Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

• Tessa P our 2-year old Jimmy Creed – Montessa G filly, newly purchased at the March sale gets a warm welcome to the Kenwood Racing Stable.  She was named to honor Tessa Pastore the daughter of Ralph Pastore who has partnered with us in most of our horse groups over the last few years.  Tessa helps Ralph run his side of the partnership and we are glad to have them both as partners in our horses. Trainer Kelly Breen said Tessa P is well and will be breezing on Monday.
• Fire's Finale has been galloping this week after running a slight temperature late last week. He is fine now and will be on the timed work tabs shortly getting ready for his 2021 debut. But the best news is that I received this message today from the Pennsylvania Horse Breeder’s Association.

Congratulations on winning the 2020 2-Year-Old Male Champion Award with Fire’s Finale! 

A fine honor and there will be an online ceremony late in May for the presentation. I will include details when available

• Tracy Ann's Legacy was entered for Saturday at Gulfstream Park but the race did not go and was brought back for Sunday and again it was not used.  We are actively looking for another race for her as she is ready to run.
• Seven Seven continues to train well at Belmont Park and is scheduled to breeze 3 furlongs on Saturday.
• Life On the Edge had a nice work last Saturday Belmont Park and we are looking for the right spot for her in the coming weeks.

Life On the Edge (4-Year-Old Filly)
Date: April 3, 2021
Track: BELMONT PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:70 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 22/314

• Pango is doing fine and had an easy work on Tuesday aiming at Penn National for a race for him once the turf season opens up on here in the Northeast.

Pango (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Date: April 6, 2021
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.04:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 17/17

• Adhwaa is doing well after her last race and there is a possible race for her on April 22^nd at Aqueduct.
• Charge Account is fine after her race last Sunday at Gulfstream Park after a puzzling trip as described by our Founder Robb Levinsky below. Charge Account was supposed to have made one late run as she did when winning last time, instead she broke sharply and Edgar Prado didn’t take her back so she chased the favored leader the entire way around and tired late to finish 7^th. He wrapped up on her late after she was done and she came back totally fine. It was frankly a disappointing and puzzling ride as she won impressively with different tactics last time out, she broke so sharp he didn’t want to try to take her back and it didn’t work out. This is a very nice filly who as trainer Kelly Breen put it “will be a perfect starter allowance horse for Monmouth Park this summer”. Next time…
• Brynbella has arrived at Penn National to train with Mark Salvaggio who did a wonderful job with Pango last year in a similar situation. 
• Our other new member of the Kenwood Racing family the Kantharos – Crack your Whip colt is doing well and will also breeze on Monday with Tessa P.
• Lisa Limon and her foal are doing well at Hidden Brook Farm.  Her Liam’s Map yearling looks tremendous and really has grown into a beautiful looking horse. (see the video and article, A Stallion Putting Himself On the Map).  In a fortunate turn of events, Lisa Limon was bred to Vin Rosso the Breeders' Cup Champion by Champion and leading Sire Curlin. Lisa Limon was ready for breeding and in heat yesterday, but the previously planned stallion Bolt d’ Oro was overbooked and not available.  As a result of the mix up, we were given the option to breed to Vin Rosso a rare champion by a champion yesterday or wait until Lisa Limon was ready next month.  For us, the choice was easy and hopefully Lisa Limon will be pronounced in foal for the 3^rd year in a row

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Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

Happy April Everyone!

• Adhwaa was a well beaten third in a short field on Sunday at Aqueduct and while she does not like a sloppy track, she tried every step of the way to hit the board once again. The top two finishers are both NY stakes winners and were clearly at a different level but she gave a good effort and picked up a placing in a tough race with a very large purse, so overall a solid outcome.
• Charge Account is doing well after her previous win and is entered in the 10th race at Gulfstream Park on Easter Sunday.  
• Brynbella  did not fire today and was completely outrun in a turf sprint at Gulfstream Park today.  Most likely she will be heading to Penn National with trainer Mark Salvaggio to face some easier competition in her next race.
• Seven Seven continues to train well at Belmont Park and is about a week away from his first timed breeze after the layoff.
• Tracy Ann's Legacy is fine after her last race at Gulfstream Park and has been galloping to get ready for her next entry.  There is a possibility for a race on April 10^th.
• Fire's Finale worked 5f building up for his 2021 debut later this month.  

