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 |
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 |
- 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…
- Owner-breeder Sam English, 80, passes
Virginia-based owner-breeder Sam English, 80, passed away November 27.
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 |
MARCH INTO APRIL
| MONTH BORN | HORSES OFFERED |
| April | 171 |
| March | 170 |
| February | 117 |
| May | 98 |
| January | 24 |
- “New door opened,” Jaime Rodriguez shifts tack to NY
Jockey Jaime Rodriguez won five consecutive Delaware Park riding titles and a couple of others at Laurel. Now it’s on to New York.
GUYS AND DOLLS
| SEX | HORSES OFFERED |
| Colts | 287 |
| Fillies | 289 |
| Geldings | 4 |
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