Hi All,
A very busy weekend upcoming with races tonight, Saturday, Sunday and possibly Monday on tap. We also will have our first Breakfast and Backside morning training session at 8 am on Saturday at Monmouth Park. We will watch morning training from the beautiful Summer Wind Patio in front of Monmouth Park’s Clubhouse and then proceed to the stable area to see our horses in Kelly Breen’s barn including our 2-year-old Vino Rosso / Lisa Limon 23 filly. We have a few shares available in Group 96 which was recently formed for her racing career. We the still have room for a few more so if you can make it, please let us know as soon as possible.
Miti Fast Flower will kick off the racing tonight at Penn National in Race 3 (see details below and pp’s attached above). Scott’s pre-race comments are below. Good luck to all Kenwood Partners, Group 84 Members and Trainer Mark Salvaggio.
Race day for MITI FAST FLOWER, and we’re excited to get her back to the starting gate to kick off the Summer of her 3YO season! There was one scratch in the race, with the #4-Woodland Glade no longer running; so we are down to eight runners, with the two ML favorites breaking from the inside #1 and #2 post positions. Miti Fast Flower is 6-1 on the ML and had her sharpest breeze two weeks ago, when she broke from the gate, just like in a race. Mark says she is doing well coming out of that breeze and into the race, so we’re expecting a big effort from her off the break with the drop in class. All the early speed horses on paper are posted to her inside tonight, so a clean break should allow her to get first shot at settling off the early pace, saving some ground before making a big run at the Quarter Pole and down the stretch. Penn National saw some heavy rains this morning from a couple fast-moving storms, but Mark was confident the track would dry out by post time tonight since no other rain was in the forecast. No indication of the track condition yet, but a Fast track is preferred!
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Miti Fast Flower is entered on May 23, 2024 at PENN NATIONAL. |
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Race: 3 - 6:43 PM W-P-S/ Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta / Daily Double Pick 3 (Races 3-4-5) / Hollywood Hi 5 |
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MAIDEN CLAIMING $10,000 |
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Purse: $ 15,000. (plus Up To 40% Pabf) For Maidens, Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. Three Year Olds, 121 Lbs.; Older, 124 Lbs. Claiming Price $10,000. Six Furlongs. |
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PP |
Horse |
A/S |
Med |
Claim $ |
Jockey |
Wgt |
Trainer |
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5 |
3/F |
$ 10,000 |
121 |
Butterfly Queen and Wind Ninety Nine are both entered on Saturday May 25th In Races 3 and 6 respectively. They each have had two breezes since our last update and Trainer – Partner Kelly Breen feels that they both are ready to go (details and work results are below and pp’s are attached above) Scott’s initial comments are below.
BUTTERFLY QUEEN has been entered in a nice spot right at Monmouth Park on Saturday in Race 3 with a Post Time at 1:52 PM! Paco Lopez is back aboard for the 8.5-furlong turf route, and they drew the #1 Post Position amongst a full field of ten runners and is currently 4-1 and second favorite. There are a couple others dropping down from competitive Maiden Special Weight races, but she is doing great and we’re expecting a big race from her on Saturday. Hopefully the rains hold off, and we’re on the turf this weekend! Just three races later on Saturday, we also have WIND NINETY NINE entered in Race 6; a one mile route on the dirt, with a Post Time at 3:24 PM. He will get one of the notable newcomers to the Monmouth jockey colony, Vincent Cheminaud, breaking from mid pack in the #4 Post Position in the shorter field of seven runners. Currently third pick at 7-2. Both horses are coming into the race doing well, and all three of our runners had maintenance breezes again this past Sunday, because conditions were ideal and the horses were ready to go
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Butterfly Queen is entered on May 25, 2024 at MONMOUTH PARK. |
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Race: 3 - 1:52 PM Win, Place and Show Exacta, 50-Cent Trifecta and 10-Cent Superfecta Daily Double (Races 3-4)/50-Cent Pick 3 (Races 3-4-5) |
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MAIDEN CLAIMING $16,000 - $14,000 |
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Purse: $ 17,500. (plus Up To 40% Njb) For Maidens, Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. Three Year Olds, 119 Lbs.; Older, 123 Lbs. Claiming Price $16,000, For Each $1,000 To $14,000 1 Lb. (rail At 12 Feet). One And One Sixteenth Miles. (Turf) |