Fire's Finale (3-Year-Old Colt)
Date: March 27, 2021
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.03:25 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 8/10

• Life On the Edge fine out of her last race at Aqueduct.  We are looking for a spot for her in the next few weeks.
• Pango is doing fine and working his way to a possible entry on April 30^th at Laurel Park.
• Our newest members of the Kenwood Racing family had excellent works Saturday morning with trainer Kelly Breen (see video, they are the inside two horses). The Jimmy Creed filly and the Kantharos colt worked with another one of Kelly’s two year olds and everything went perfect. “They could have worked faster if I wanted them to, that wasn’t what I was looking for now. They worked great and came back great, all good” – trainer Kelly Breen. 
• Lisa Limon and her Palace Malice foal are doing well at Hidden Brook Farm. The Liam’s Map yearling is also doing well.  Lisa Limon will be bred to the young sire Bolt D’Oro later this spring.

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Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

Back from a very successful sale in Ocala our new 2-year olds the Jimmy Creed filly and the Kantharos colt are doing great and galloping for Kelly Breen. Both groups sold out in less than 72 hours. A detailed report is being sent out by Jack in a separate email.  We are grateful for the expertise of Bloodstock Agent Jacob West who has become a key member of our team at various sales.  See an informative article about Jacob. 

• Tracy Ann's Legacy finished a hard trying 4th in a very tough allowance race today at Gulfstream Park.  The race was run in an incredibly fast time only 1 second over the track record.  Trainer Kelly Breen said she came back fine and we will look at a similar race for her in a few weeks.
• Adhwaa is in the 6^th race on Sunday at Aqueduct. It’s a short field including 2 stakes horses and she gets top rider Trevor McCarthy who won on her previously. She has been training great and we are hoping that the rain stays away since she has not performed well on a sloppy track.
• Charge Account is doing well after her win last week and will be pointed to a similar race at Gulfstream Park on April 1^st.
• Fire's Finale had a sharp work in tandem with a Stakes filly from Kelly’s Barn. About 3 more timed works and he will be ready to run.  There are possible races for him on April 8^th and 24^th.

Fire's Finale (3-Year-Old Colt)
Date: March 20, 2021
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:70 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 7/87

• Life On the Edge fine out of her race last Saturday after tiring on the deep harrowed track at Aqueduct. We knew that she probably would need this one since it has been several months since she last raced and we expect her to move forward following this one.
• Brynbella fine out of her race last Saturday at Gulfstream Park and will be looking to break her maiden in possible races on April 1^st or 3^rd.
• Seven Seven continues to train well at Belmont Park for his 3yo debut later this spring.
• Pango worked well Tuesday (see below) at Penn National and will be pointed for the first turf races this spring possibly the end of April at Laurel Park.

Horse Workout Notification
March 23, 2021
Pango (6-Year-Old Gelding)
Date: March 23, 2021
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:90 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 11/37

• Lisa Limon and her foal are doing well at Hidden Brook Farm. See photo of mother and foal in the field. The Liam’s Map yearling is also doing well.  Lisa will be bred to the young sire Bolt D’Oro later this spring.

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Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

Our team members did a terrific job at the OBS sale in Ocala this week, coming home with two tremendous buys!  The first is Hip 99 a filly by Jimmy Creed out of Montessa G.  The second is Hip 436 a NY bred colt by Kantharos out of Crack Your Whip.  The sale was tremendously competitive with sales average and median up significantly due to pent up demand.  You can read the results here. Kudos for the team in being able to identify and purchase these truly promising two year olds.  Watch for the official offering coming out in the next few days.  Both of these groups are sure to sell out quickly.

