecars, they all develop at their own pace. Life On the Edge had a meltdown in her debut and was the easiest of winners today, Giuliana Vee needed a few weeks at the farm. It’s a process that requires patience and perseverance. We think Giuliana Vee has a shot to be a very nice runner, and being by Into Mischief, the leading sire in the world this year, if she has ability on the racetrack the sky’s the limit as far as her residual value too.

• Smarty Cat (Overanalyze group #53) and Rapstorerocks (Red Rocks (IRE) group #54) worked fast and well together yesterday (see works below) and expected to work again next week as they approach their debuts.  Here’s a Vimeo clip of both of them training together yesterday (you can hear the clockers calling out the work time in the background)

A lot of action ahead with our two year old crop, this is the time of year many-most of our two year olds are approaching their debuts, stay tuned for more winner’s circle celebrations to come.  

• Magic Musketier and More Ice breezed at Los Alamitos and Starring John Wain breezed at Del Mar this week (see below). All good out of their works. All three doing super, as is Annie’s Candy in northern California, who should run later this month at his favorite track, Golden Gate Fields.

Horse Workout Notification 
August 3, 2019
Starring John Wain (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: August 3, 2019
Track: DEL MAR
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 5/8

Horse Workout Notification 
August 2, 2019
Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: August 2, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.03:80 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 3/4

Horse Workout Notification 
August 2, 2019
More Ice (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: August 2, 2019
Track: LOS ALAMITOS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.03:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/4

Horse Workout Notification 
August 2, 2019
Start a Fire (2-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: August 2, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 38:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 6/11

Horse Workout Notification 
August 2, 2019
Rapstorerocks (2-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Purchased oBS June 2019
Date: August 2, 2019
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:40 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 6/53

• Exchanging Ember  worked this morning at Penn National (see below) and so far so good. Assuming she comes out of the work ok, trainer Mark Salvaggio plans to work her one or two more times and look for a race for her. She’s been doing fine since returning to training, fingers crossed for a return to the races in later August or early Sepember.
• Life On the Edge gets in a very good spot this Saturday at Monmouth Park for her 2^nd career start after breezing quickly in company this week. Any owner wishing help with seating – admissions kindly email George@kenwoodracing.com. She’s one of just two horses who have a start under their belts, a huge advantage, and while you never know with all the first time starters she appears to have a class edge in this one so we are looking for a very good effort here.

Please remember George Katzenberger, our wonderful Owner Services Manager, is the person to reach out to for all your seating-admissions-events-parties and other similar requests, George@kenwoodracing.com . George does a lot of work (as all our team does) as a labor of love, a real gift to all of us.

Horse Workout Notification 
August 1, 2019
Exchanging Ember (4-Year-Old Filly)
Date: August 1, 2019
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 36:40 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/2

Lots of good news

• Life On the Edge gets in a very good spot this Saturday at Monmouth Park for her 2^nd career start after breezing quickly in company this week. Any owner wishing help with seating – admissions kindly email George@kenwoodracing.com. We are looking for a very good effort here.
• Giuliana Vee has returned to training at Monmouth Park. She shipped in from the farm Tuesday and trained this morning, looks great. We think the little extra time off really helped her and she’ll hopefully be making her debut this fall.
• Start a Fire good out of first (easy) timed work as he approaches his debut, you can see his gate training this week here. He continues to make steady progress.

• Smarty Cat  (Overanalyze group #53) and Rapstorerocks (Red Rocks (IRE) group #54) worked fast and well together this week and expected to work again this week as they approach their debuts.  A lot of action ahead with our two year old crop!
• No Good Deed and Bullion fine on the farm.