Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 30, 2019
Starring John Wain runs in race 10 at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday. Good spot for Starring John Wain, better distance than last time when a closing 3rd in traffic and less horses too, should run well.
Mixed news on the entry for Exchanging Ember. The race we were looking for did NOT go again at Penn National, but a race against males was going so we took a deep breath and entered her in that spot for next Thursday. They carried the race we were looking to run in against fillies over again, and the racing office will let scratch from the race we are in if that race goes. So we’ll enter in there next Wednesday for Friday and if it doesn’t go yet again we’ll stick where we are and run Thursday against males. She’s doing super and needs to run, a race against fillies would be much preferred but at this point having entered 5 times, no doubt better to run than sit in the barn in her case.
Good news on the entry front as the race (race 5) at Gulfstream Park for Blue Eyed Beth went for next Thursday. A good spot, been training great, ready for a top effort here.
Run Macho Run gets in next Thursday also, runs at Santa Anita, so IF Exchanging Ember ends up running Thursday, we’ll have three horses running at three different tracks.
Bullion, Magic Musketier, Run Macho Run, and Kochees all have races coming up shortly to enter in, as mentioned may take a while to get spots for them at Santa Anita but they all are ready.
ALL entry information, as usual can be found on our entries page.
Thanks for a great response to our four groups from the OBS March sale. Group #52 is sold out, we are now down to four shares for #50 & the last two for group #51. Kenwood co-owner Mark Forney, who attended the OBS March sale with our team wrote a great Blog post for us about his experience, you can view it here (thank you Mark!)
Start a Fire doing great in Ocala, training forwardly. All others doing well too.
Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 29, 2019
On Friday, in race 4 at Santa Anita, Red Shelby made the lead from the rail early, was joined by the heavy favorite and got caught up in a blinding speed duel, and both stopped in the stretch. Red Shelby finished 7th, but (hard as this is to believe) was beaten literally 3 lengths for the win in a blanket finish. They went the first 6 furlongs in a staggeringly fast 107.88 on the downhill Santa Anita turf course and it simply took a little too much out of both horses. It’s a shame as she ran very well, but this was a perfect example of the sayings ‘pace makes the race’ and ‘the trip is everything’. Seems to have come out of it fine.
Good news on the entry front as the race (race 5) at Gulfstream Park for Blue Eyed Beth went for next Thursday. A good spot, been training great, ready for a top effort here.
Starring John Wain runs in race 10 at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday. Good spot for Starring John Wain, better distance than last time when a closing 3rd in traffic and less horses too, should run well.
Race for Exchanging Ember did not go again at Penn National, but they carried it over again, giving us three races to enter in tomorrow for next week. She’s doing super and needs to run, a good shot one of the three will go for her tomorrow finally.
Bullion, Magic Musketier, Run Macho Run, and Kochees all have races coming up shortly to enter in, as mentioned may take a while to get spots for them at Santa Anita but they all are ready.
ALL entry information, as usual can be found on our entries page.
Thanks for a great response to our four groups from the OBS March sale. Group #52 is sold out, we are now down to four shares for #50 & the last two for group #51. Kenwood co-owner Mark Forney, who attended the OBS March sale with our team wrote a great Blog post for us about his experience, you can view it here (thank you Mark!)
Start a Fire doing great in Ocala, training forwardly. All others doing well too.
Horse Workout Notification
March 26, 2019
Blue Eyed Beth (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: OBS June sale purchase
Date: March 26, 2019
Track: GULFSTREAM PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:02 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/1
Horse Workout Notification
March 26, 2019
Starring John Wain (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: March 26, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 1/5
Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 28, 2019
Starring John Wain runs in race 10 at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday to add to Red Shelby’s entry in race 4 previously detailed at Santa Anita on Friday. Good spot for Starring John Wain, better distance than last time when a closing 3rd in traffic and less horses too, should run well.
Race for Exchanging Ember at Penn National did NOT go, but there’s a race to enter Friday at Penn for next week. She’s doing super and needs to run. Also entering Blue Eyed Beth for Gulfstream Friday, she too just needs a race to run in.
Bullion, Magic Musketier, Run Macho Run, and Kochees all have races coming up shortly to enter in, as mentioned may take a while to get spots for them at Santa Anita but they all are ready.
ALL entry information, as usual can be found on our entries page.
Thanks for a great response to our four groups from the OBS March sale. Group #52 is sold out, we are now down to four shares for #50 & the last two for group #51. Kenwood co-owner Mark Forney, who attended the OBS March sale with our team wrote a great Blog post for us about his experience, you can view it here (thank you Mark!)
Start a Fire doing great in Ocala, training forwardly. All others doing well too.
Here’s Diamond Play’s work from yesterday, she came out of it well, you can see the video of the work here.
