Kenwood Racing’s fine filly Titanium Jo brought $95,000 at the Fasig-Tipton mixed sale in Lexington, Kentucky on February 8th, one of the top prices for the opening day of the two day mixed sale. She was purchased by a top Kentucky breeding farm, who like likely retire and breed her this year. By the top Storm Cat sire Bernstein, out of the outstanding producer Kings Lynn by Mt. Livermore, Titanium Jo broke her maiden impressively in her 2nd start in a maiden special weight event at Monmouth Park as a two year old in 2014. She went on to win multiple allowance races and earn over $100,000 in her fine racing career.
“Titanium Jo was good to us on the racetrack and brought a fine price at the sale today” explained Kenwood founder and co-managing partner H. Robb Levinsky. “While we’d have loved to get 3rd and black type in one of the three stakes she was 4th in as it would have been a huge home run at the sale given her exceptional pedigree, it’s hard to be anything but happy with these results. We stretched and paid $77,000 for her at OBS March 2 years ago in 2014, our top price paid in the last few years because we knew with her pedigree if she was any kind of racehorse she had considerable residual breeding value. In the end, even without winning a stake she earned over $100,000 for us at the track after winning two allowance races and running sound and well for 18 months. We received $95,000 for her today, a fun and profitable outcome. We appreciate the good work our consignor Hidden Brook Farm and the people at Fasig-Tipton did for us at the sale. We know she’s going to have a good life and be a successful broodmare for her new owners. It’s a win-win for everyone”.
Kenwood is pointing for the upcoming Fasig-Tipton and OBS two year old sales in March and April in Florida, where the company has enjoyed great success purchasing bargain priced horses in the last few years, including the stakes horses Michael With Us and The Truth & KG, purchased as two year olds by Kenwood for $57,000 and $40,000 respectively. Both horses went on to be stakes winners and graded stakes placed. Overall from 2011-2014, all 28 of Kenwood’s 2 year old purchases have raced, 27 have won, and 20+ have already earned more than their purchase prices. These 28 horses were purchased for $999,800 and have earned over $2,500,000 through January 2016. Attached is a photo of Titanium Jo taken at the sale grounds on February 6th at Fasig-Tipton. She is all class, we were very fortunate to have owned and raced her for her entire career and wish her new owners much success with her in the breeding shed.