• Charge Account What a great start for Group 65 and Charge Account!  In her first race for Kenwood Racing since being claimed, she moved up to a starter allowance race, was steadied twice in the race, yet still rallied for the win!  She should be a lot of fun for the rest of the spring and into the Monmouth Park season.
• Tracy Ann's Legacy finished a gutsy 3rd in the Captiva Island Stakes last week at Gulfstream Park.  She's now been stakes-placed twice since we claimed her.  She's likely to run once or twice more in Florida before shipping north -- the Politely Stakes on Monmouth Park's opening weekend will be a possible target.
• Fire's Finale continues to point for his 3yo debut at Gulfstream Park next month, then up to Monmouth Park.
• Adhwaa is doing well out of her latest victory and is targeting an allowance at the end of the month at Aqueduct with a huge $85,000 purse.
• Life On the Edge was entered tomorrow (Friday) at Aqueduct for her 2021 debut 1^st race post time 1:20pm. It’s a sprint and although she has proven to be better long, we want one under her belt to have her ready to go long next time.  Doing really well so still looking for a solid effort first time back.
• Brynbella is entered in the 1st race on Saturday March 20 at Gulfstream Park post time 12:10pm for her Kenwood Racing debut.
• Seven Seven is training very well at Belmont Park for his 3yo debut later this spring.
• Pango is training very well at Penn National and will be pointed for the first turf races this spring.
• Lisa Limon gave birth to a beautiful filly by Palace Malice.  Both mother and baby are doing fine (see photo).

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Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

Our team members are making our way to Ocala for the March 2 year-olds in Training Sale.  We will be looking to purchase 2-3 horses at reasonable prices to offer 5% shares in.  Updates will be sent out following any purchase.

• Charge Account – What a great start for Group 65 and Charge Account!  Charge Account was super impressive today, winning a quality race first time off claim at Gulfstream Park. Paco Lopez said she’d have won by a lot more if she didn’t start looking around once she made the lead, we’ll make use of that next time. What a great way to begin this group!
• Tracy Ann's Legacy finished a gutsy 3rd in the Captiva Island Stakes this past weekend at Gulfstream Park.  She's now been stakes-placed twice since we claimed her.  She's likely to run once or twice more in Florida before shipping north -- the Politely Stakes on Monmouth Park's opening weekend will be a possible target.
• Fire's Finale had another good breeze this past week (see below) at Palm Meadows. Kelly very happy with how he’s progressing towards his 3yo debut end of next month.

Fire's Finale
Your Comment: 18C Jump Start KENWOOD
Date: March 6, 2021
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:50 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 38/76

• Adhwaa is doing well out of her latest victory and is targeting an allowance at the end of the month at Aqueduct with a huge $85,000 purse.
• Life On the Edge  was entered for a race on Sunday at Aqueduct for her 2021 debut, but the race didn’t go for Sunday.  It was brought back for next Friday, so hopefully it will go then.   It’s a sprint and although she has proven to be better long, we want one under her belt to have her ready to go long next time.  Doing really well so still looking for a solid effort first time back.
• Brynbella is doing excellent, will be entered next week for races in 7-10 days.
• Seven Seven is training well at Belmont Park and close to his first timed work since returning to training, on schedule to run in NY this spring
• Pango is training very well at Penn National and will be pointed for the first turf races this spring.
• Fightress finished 7th in a blanket finish at Gulfstream Park and was claimed away from us in her Kenwood debut last weekend.
• Lisa Limon is now past her March 7th due date, but she did go a bit long last year, too.  She could foal any day at this point, and has started to bag up a bit.  She and her yearling colt by Liam's Map are both doing well (see walking video).

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Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

• Adhwaa went from last-to-first with a photo finish in her race at Aqueduct last Friday under a great ride by Trevor McCarthy.  This time the photo went our way and she came out of the race perfect. We will now target an allowance at the end of the month at Aqueduct with a huge $85,000 purse. See article about upcoming purses at Belmont Park.
• Fire's Finale had a bullet work at Palm Meadows in company without ever being asked for a lick of speed (video, outside, white cap).  Razor sharp and pointing for his 3yo debut at Gulfstream Park next month, then up to Monmouth Park.
   

Fire's Finale (3-Year-Old Colt)
Your comments for this horse were: Fire's final foal
Date: February 28, 2021
Track: PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER
Distance: Three Furlongs
Time: 36:00 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 1/20

• Tracy Ann's Legacy is  entered in the upcoming Captiva Island Stakes on Saturday at Gulfstream Park (10^th race about 4:45 pm).  She has an outside post and is 5/1 on the opening line. There is an allowance race to enter tomorrow for next week where she will probably be the favorite.  We will make the decision where to run and update any changes. Either way, she's doing super.
• Pango arrived safely 3/3 at Penn (photo) and will be pointed for first turf races this spring.
• Fightress is entered for a 5 furlong Turf sprint at Gulfstream Park on Sunday (8^th race about 4:10 pm).  There is a large field of 11 and she drew the 9 post.  Hoping for a good beginning for her Kenwood Racing career.
• Life On the Edge is looking at March 14th for her 2021 return. It’s a sprint and although she has proven to be better long but we want one under her belt to have her ready to go long next time.  Doing really well so still looking for a solid effort first time back.
   

