Hi All,
With the year rapidly coming to an end we wish the entire Kenwood Family Very Happy Holidays and look forward to 2025 for more exciting racing action from the horses in our stable. There are still a couple of slots open for our ARC25 claiming program which will get underway directly after New Year’s Day. If you don’t want to miss out on a lot of action throughout 2025 with multiple horses racing at East Coast Tracks, be sure to contact us ASAP before the final shares are taken!
Calming Sea will be racing today in a little over one hour in Race 2 at Gulfstream Park. Scott’s pre-race comments are below.
It’s race day for CALMING SEA in Race 2 at Gulfstream Park today, Post Time at 12:52 PM! A cutback in distance to a 5.5-furlong sprint on the synthetic track, She will get some weight relief with the apprentice jockey, Micah Husbands in the irons! Calming Sea drew the outside Post Position #9 in a field of nine and gets an ideal post position for Micah to read and react out of the gate. They’ll need to use her natural speed to not get caught too wide into the turn, but we’ll see if there is enough early speed signed on to end up with a pace duel on the front end. If not, we’ll likely see them look to get to the lead early, but if there is a speed duel up front, they will look to sit back off the pace and let the speed come back to them around the far turn, turning for home. Calming Sea will have her work cut out for her with two big favorites - #3-Warda at 8-5 on the ML, and #6-Bubbly Champagne sitting at 9-5 odds - but she came out of her last race in good order and has continued to train well. She gets the addition of blinkers today to help keep her a bit more focused and controllable, and she has shown some improvement the past week in the mornings when wearing them. We are hoping she can get back to her form from earlier this year down at Gulfstream Park, especially some of her synthetic races where she showed speed and stamina. Good luck to ARC24, our partner Kelly Breen and all Kenwood Racing Partners, as we look to get Calming Sea into the Winner’s Circle before the end of the year!
Cali Heat is entered right back in the same race off his 3rd Place finish last out, running next Thursday, December 26th at Penn National in Race 5. Post Time is 8:11 PM for the 6-furlong sprint, and jockey Angel Rodriguez will be back in the saddle to try and get back to the Winner's Circle again with Cali Heat!
Lisa’s Palace has continued to progress well with Trainer Mark Salvaggio after her 2nd place finish two weeks ago. We are targeting a race for December 27th for her with entries drawn tomorrow.
Vino Limone is well at Palm Meadows and had a maintenance breeze last Saturday (see details below) as we continue to find a race for her at Gulfstream Park.
Vino Limone (2-Year-Old Filly)
Date: December 14, 2024
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:15 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 42/76
Red Head Italian is fine with Trainer Brittany Russell at Laurel Park in Maryland and we are looking for a race for her at that venue in the coming weeks.
Outlaw Country is enjoying his time at Sunset Meadow Farm and has been in a festive holiday mood based on the picture attached above.
Our Connect / Lisa Limon filly is well at Whispering Meadows Equestrian in Delaware.