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by Frank Vespe

Stellar Wind graces the cover of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearings Sale catalog, and for good reason.

The 2013 grad, a Virginia-bred daughter of Curlin, fetched $86,000 back then; today, she’d be worth many multiples of that number. She counts a half-dozen Grade 1 scores among her 10 career wins, along with earnings of over $2.2 million.

And she’s one of a number of high-quality runners to come through the sale. Others include Bradester (class of 2011, $20,000 purchase price) and Cathryn Sophia (class of 2014, $30,000 price),

Some other observations:

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RANDOM FACTS

• LADIES FIRST: A majority of hips on offer (before outs) are females. There are 268 fillies on offer, versus 236 males (228 colts and just eight geldings).
• NAMELESS: Of 504 hips, 414 — 82 percent — are not named. Named hips range from Abbo to Zahava.
• COLORING BOOK: Brown is the word, or at least the color. A plurality of the hips on offer — 211 — are brown. Then there’s dark bay, with 130, and chestnut, with 106. Gray/roan yearlings account for 57 hips (11.3 percent).
• SIRE POWER: The sale includes horses by 172 different sires, ranging from Adios Charlie (one hip) to Yes It’s True (three).

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HIPS BY STATE

• MARYLAND 169
• NEW YORK 119
• PENNSYLVANIA 93
• KENTUCKY 84
• FLORIDA 13
• VIRGINIA 10
• WEST VIRGINIA 8
• NEW JERSEY 4
• LOUISIANA 2
• ONTARIO 1
• NORTH CAROLINA 1

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HIPS BY SIRE

• SEVILLE (GER) 19
• EL PADRINO 14
• TRITAP 12
• JUMP START 11
• HONORABLE DILLON 10
• SUPER NINETY NINE 10
• BANDBOX 9
• LIAISON 9
• WEIGELIA 9
• TIZWAY 8

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HIPS BY DAMSIRE

• NOT FOR LOVE 11
• FORESTRY 7
• TWO PUNCH 7
• DISTORTED HUMOR 6
• MEDAGLIA D’ORO 6
• ALLEN’S PROSPECT 6
• AWESOME AGAIN 6
• TALE OF THE CAT 6
• BLUEGRASS CAT 5
• EL PRADO (IRE) 5

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