Life On the Edge (4-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, purchased OBS March 2019
Date: February 28, 2021
Track: BELMONT PARK
Distance: Five Furlongs
Time: 1.04:20 Breezing
Track Condition: Good
Surface: Dirt training

Rank: 10/12

• Brynbella is doing excellent, there are possible races for her March 13 and 20th, no issues.
• Charge Account is also doing excellent, there are possible races for her 11th and 24th, no issues.
• Seven Seven is training very well at Belmont Park for his 3yo debut this spring.
• Blu Candy was sold privately to Sunset Meadow Farm after her last race, and has already settled in to her new life there (see photo).
• Dahlonega was claimed away from us in last week her one and only start for Kenwood Racing.
• Lisa Limon’s due date is March 7th, but she went a bit past that last year, and could again this year.  Basically, she could foal any day now.  She and her yearling colt by Liam's Map are both doing well.

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Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

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Kenwood Racing's first virtual seminar of 2021 will be held Thursday, March 4^th at 7 pm.  

Details will be emailed out this weekend.

• Dahlonega was a well-beaten but hard trying 3^rd today in a very tough allowance race at Gulfstream Park. As expected she was claimed from us out of this race. With the purse $ from the race the owners end up with a fine financial outcome, some action and a quick turnaround.

Claiming (and racehorses in general) is a numbers game; you look to run your hands through a fair number of horses looking for one or two special ones that make the business worthwhile. The others give you action and fun and hopefully come out much like this one. Congratulations to all the owners on a good result for our first claim of the season!

• Adhwaa is entered in the 6th race at Aqueduct on Friday, Feb. 26th.  Per Kelly Breen's assistant trainer John Attfield, "She's trained super for this race, couldn't be doing any better."  See photo.
• Blu Candy is entered in the 9th race at Penn National on Friday, Feb. 26th.  This is an ideal spot for her with a short field and fairly weak competition. 
• Tracy Ann's Legacy was entered several times in a starter allowance race that wasn’t used.  We are now aiming for the Captiva Island Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Saturday March 6th.
• Life On the Edge per assistant trainer John Attfield, “She’s doing amazing, she looks like a little tank. Really eager to train. I want to give her two more works to have her really ready for a big race first time back”.  See photo and recent work info below.

Life On the Edge (4-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, purchased OBS March 2019
Date: February 20, 2021
Track: BELMONT PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:60 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 91/107

• Brynbella is doing well out of the race at Gulfstream Park where we claimed her last week.  She's a 3YO filly with a lot of potential and we will be looking for a race back for her soon.
• Charge Account is fine out of the race where we claimed her earlier this week at Gulfstream Park. A proven older filly, we'll be looking for a race back for her in a few weeks.
• Fightress is doing well, will be looking to run back in the couple of weeks.
• Seven Seven per assistant trainer John Attfield, “I’ve just had him a couple of weeks, jogged him for a week and then turned him around and started galloping him. He’s doing everything just fine, no problems at all with anything.”  See photo.
• Fire's Finale is doing well with trainer Kelly Breen at Palm Meadows, and was out for a little 1/4 breeze on Sunday.
• Pango continues to do well in Ocala, and is scheduled to ship to trainer Mark Salvaggio at Penn National next week. Jaqui De Meric at Manuden Farm sent us a report today that “Pango worked very professional ¼ they went head n head 12.68, 25.04 out in 37.68 very nice”.
• Lisa Limon is getting very close to her due date for her Palace Malice foal, although last year she was a bit late with her first foal.  Her Liam's Map colt is also doing well.

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Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

• Brynbella is well out of her race, see her the morning after in this photo.  Also, with great thanks to Sergio at Hidden Brook Farm where she was bred, there are photos of her as a newborn, weanling and yearling below.  Hoping for good things to come from this young filly.
• Fire's Finale is already in training with Kelly Breen at Palm Meadows looking to get back into racing early this spring.
• Adhwaa will be entered today for a 1 Mile Starter Allowance at Aqueduct on Friday.
• Dahlonega is entered for an Allowance Optional Claiming Race on Thursday at Gulfstream Park for a large purse of 44K.  This is a step up for her and since the race we were looking at for her at the previous level did not go, Kelly felt that rather than sitting in the barn when she is ready to run we would give her a shot in this small but super competitive field.
• Blu Candy is entered for a Maiden Claiming Race on Friday at Penn National. This is an ideal spot for her with a short field and fairly weak competition
• Tracy Ann's Legacy will be entered today for a Starter Allowance race on Friday at Gulfstream Park. A great spot for her if the race finally goes.

