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Fasig-Tipton
20
May
  • Divining Rod
  • Editorial
  • Fasig-Tipton 2 year-olds in training sale
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic
  • Holy Boss
  • Joe Besecker
  • Kobe's Back
  • Madefromlucky
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Fasig-Tipton Wrap: Facts, figs, and miscellany

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

We catch up with final facts, figs, and miscellany from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2yo sale, including new sires and a familiar face returns.

Claudio Gonzalez
10
Feb
  • Joe Besecker
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Two months after dispersal, Besecker barn still active

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

Owner Joe Besecker dispersed his stock in the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed sale in December. So how come he keeps showing up in the charts?

Fasig-Tipton
12
Dec
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale
  • Joe Besecker
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Fasig-Tipton: Beneath the top-line numbers

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed sale set records with a $450,000 purchase and more than $4 million in total sales. Here, we dig deeper.

Mine Not Mine
10
Dec
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale
  • Joe Besecker
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Northview Stallion Station
  • Paget Bennett

Besecker dispersal powers boffo Fasig-Tipton sale

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

With the addition of nearly 100 horses from the Joe Besecker dispersal, the Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale shattered records Tuesday in Timonium.

Laddie Liam
10
Dec
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale
  • Joe Besecker
  • Laddie Liam
  • Maryland horse racing
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mine Not Mine

Maryland Juvenile Futurity proves productive – in sales ring

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Two horses that ran in Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Futurity – winner Laddie Liam and fourth-place finisher Mine Not Mine – topped the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Mixed Sale.

Hip 183
08
Dec
  • Bill Reightler
  • fasig
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Joe Besecker
  • Marshall Silverman
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Paget Bennett
  • Sabrina Moore

Fasig-Tipton: “Bittersweet” Besecker dispersal tops mixed sale

  • Linda Dougherty / 6 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed sale features a colt out of a half to Grade 1 winner Knicks Go and the “very bittersweet” Joe Besecker dispersal.

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