Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearling sale by the numbers
by Frank Vespe
Stellar Wind graces the cover of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearings Sale catalog, and for good reason.
The 2013 grad, a Virginia-bred daughter of Curlin, fetched $86,000 back then; today, she’d be worth many multiples of that number. She counts a half-dozen Grade 1 scores among her 10 career wins, along with earnings of over $2.2 million.
And she’s one of a number of high-quality runners to come through the sale. Others include Bradester (class of 2011, $20,000 purchase price) and Cathryn Sophia (class of 2014, $30,000 price),
Some other observations:
RANDOM FACTS
- LADIES FIRST: A majority of hips on offer (before outs) are females. There are 268 fillies on offer, versus 236 males (228 colts and just eight geldings).
- NAMELESS: Of 504 hips, 414 — 82 percent — are not named. Named hips range from Abbo to Zahava.
- COLORING BOOK: Brown is the word, or at least the color. A plurality of the hips on offer — 211 — are brown. Then there’s dark bay, with 130, and chestnut, with 106. Gray/roan yearlings account for 57 hips (11.3 percent).
- SIRE POWER: The sale includes horses by 172 different sires, ranging from Adios Charlie (one hip) to Yes It’s True (three).
HIPS BY STATE
- MARYLAND 169
- NEW YORK 119
- PENNSYLVANIA 93
- KENTUCKY 84
- FLORIDA 13
- VIRGINIA 10
- WEST VIRGINIA 8
- NEW JERSEY 4
- LOUISIANA 2
- ONTARIO 1
- NORTH CAROLINA 1
HIPS BY SIRE
- SEVILLE (GER) 19
- EL PADRINO 14
- TRITAP 12
- JUMP START 11
- HONORABLE DILLON 10
- SUPER NINETY NINE 10
- BANDBOX 9
- LIAISON 9
- WEIGELIA 9
- TIZWAY 8
HIPS BY DAMSIRE
- NOT FOR LOVE 11
- FORESTRY 7
- TWO PUNCH 7
- DISTORTED HUMOR 6
- MEDAGLIA D’ORO 6
- ALLEN’S PROSPECT 6
- AWESOME AGAIN 6
- TALE OF THE CAT 6
- BLUEGRASS CAT 5
- EL PRADO (IRE) 5