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Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

• Brynbella a nice 3 year old filly was claimed today off a good effort at Gulfstream Park this afternoon.  She came back very well and should prove to be a good horse for the Monmouth Park Meet.
• Fire's Finale shipped this morning to trainer Kelly Breen's barn at Palm Meadows and arrived well and will continue training towards his 3YO debut.  He was also mentioned in the most recent Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred magazine with his dam Exchanging Fire.  He was her last foal sadly after her passing shortly after his birth. 
• Adhwaa came back fine from her recent “non-dead heat” at Aqueduct and we will be looking to enter her for a race at the end of next week against similar company.
• Dahlonega will be entered tomorrow for a race next Wednesday at Gulfstream Park.
• Blu Candy is doing well off her debut at Penn National and will run at a longer distance in early March.
• Tracy Ann's Legacy is fine out of her recent race at Gulfstream Park where she missed the break and will be entered tomorrow for a Starter Allowance race next Wednesday.
• Life On the Edge is steadily progressing and should be ready to run after 2 or 3 more workouts.  The details from her most recent breeze at Belmont Park are below.

Life On the Edge (4-Year-Old Filly)
Date: February 12, 2021
Track: BELMONT PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:98 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 13/45

• Fightress came out of her recent race at Gulfstream Park in good shape and should be ready to run back in a few weeks.
• Seven Seven is now training at Belmont Park with trainer Kelly Breen's assistant John.  The plan is to have him ready to run in early spring.
• Pango continues to do well in Ocala with Nick de Meric and is scheduled to ship to trainer Mark Salvaggio at Penn National in March to be ready to go as soon as turf season starts in the Northeast.
• Lisa Limon is getting closer to her due date in Kentucky, in foal to Palace Malice.  Her yearling colt by Liam's Map is also doing well -- very much a case of no news is good news with him.

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Kenwood Racing Weekly Horse Update

• Fightress was claimed on Monday at Gulfstream Park, a race in which this 5YO mare proved she can run on dirt as well as turf.  She came out of her winning effort well and is now in Kelly Breen's barn at Palm Meadows.  We're looking to run her back shortly.
• Adhwaa just missed 2nd at Aqueduct by the slimmest of margins on Monday, after closing strongly in the lane.  There's a similar race for her at the end of the month with added distance that we'll target now.
• Tracy Ann's Legacy's race at Gulfstream Park did not go according to plan on Wednesday, as she really needs to be in front to run her race and unfortunately she missed the break.  There are a lot of ways to lose a horse race, and only one way to win, and this was all about the trip. The chart shows all you need to know.  She came back fine after the race and will be ready to run again in a few weeks.
• Blu Candy is fine out of her recent debut effort at Penn National and is targeting a next start at the end of this month or early March.
• Life On the Edge continues to progress at Belmont Park and will be ready to run soon.

Life On the Edge (4-Year-Old Filly)
Date: February 5, 2021
Track: BELMONT PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 49:90 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt training
Rank: 44/81

• Fire's Finale is scheduled to ship to trainer Kelly Breen's barn at Palm Meadows next week.  Everything is going well with him.
• Pango continues to train in Ocala with Nick de Meric, and is scheduled to ship to trainer Mark Salvaggio at Penn National in March to be ready to go as soon as turf season starts in the Northeast.
• Seven Seven arrived at Belmont Park this week and is settling in well there (see photo).
• Dahlonega is doing well after our recent claim at Gulfstream Park, and trainer Kelly Breen will be looking for a race for her soon.
• LISA LIMON is just about a month away from her due date for her Palace Malice foal.  Looking forward to another healthy and sound baby.   Her Liam's Map yearling colt is also doing fine.

***Save the Date***

Kenwood's first virtual seminar of 2021 will be held Thursday, March 4th.  

Details to come.

For information on our Taste of Thoroughbred Ownership® program and future groups, please contact us:

phone: (732)-775-1930

email: info@kenwoodracing.com

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