Fasig-Tipton 2yo sale: By the numbers * The Racing Biz

Fasig-Tipton 2yo sale: By the numbers

The Biz
May 19, 2024

Last year the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of two-year-olds in training reached nearly $35 million in gross sales as 375 two-year-olds changed hands.

This year’s event will kick off May 20 at 11 a.m. at the sales pavilion in at the Maryland state fairgrounds in Timonium. The two-day has 585 numbered hips prior to outs, a slight decline from 2023, so if it is to match the booming business of a year ago, it will need some blockbusters.

Sure, you’re saying, but how many gray horses are there? Funny you should ask…

HIPS BY COLOR

Color	Horses Offered
Bay	240
Chestnut	127
Dark bay or brown	147
Gray or roan	66

Numbers prior to outs

SIRE POWER

SIRE	HORSES OFFERED
MACLEAN’S MUSIC	20
INSTAGRAND	18
VOLATILE	15
VEKOMA	15
PRACTICAL JOKE	14
BOLT D’ORO	14
AUTHENTIC	14
COMPLEXITY	11
MCKINZIE	10
JUSTIFY	10
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN	10
GIFT BOX	10
FROSTED	10

Numbers prior to outs. Only sires with at least 10 hips are listed.

Notable: First look for the Mid-Atlantic at two-year-olds by Instagrand. A son of Into Mischief, he won two races, including the Grade 2 Best Pal at two. He’s also the sire of three of the 49 hips offered that were bred in the Mid-Atlantic… Instagrand and Maryland sire Mosler both bred three of the Midlantic horses offered, more than any other sire… These will also be the first two-year-olds for Volatile, a winner five times in six starts in his career. He’s a son of Violence… Two colts breezed an eighth in 9 4/5, the fastest time at the sale; they’re by Vekoma and Street Boss…

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WHERE YOU FROM?

STATE FOALED	HORSES OFFERED
ARKANSAS	1
CALIFORNIA	1
FLORIDA	30
INDIANA	4
IRE	1
KENTUCKY	362
LOUISIANA	9
MARYLAND	31
NEW YORK	115
OHIO	1
ONTARIO	5
PENNSYLVANIA	11
TEXAS	2
VIRGINIA	3
WEST VIRGINIA	4

Numbers prior to outs

MARCH INTO APRIL

MONTH BORN	HORSES OFFERED
April	171
March	170
February	117
May	98
January	24

Numbers prior to outs

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