McPeek acquired Silverleaf Training Center for the purpose of starting and training yearlings and two-year-olds for their first starts. This Ocala, Florida property, formerly the Padua Farm Training Center, has allowed McPeek Racing the ability to more effectively evaluate and train young Thoroughbreds. The property’s ammenities include a six furlong training track, four 24-stall barns, four paddocks, 20 stall/turnout paddocks, six covered round pens, and a five stall quarantine barn.

When horses are purchased as yearlings, they are taken to Magdalena Farm in Lexington. As they mature into two-year-olds, they are transferred to  Silverleaf Training Center to be saddle broken, started under tack, and trained to use the starting gate. As Kenny thinks each horse is ready to compete, he moves them to finish their training at a race track.

McPeek has made improvements to Silverleaf Training Center that directly benefit the two-year-olds’ training such as having the track graded and adding a fully operational starting gate. New fencing and paddocks were also added.