Hi All,
Opening Day for the 79th racing season at Monmouth Park is Saturday , May 11th. If you will be attending the races this weekend, please stop by Clubhouse Boxes 116 & 118 to say hello as we will be there this Weekend and every racing day of the meet.
Also, a reminder that Saturday June 15th will be our initial “Owner for A Day” event for 2024. It is Haskell Preview day at Monmouth Park (see the description of the day’s races below from Monmouth Park’s Tom Liucci) and we will welcome up to 15 people to spend the day with us from early morning training including visiting the backside to meet our horses, Trainer and Jockeys and watching the races from one of the new Terrace Suites in Monmouth Park’s Clubhouse. Use the link below to access more details and sign-up information on our website at Kenwoodracing.com. These events fill up quickly so check it out now and get in the game!
https://www.kenwoodracing.com/owner-for-a-day
HASKELL PREVIEW DAY FEATURES FOUR $150,000 PREP RACES
AS A PRELUDE TO NYRA BETS HASKELL STAKES CARD AT MONMOUTH
OCEANPORT, N.J. – Four $150,000 stakes races – three of them Grade 3 events – will again headline Monmouth Park’s Haskell Preview Day on Saturday, June 15, as a prelude to the NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes Day on Saturday, July 20.
The NYRA Bets Pegasus Stakes, the Grade 3 Monmouth Stakes, the Grade 3 Salvator Mile and the Grade 3 Eatontown Stakes will serve as the local preps for the Haskell Stakes Day card.
The $1 million, Grade 1 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes, the highlight of the 51-day meet, is supported by an undercard featuring the $600,000, Grade 2 United Nations, the $400,000, Grade 3 Monmouth Cup, the $500,000, Grade 3 Molly Pitcher and the $300,000, Grade 3 WinStar Matchmaker Stakes.
Monmouth Park’s 79th season gets underway on Saturday, May 11. Live racing runs through Sunday, Sept. 15.
The 43rd running of Pegasus Stakes, for 3-year-olds at a mile and a sixteenth, is the Shore track’s prep race for the nine-furlong Haskell. The top two finishers in the Pegasus Stakes receive a free entry fee and start fees for the Haskell Stakes.
The Grade 3 Monmouth Stakes, for 3 year olds and up going a mile and an eighth on the turf, is a stepping stone for the United Nations, which is contested at a mile and three-eighths on the grass. The top two finishers in the Monmouth Stakes receive free entry and start fees to the United Nations.
The winner of the 77th edition of the Grade 3 Salvator Mile, for 3 year olds and up, receives free entry and start fees to the Monmouth Cup.
The Grade 3 Eatontown Stakes at a mile and a sixteenth on the turf for fillies and mares, 3 and up, has the added bonus for the winner of free entry and start fees to the WinStar Matchmaker Stakes.
We will not have any entries during the first two weekends at Monmouth Park as the bulk of the stable has just recently shipped up from Florida and have settled in with Kelly Breen and his staff on the backside (see attached pictures above). The end of the month will be very busy with five possible entries over the extended Memorial Day Weekend.
Miti Fast Flower had a nice work from the gate on Tuesday and Trainer Mark Salvaggio was pleased and has deemed her ready for her 2024 debut. There is a Maiden claiming race on Thursday May 23rd at Penn National that we are pointing her towards. We will keep you posted once she has an entry confirmed.
Miti Fast Flower (3-Year-Old Filly)
Date: May 7, 2024
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:84 Breezing
Track Condition: Muddy
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 4/17
Wind Ninety Nine has a possible entry on Saturday May 25th and Outlaw Country will be entered for a turf race on Sunday May 26th over Memorial Day Weekend at Monmouth Park.
Butterfly Queen and Calming Sea are both currently being considered for races on Memorial Day Monday May 27th at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland as there are no races for them in the first Monmouth Condition Book. This may change if races come up for them on the Monmouth Overnights next week.
Red Head Italian is well and really enjoyed the visit by Kenwood Partners and Group Members last Sunday at Overbrook Farm. She ate a full bag of carrots and posed for many pictures from her stall. Recovery is going well so far and she should be ready for some light exercise early in June.
Cali Heat continues to recover from a deep cut that he sustained in his stall back in March and we are looking forward to getting him back into training once the wound is fully healed.
Our Vino Rosso / Lisa Limon filly continues to train well, and we are looking forward to her arrival in New Jersey shortly. We will be giving her a name soon with suggestions from Group members and Kenwood Partners under consideration.
Our Connect filly is well at Hidden Brook Farm in Kentucky. See report from Sergio below.
Hidden Brook Weekly Update
To: George Katzenberger
From: Sergio de Sousa
Date: 5/10/2024
23 Connect/ Lisa Limon Filly is doing well. Racing