Horse Workout Notification
March 27, 2019
Diamond Play (6-Year-Old Mare)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: March 27, 2019
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 38:60 Breezing
Track Condition: Firm
Surface: Turf
Rank: 1/1
Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 27, 2019
No luck on entries today at Santa Anita as none of our races went. As mentioned before, there are a lot of races to be filled after the nearly one month hiatus, so we’ll need a little patience to get these horses in the entries.
We will be entering a number of horses Thursday & Friday for races this weekend at various tracks, including Exchanging Ember and others.
Bullion, Magic Musketier, Blue Eyed Beth, Run Macho Run, and Kochees all have races coming up shortly to enter in.
Our first entry in a while, as Santa Anita re-opens comes with Red Shelby Friday, not a bad spot if she gets a good trip for her to take a step forward.
Thanks for a great response to our four groups from the OBS March sale. Group #52 is sold out, we are now down to four shares for 50 & the last two for group 51. Kenwood co-owner Mark Forney, who attended the OBS March sale with our team wrote a great Blog post for us about his experience, you can view it here (thank you Mark!)
We close with a video from trainer Kelly Breen of New Jersey-bred mare Diamond Play, with her first timed work since her return to training at Palm Meadows (in Florida near Gulfstream Park). She’s doing really well, happy and eager to train. On schedule to run early in the meet at Monmouth Park, with perhaps a prep at Gulfstream before.
Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 26, 2019
Two works on two coasts today: Blue Eyed Beth (“she went a little too fast, just real sharp, galloped out great” Ron Spatz) at Gulfstream Park and Starring John Wain (“went very nice, I think he can win the maiden special weight” Jerry Hollendorfer) at Santa Anita Park are both ready to roll (works below).
Thanks for a great response to our four groups from the OBS March sale. Group #52 is sold out, very few shares remain for groups 50 & 51. All four two-year olds are in training, came out of the sale well and going right on towards their debuts this spring – summer. THANK YOU for your support!
We will be entering a number of horses this week for races this weekend including Exchanging Ember, Taima The Hawk, and others. Bullion, Magic Musketier, Blue Eyed Beth, Run Macho Run, and Kochees all have races coming up shortly to enter in.
Our first entry in a while as Santa Anita re-opens comes with Red Shelby Friday, not a bad spot if she gets a good trip for her to take a step forward.
Horse Workout Notification
March 26, 2019
Blue Eyed Beth (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: OBS June sale purchase
Date: March 26, 2019
Track: GULFSTREAM PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:02 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/1
Horse Workout Notification
March 26, 2019
Starring John Wain (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: March 26, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 1/5
Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 24, 2019
Our first entry in a while as Santa Anita re-opens comes with Red Shelby, who was one of many horses to work today and went really well. Red Shelby runs Friday, not a bad spot if she gets a good trip for her to take a step forward. More works to report this morning for More Ice, Magic Musketier, Bullion, Run Macho Run and Kochees (all below). The race for Bullion did not go today, after many days off at Santa Anita there are a ton of races they are trying to fill, so it’s going to be tough sledding for a while with entries but as you can see from the works we have a lot of horses doing well and ready for any suitable race that comes up. You can see a video of Kochees working today here.
Race for Exchanging Ember, enter Thursday for Saturday. Still looking for a spot for Blue Eyed Beth at Gulfstream Park, she’s ready to run. April 4th is the next date in the book, maybe an extra will come up sooner.
You can see our recently updated list of possible entry dates here.
Diamond Play doing well at Palm Meadows training center; will be pointed either to a 2019 debut at Gulfstream next month or to a race at Monmouth Park in May.
Thanks for a great response from our current owners to our four groups from the OBS March sale. Group #52 is sold out, over 25 shares sold overall with these groups in less than one week. The three groups with shares still remaining will be released to our Kenwood Racing friends list Monday. All four two year olds are in training, came out of the sale well and going right on towards their debuts this spring – summer. THANK YOU for your support!
Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 23, 2019
More works to report this morning for Annie’s Candy and Taima The Hawk (below) at Santa Anita. Both are doing well and ready to run.
Race for Exchanging Ember did not go at Penn National today for next Friday but was carried over, enter Thursday for next Saturday. If that doesn’t go, there’s another option for her April 4th at Penn. The good news is she’s made it back, is training well, and is ready to run.
We have a lot of scheduled races coming up at Santa Anita now that it’s set to re-open next Friday, as well as races above for Penn,
We are looking for a spot for Blue Eyed Beth at Gulfstream Park, she’s ready to run, April 4th is the next date in the book, maybe an extra will come up sooner.. You can see our recently updated list of possible entry dates here.
Diamond Play has settled in nicely at Palm Meadows training center and will be pointed either to a 2019 debut at Gulfstream next month or to a race at Monmouth Park in May.
Last call for current co-owners before our four two year old groups from OBS March are released to our Kenwood Friends waiting list this Monday. All four two year olds are in training, came out of the sale well and going right on towards their debuts this spring – summer.
All horses well, ready to run, a lot of action coming up!
