FASIG-TIPTON 2022 MIXED SALE BY THE NUMBERS
Frank Vespe- December 5, 2022
The 2022 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December mixed sale is set for Tuesday, December 6, with nearly 300 hips catalogued. That includes horses of racing age, broodmares and broodmare prospects, weanling, and yearlings. Something, in fact, for everyone.
Sure, sure — but how many gray horses does it offer? We’ve crunched the numbers, and we mean, all the numbers.
Hips by color
Prior to outs, there are 286 hips on offer. In terms of color…
- Bay: 120
- Dark bay or brown: 88
- Chestnut: 62
- Gray or roan: 16
Hips by offering type
| Broodmares | 73 |
| Broodmare prospects | 7 |
| Horses of racing age | 76 |
| Racing/Broodmare prospects | 24 |
| Weanlings | 88 |
| Yearlings | 18 |
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Hips by sex
| Colt | 73 |
| Filly | 104 |
| Gelding | 26 |
| Horse | 1 |
| Mare | 82 |
Hips by state bred
| STATE BRED | NUMBER |
| Argentina (hey, that’s not a state!) | 1 |
| ARKANSAS | 1 |
| FLORIDA | 8 |
| Ireland (also not a state!) | 1 |
| KENTUCKY | 73 |
| LOUISIANA | 2 |
| MARYLAND | 98 |
| NEW JERSEY | 9 |
| NEW YORK | 29 |
| OKLAHOMA | 1 |
| Ontario (yes, also not a state) | 1 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | 42 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 1 |
| VIRGINIA | 9 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 10 |
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Oh, and how about covering sires for the 66 pregnant broodmares?
Here are all the covering sires represented in the sale:
| ENGAGE | 7 |
| FORTUNE TICKET | 3 |
| DIVINING ROD | 3 |
| BUSTIN STONES | 3 |
| BLOFELD | 3 |
| TACITUS | 2 |
| PAT ON THE BACK | 2 |
| MAXIMUS MISCHIEF | 2 |
| HOPPERTUNITY | 2 |
| HOLY BOSS | 2 |
| HEY CHUB | 2 |
| GREAT NOTION | 2 |
| FIRST MONDAYS | 2 |
| CENTRAL BANKER | 2 |
| YAUPON | 1 |
| WORLD OF TROUBLE | 1 |
| VOLATILE | 1 |
| VIOLENCE | 1 |
| UPTOWNCHARLYBROWN | 1 |
| UNION RAGS | 1 |
| UNCLE LINO | 1 |
| TAPWRIT | 1 |
| PRACTICAL JOKE | 1 |
| MITOLE | 1 |
| MAXIMUM SECURITY | 1 |
| KNICKS GO | 1 |
| JUSTIFY | 1 |
| JUBA | 1 |
| IRISH WAR CRY | 1 |
| INDEPENDENCE HALL | 1 |
| IMAGINING | 1 |
| HONEST MISCHIEF | 1 |
| HIGHER POWER | 1 |
| GOLDEN LAD | 1 |
| GIFT BOX | 1 |
| GALAWI (IRE) | 1 |
| GALAWI | 1 |
| FREE DROP BILLY | 1 |
| ECLIPTICALSPRALINE | 1 |
| EASTWOOD | 1 |
| CLOUD COMPUTING | 1 |
| BOURBON COURAGE | 1 |
| BOLT D’ORO | 1 |
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