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…
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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 |
MARCH INTO APRIL
| MONTH BORN | HORSES OFFERED |
| April | 171 |
| March | 170 |
| February | 117 |
| May | 98 |
| January | 24 |
- For accidental jockey JD Acosta, another goal in sight
Veteran rider J. D. Acosta once dreamed of winning 100 races in his career. Now he has 4,000 in his sights.
GUYS AND DOLLS
| SEX | HORSES OFFERED |
| Colts | 287 |
| Fillies | 289 |
| Geldings | 4 |
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