Fasig-Tipton 2018 Mixed Sale: By the numbers
by Frank Vespe
Tuesday, December 4 brings the 2018 edition of the Fasig-Tipton mixed sale, with the first hip slated to go through the ring at 11:00 a.m.
Prior to outs, some 294 hips are on offer, including a big group of horses of racing age added as a supplement after the main book came out. Those horses are included in the online catalog.
Next week’s sale by the numbers:
RANDOM FACTS
- Missing in action The 294 hips on offer (prior to outs) are numbered 1 through 295. How’s that? Turns out that 198 is missing.
- It’s an age thing The 103 weanlings on offer make 2018 by far the most popular year of birth. Second is 2015, with 27 three-year-olds in the catalog. The oldest horse is Hip 84, a broodmare named Rhythm in Shoes. She’s 18 and is being sold in foal to Alliance.
- Girl Power Fillies and mares dominate the sale. There are 109 of the former and 104 of the latter on offer, making 213 distaffers. That’s as opposed to 64 colts and 17 geldings.
- A to Z The sale goes — alphabetically speaking — from A to Z. The first hip alphabetically is number 12, A Lover’s Question, one of five to start with the alphabet’s first letter. And the final hip alphabetically is right next door, hip 11. That’s Zealous Scholar.
HIPS BY TYPE
- Weanlings 103
- Broodmares 97
- Horses of racing age 39
- Yearlings 24
- Racing/broodmare prospects 17
- Broodmare prospects 14
HIPS BY STATE
- MARYLAND 102
- KENTUCKY 66
- PENNSYLVANIA 42
- NEW YORK 22
- VIRGINIA 15
- WEST VIRGINIA 14
- FLORIDA 9
- ONTARIO 5
- OHIO 4
- NEW JERSEY 4
- LOUISIANA 2
- IRELAND 2
- SOUTH CAROLINA 1
- GREAT BRITAIN 1
- TEXAS 1
- ARIZONA 1
- ILLINOIS 1
- BRITISH COLUMBIA 1
- CALIFORNIA 1
SIRES WITH THE MOST HIPS
- MOSLER 14
- SUPER NINETY NINE 10
- GOLDEN LAD 8
- DESPITE THE ODDS 7
- BOURBON COURAGE 6
- SEVILLE (GER) 6
- UNCLE LINO 5
- CONGRATS 4
- PEACE AND JUSTICE 4
- STREET MAGICIAN 4
- GREAT NOTION 4
- DOMINUS 3
- SCAT DADDY 3
- DIXIE UNION 3
- IMAGINING 3
- UPSTART 3
- NOT FOR LOVE 3
- OXBOW 3
- MUNNINGS 3
- JUMP START 3
- LIAISON 3
- KITTEN’S JOY 3
TOP CONSIGNORS BY HIPS OFFERED
- WILLIAM S REIGHTLER 69
- MARSHALL W SILVERMAN 57
- NORTHVIEW STALLION STATION 22
- BECKY DAVIS 22
- R LARRY JOHNSON 20
- CLOVIS CRANE 13
- CHRISTOPHER GRACIE 12
- SABRINA MOORE 10
- DARK HOLLOW FARM 9
COVERING SIRES WITH THE MOST HIPS
- WE MISS ARTIE 7
- STREET MAGICIAN 6
- FREEDOM CHILD 5
- FRIESAN FIRE 5
- MOSLER 5
- UNCLE LINO 4
- GREAT NOTION 4
- JUMP START 3
- KOBE’S BACK 3