Post by Rendezvous on Jan 1, 2016 0:58:30 GMT -5
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KC Racing Stables only just recently opened its doors to the public in the middle of Year Fifteen. Among many big name stables out there in the racing world, this up and coming stable is definately trying to make it with the big boys (and girls). While no titles have come to the stable in the few months that it has been running, this has not detoured Kimberly Kenny from pressing on and continuing to improve her stable. Year Sixteen is a fresh new start for the stable and there are high hopes from everyone at KCRS that great things are in store for the the stable's future. Read on to see what the resident horses are up to this year!
Also there is to be a change in KC Racing's strategy. As of February Y16, KC Racing will no longer be entering its yearling prospects in prospect races. Kimberly Kenny has come to this decision based on the poor results given by the younger racing group from her stable and believes that these youngsters need more time in training off of the public tracks to give their minds time to adjust and gain more focus.
article #001 new year
KC Racing Stables only just recently opened its doors to the public in the middle of Year Fifteen. Among many big name stables out there in the racing world, this up and coming stable is definately trying to make it with the big boys (and girls). While no titles have come to the stable in the few months that it has been running, this has not detoured Kimberly Kenny from pressing on and continuing to improve her stable. Year Sixteen is a fresh new start for the stable and there are high hopes from everyone at KCRS that great things are in store for the the stable's future. Read on to see what the resident horses are up to this year!
Also there is to be a change in KC Racing's strategy. As of February Y16, KC Racing will no longer be entering its yearling prospects in prospect races. Kimberly Kenny has come to this decision based on the poor results given by the younger racing group from her stable and believes that these youngsters need more time in training off of the public tracks to give their minds time to adjust and gain more focus.
article #001 new year
Escape Artist was the first sprinter to be added into KCRS' racing roster. In Y15 he was a two year old that had been forgotten, outbested by other colts his age. This led to the colt being retired early, his racing career nothing but a memory. However, when Kimberly finally set foot into the racing world, Ripley Marsh of Witch Creek Stables kindly offered the colt up, believing that KCRS would give the colt the attention that he needed.
And Ripley Marsh was not wrong to give the colt to the new stable owner. The G5 colt went from forgotten to fondly formidable by causing a massive upset in the End of Year Juvenile Turf Sprint against more experienced fillies. This colt is one to watch for he is the Underdog. After winning on the turf in that race last year, KCRS has transitioned the colt over to competing on turf which granted him second place Ameriolate Stakes and the Saratoga Stakes. Escape Artist (fondly nicknamed Houdini by Kim) is maturing nicely into a bright-minded equine and can only improve as the year goes on. There are plans for him to race in the Spring Cup G5 Turf Sprint late February. A race in the Windchime Cup will be a good workout for this colt before he gets a week off, and the week before the Spring Cup he will go back into training.
Key West is one of two 2 year old racers that are active in KCRS' roster. Key West is the first foal and first colt out of Key to Flight and out of the mare, Strike the Win who has produced two Grade One fillies during her breeding career. Key West is a complete undercard kinda colt, while there are big hopes for him (as with every horse at KCRS), some are thinking that the colt might follow in his sire's footsteps and not in those of his half siblings. This colt has yet to break his Maiden, placing fourth and then third in the two races of his two year old season. This colt is goofball of the barn and he never takes anything seriously, preferring to get into mischief then mind his manners. Currently, there aren't any major plans for this colt this year, not until he breaks his maiden. His next race will be the Back In Black Maiden in the first week of February.
Mardi Gras was the first horse purchased by Kimberly Kenny along with the now yearling Sweet Talker. Mardi Gras is simply a stunning filly, with her jet black coat and her slightly dished head, she looks like a goddess. She is one of the tallest horses at the stable, standing at seventeen hands even and she still manages to move with elegance, her stride is near flawless. Mardi Gras came to KCRS as a Grade Four and she has since moved on to Grade Three. There had been plans to retire the filly last year, but with her seeming to still have her heart set on racing, plans were made to keep her in the game during her fifth year and possibly even into her sixth. This filly has earned a little over $500,000 over her racing career and loves any kind of track. She began her fifth year just right by placing second in the New Year Turf Stakes. Like with Escape Artist, plans were made to transition the dual surfaced filly from Dirt to Turf in Y16. She will race in the Pineapple Cup and Spring Cup G3 Turf in February as well as the Magnificent Stakes and Europe Stakes in March.
Muggathugga, fondly called Mugs by some. This was the colt that started it all. He is the first homebred of KC Racing and was evidently raised by Kimberly since he was a weanling. Muggathugga never got the chance to compete in the prospect races, instead he was simply worked with from the ground up until the idea came along to start her own racing career came into Kimberly's head. Muggathugga did not have the greatest of starts for a career in Y15 as a two year old, it was always the near misses whenever he competed against other horses to break his maiden. As a three year old, he finally outbested the younger two year olds as a more mature horse and broke his maiden, going on to his next race and snagging second place in the Indiana Derby. Muggathugga is a fairly solid horse and from his current record, it seems as though he likes to be the runner up. The good thing for this colt, however, is that he seems to enjoy being placed in the money with a 100% racing consistency going into his third year. There aren't any big plans for Muggathugga this year, he will be sticking to the undercards and staying away from the open races.
Rise Me Gold is the full sibling to another KCRS owned horse, the yearling colt, Rising Wonder. These two came as a package deal of sorts mainly because Kimberly really liked the sire of the colt and filly. Rise Me Gold is sired by The Rising who is the son of Hall of Famer, The Natural. Nicknamed Miss Gold, this filly fits the stereotype commonly placed upon fillies and mares. She is stubborn, and incredibly jealous. You can't groom this horse and then go to groom another horse because she'll nip at both the groom and the horse, and then precede to snatch the brush out of your hand. She is an attention hog and when no one is paying attention to her, she'll go out of the way to be noticed. She is fearless and highly competitive on the track, often trying to nip her competitors before being headed into the starting gate. This filly had a rather mixed prospect season as a yearling, landing second in one race and seventh in another. Her 2 Year Old Season has led to her landing fifth in her attempts to break her maiden. She appears to be in the same boat as fellow KCRS Maiden, Key West. There are currently no other plans for this filly until she breaks her maiden as that is the main focus as of now, including her training.
Sylvanite was purchased earlier this year for $300,000 from the Y16 Spring Mixed Sale, a steal if anything. This filly is a special one and probably one of the stable favorites aside from Mardi Gras and Escape Artist. She has a wonderful disposition, willing, friendly, outgoing, you name it. This filly is highly sociable and incredibly patient as well as mangeable. She isn't picky, and she's quick to learn as well. This filly took Escape Artist's Underdog story and ran with it. She didn't take much time to settle from her transition from her previous home to her home at KC Racing and it was only a few days before the stablehands fell in love with the filly. She placed second in the Don't Blink Stakes, her first race under new ownership. She seems to have been picked out as a favorite by head trainer, John Murchinson as well and the trainer seems to think the filly is a good candidate for the Turf Triple Crown, but of course he'd have to see how she did in the upcoming prep races. Sylvanite went on to race in the American Derby and came home with a win, surpassing higher graded horses. She is a delight to work with and seems to have bonded well with jockey, Andy Hobbs. Under John's advice, the filly is to continue on with preps for the Turf Triple Crown by racing in the West Virginia Derby, Spring Cup G5 Turf and later the Southwest Stakes and Holy Bull Stakes in March. While she doesn't have as high of a grade as her competitors, this filly most definately has heart.
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