A wonderful Haskell Day at Monmouth Park all around. Early showers turned to pleasant weather and a fantastic day of racing. A large and enthusiastic group of Kenwood Racing partners, co-owners and friends filled six prime box seats and shared a memorable day, highlighted by Exaggerator’s impressive win and the thrill of seeing New Jersey-bred Sunny Ridge nose out Champion Nyquist for 3^rd money for our friend Dennis Drazin, who is the heart and soul of Monmouth Park. It’s a dream for any local owner to run in the Haskell. To see a horse bred right here in NJ run a super race at 31 to 1 off a 5 month layoff against the best 3 year olds in the country for someone who has devoted much of his professional career to keeping Monmouth Park running was for many of us, as much or more satisfying than Exaggerator’s impressive and well deserved victory.  

The day ended on a super note for Kenwood too, as less than 1 hour after the Haskell we claimed the three year old Nominal Dollars at Saratoga. He won by almost 4 lengths going away, and we won a 5 way shake at the claim box. This is a lightly raced, rapidly improving horse and we were thrilled to get him.  Our barns in NY and NJ are loaded with really promising claims (Nominal Dollars, Patton Proud, El Botas, Dance N Denae, Little Cherie), along with 9 exciting two year olds, which should make for a very exciting second half of the year for us (building on an excellent first half!).