The final week of October began with a good workout, included our first win of October, and ended with our Breeders' Cup party at Monmouth Park.

Titanium Jo had a terrific workout at Penn National on Tuesday October 27^th, the best of the day. She’s right on schedule for the Safely Kept stakes Nov. 14^th at Laurel Park and could not being doing any better.

A busy and exciting weekend began with a win for Proven Warrior at Indiana Grand Racecourse on October 29th. Dropping into a much softer spot than his tough race at Keeneland opening day, he battled for lead most of the way, as the favorite, gained a narrow lead in the stretch and gradually drew away to win by just over 2 lengths. He was not claimed and came out of the race good. We’ll keep running him aggressively in the right spots and look to win another race (or two!), before someone decides to claim him.

The news for the evening was far less good, as Long May You Run stopped to a walk and was eased in the stretch at Penn National. While it was a very tough field, this horse always tries hard and clearly he was just not comfortable here. He walked off fine, nothing obvious fortunately, but clearly he needs a little freshening. He’ll get that at the farm for a few weeks now and hopefully he’ll return running this winter.

On October 30^th, at Penn National, we had a two horse entry with Three Arch Bay making her career debut and Mackinaw Pharoah, looking to move forward off her debut last month at Monmouth Park. When the dust had cleared, they were the two last horses across the line. Not a good night for us! Mackinaw Pharoah ran a bit better then in her debut, as she bore out sharply at the start, rushed up to establish a good stalking position and then tired in the stretch. We have felt all along that her future is on the grass and we still feel she’ll be a decent grass horse. That said, we’d have liked to see her hang in better here. As for Three Arch Bay, jockey Clinton Potts (who worked her at Penn last week and liked her) said she ran with her head up in the air and had no idea what was going on. He felt she’d run a lot better next time (as most first time starters do) but then again, having been last the entire way here, she couldn’t possibly run any worse! Next time will tell the story with her. If she shows genuine improvement, then this race won’t matter in the long run.

The week ended with our private party for Kenwood Racing partners and co-owners. It was a very enjoyable afternoon of racing, watching some incredible Breeders' Cup races from the beautiful Garden Room at Monmouth Park on October 31^st. Thanks to all who were able to join us. The feedback was very positive and we’ll plan to have this event again next year!  We had a starter at The Meadowlands on closing day for New Jersey racing for 2015 on Breeder’s Cup day; Huamantla made a big move on the far turn, but flattened out to finish 5^th of 9 horses. It was a move forward from her well beaten 8^th last time, but obviously still not a winning effort. She’ll ship to Penn National for the winter now and placed in softer spots there, will get back on the winning track, as so many others have for us in the capable hands of trainer Mark Salvaggio.