From a Fasig-Tipton release

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  1. Pennsylvania — 34
  2. Maryland — 25
  3. West Virginia — 14
  4. Virginia — 11
  5. New Jersey — 4[/boxify]Yesterday was the day catalogs for next month’s two year-old sale were slated to ship.

Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic division previously had announced that it had catalogued 580 entries for its May 19th and 20th Two-year-olds in Training Sale at Timonium, Maryland.  Undertack shows will be held at the Timonium racetrack on Wednesday and Thursday, May 14th and 15th.

There are several recent graded stakes-winning graduates on this year’s catalogue cover, the front honor taken by two-time Breeders’ Cup winner Mizdirection.  Another cover grad on the Kentucky Derby trail is recent G2 Louisiana Derby winner Vicar’s in Trouble.

“We have numbers, a very high quality group of sires and racetrack results going for us right now,” said Paget Bennett, local sales director. “Our graduates from this sale have proven themselves at the highest levels of racing all over North America.”

Some other facts and figs:

  • Location with most horses in the sale — Kentucky, 270
  • Location with least (minimum one) — France, 1
  • Sire with the most horses — Malibu Moon, 15
  • Sire standing in the mid-Atlantic with the most horses — Any Given Saturday, 4
  • Largest consignment — Eisaman Equine, 42
  • Colts/geldings/fillies — 284/4/282
  • By color —
    • Brown — 240
    • Dark bay/brown — 167
    • Chestnut — 122
    • Gray/roan — 41