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PP |
Horse |
A/S |
Med |
Claim $ |
Jockey |
Wgt |
Trainer |
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1 |
3/F |
L |
$ 16,000 |
119 |
Butterfly Queen (3-Year-Old Filly)
Date: May 12, 2024
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:20 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 2/86
Butterfly Queen (3-Year-Old Filly)
Date: May 19, 2024
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 37:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 19/85
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Wind Ninety Nine is entered on May 25, 2024 at MONMOUTH PARK. |
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Race: 6 - 3:24 PM Win, Place and Show Exacta, 50-Cent Trifecta and 10-Cent Superfecta Daily Double (Races 6-7)/50-Cent Pick 3 (Races 6-7-8) 50-Cent Pick 5 (Races 6-7-8-9-10) |
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CLAIMING $12,500 - $10,500 |
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Purse: $ 24,000. (plus Up To 40% Njb) For Three Year Olds And Upward Which Have Not Won A Race Since November 25. Three Year Olds, 120 Lbs.; Older, 124 Lbs. Claiming Price $12,500, For Each $1,000 To $10,500 1 Lb. (races Where Entered For $8,000 Or Less Not Considered InEligibility). One Mile. |
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Horse |
A/S |
Med |
Claim $ |
Jockey |
Wgt |
Trainer |
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4 |
6/G |
L |
$ 12,500 |
124 |
Wind Ninety Nine (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Date: May 12, 2024
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:80 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 26/86
Wind Ninety Nine (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Date: May 19, 2024
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 82/136
Outlaw Country is entered in Race 9 on the turf at Monmouth Park on Sunday May 26th. Paco Lopez will ride in this full field (see details and last two workout results below). It shapes up to be a tough group but he continues to train well and should appreciate the surface change from Tapeta back to turf.
Outlaw Country is entered to run on May 26, 2024, at MONMOUTH PARK.
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Race: 9 - 4:54 PM Win, Place and Show Exacta, 50-Cent Trifecta and 10-Cent Superfecta Daily Double (Races 9-10)
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ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIMING $30,000 |
Purse: $ 52,500. (plus Up To 40% Njb) For Three Year Olds And Upward Which Have Never Won Two Races Other Than Maiden, Claiming, Starter, Or State Bred Allowance Or Which Have Never Won Three Races Or Claiming Price $30,000. Three Year Olds, 120 Lbs.; Older, 124 Lbs. Non-winners Of A Race Since April 26 Allowed 2 lbs. A Race Since March 26 Allowed 3 lbs. Claiming Price $30,000 (Races Where Entered For $22,000 Or Less Not Considered In Allowances). Five And One Half Furlongs. (Turf)
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Horse |
A/S |
Med |
Claim $ |
Jockey |
Wgt |
Trainer |
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3 |
4/G |
L |
$ 0 |
121 |
Outlaw Country (4-Year-Old Gelding)
Date: May 12, 2024
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:80 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 26/86
Outlaw Country (4-Year-Old Gelding)
Date: May 19, 2024
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 51:80 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 126/136
Calming Sea has been entered multiple times for races both at Pimlico and Monmouth Park. She had two very nice works in the last two weeks and is ready to run (see below). We are hoping that a race for her is carded on Monday Memorial Day at Monmouth Park.
Calming Sea (4-Year-Old Filly)
Date: May 12, 2024
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 8/86
Calming Sea (4-Year-Old Filly)
Date: May 19, 2024
Track: MONMOUTH PARK
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 36:20 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 5/85
Our Vino Rosso / Lisa Limon filly has arrived at Monmouth Park and is training for her debut this summer with Kelly Breen. We look forward to seeing her on the track on Saturday.
Red Head Italian is well and continues to recover at Overbrook Farm in Colts Neck.
Cali Heat continues to recover at Nor Mar Farm in Pennsylvania.
Our Connect filly is well at Hidden Brook Farm in Kentucky. See the latest report from Sergio below and walking video attached above.
Hidden Brook Weekly Update
To: George Katzenberger
From: Sergio de Sousa
Date: 5/17/2024
23 Connect/ Lisa Limon Filly is doing well. Racing
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!