Horse Workout Notification
March 23, 2019
Taima the Hawk (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: Claimed 11/22/18 at GGF, KRP Racehorse
Date: March 23, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.01:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 2/6
Annie's Candy (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 10-28-18 at GGF
Date: March 23, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:20 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 3/6
Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 20, 2019
Good work for Starring John Wain. See below.
Exchanging Ember is ready to run at Penn also. Mark Salvaggio will give her one more light work this weekend, weather permitting, and then enter her for next week.
We have a lot of scheduled races coming up at Santa Anita now that it’s set to re-open, as well as races above for Penn National.
We are looking for a spot for Blue Eyed Beth at Gulfstream Park, she’s ready to run.
You can see our recently updated list of possible entry dates here.
Diamond Play has settled in nicely at Palm Meadows training center and will be pointed either to a 2019 debut at Gulfstream next month or to a race at Monmouth Park in May.
Our four new ownership groups just went out to Triple Crown Club members and will be released to all co-owners tomorrow. All four two year olds are in training, came out of the sale well and going right on towards their debuts this spring – summer.
All horses well, ready to run, a lot of action coming up!
Horse Workout Notification
March 19, 2019
Starring John Wain (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: March 19, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 3/13
Horse Workout Notification
March 18, 2019
Blue Eyed Beth (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: OBS June sale purchase
Date: March 18, 2019
Track: GULFSTREAM PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.01:15 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/2
Run Macho Run (5-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 11-9-18 at GGF
Date: March 18, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 3/31
Red Shelby (5-Year-Old Mare)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 12-3-18
Date: March 18, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 8/31
Horse Workout Notification
March 17, 2019
Kochees (9-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 11/11/18 at GGF
Date: March 17, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.01:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 3/9
Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: March 17, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 5/9
Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 18, 2019
More works today for Blue Eyed Beth at Gulfstream Park and Run Macho Run and Red Shelby at Santa Anita, adding to Magic Musketier and Kochees in California yesterday (all below).
You can watch Red Shelby's work, posted by XBTV here.
Our four next groups will be released this week, watch for information posted here shortly!
All horses well, ready to run, a lot of action coming up!
Horse Workout Notification
March 18, 2019
Blue Eyed Beth (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: OBS June sale purchase
Date: March 18, 2019
Track: GULFSTREAM PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.01:15 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/2
Run Macho Run (5-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 11-9-18 at GGF
Date: March 18, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 3/31
Red Shelby (5-Year-Old Mare)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 12-3-18
Date: March 18, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 8/31
Horse Workout Notification
March 17, 2019
Kochees (9-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 11/11/18 at GGF
Date: March 17, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.01:40 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 3/9
Magic Musketier (4-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Private purchase
Date: March 17, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.02:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 5/9
Kenwood Racing Stable Notes for March 16, 2019
This is especially for the owners of Start A Fire but the two minute video of morning training at T-Square Stud in Ocala on Wednesday, March 13th is useful for all to see the breaking-training process. You’ll see manager Adam Parker walking Start A Fire for us to see (note the comment about what a big horse he is, still growing!), then the rider getting on him, then training on the track with another horse, and finally returning to the barn and being unsaddled and walked. Along with previous videos we’ve sent of him being broken to a saddle in a stall, etc. this offers a sense of what’s involved in getting a horse from an unbroken yearling into training at a training center and finally to the racetrack.
Start A Fire is a large, powerful horse, as can be plainly be seen in the video. He towers over 95%+ of the horses offered for sale at OBS. Horses like this have a ton of potential, but they are rarely quick to get to the races. If you want a horse with size, scope and classic potential, you almost always wait longer. A compact filly like #224, the Into Mischief filly we just purchased, is almost certain to get to the races quicker and show more speed. It’s not a matter of one being ‘better’ than the other, they are just two very different types of horses. Ideally, you want to own some of each; smaller – quick athletic types and bigger – powerful distance types, they are an excellent compliment to each other.
A few catch up works back after the sale (see below). All doing well, more details to follow.
Here’s some Vimeo links for the horses we purchased at OBS this week taken by our social media team. Not perfect, but gives you an idea of the sale process and what the horses look like…
Here’s a link to a video of Annie’s Candy & Taima The Hawk working together at Los Alamitos on March 9th.
Horse Workout Notification
March 16, 2019
Annie's Candy (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 10-28-18 at GGF
Date: March 16, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 2/2
Horse Workout Notification
March 16, 2019
Taima the Hawk (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: Claimed 11/22/18 at GGF, KRP Racehorse
Date: March 16, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:00 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 6/17
Horse Workout Notification
March 12, 2019
Run Macho Run (5-Year-Old Gelding)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, claimed 11-9-18 at GGF
Date: March 12, 2019
Track: SANTA ANITA PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 53:20 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 11/11
Exchanging Ember (4-Year-Old Filly)
Date: March 12, 2019
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:20 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 4/9
More Ice (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse
Date: March 12, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Six Furlongs
Time: 1.17:60 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 2/4