Fasig-Tipton is eliminating timing coaching at subsequent yr’s Midlantic 2-year-old coaching sale and limiting crop use. These adjustments are designed to higher replicate the horse’s pure athletic skill and appeal to a wider pool of consumers to the market.
Fasig-Tipton shouldn’t be formally a clock breeze, so each tack exhibits efficiency is limitless. And whereas riders might carry crops for security functions, they can’t hit horses whereas coaching.
“These adjustments replicate our dedication to enhancing our gross sales course of two years in the past,” mentioned Boyd Browning, president of Fasig-Tipton.
This variation is designed with a long-term technique in thoughts that goals to welcome a wider vary of consumers. “We consider that by focusing much less on clock-driven evaluations and eradicating the usage of whips, we will create a extra accessible and first-time horse gross sales surroundings,” Browning mentioned. “Our intention is to welcome new house owners, trainers and finish customers who’re interested by getting a horse that’s bodily ready and mentally wholesome for the racecourse whereas offering higher service to conventional consumers.”
Fasig-Tipton’s determination was primarily based partially on an unplanned however apparent trial in the course of the sale of Midlantic Might in 2025. The cruel climate has led the corporate to regulate the ultimate day of the Tuck Beneath Present to limitless gallops and breezes. The response was overwhelmingly constructive.
“It is change into an surprising case research,” Browning mentioned. “Not solely was the present effectively visually, the horses have been out of coaching in glorious situation, and suggestions from the important thing consumers and shippers was extraordinarily supportive. The expertise, coupled with the unimaginable equestrianism of the shippers, provides us confidence to make these adjustments.”
The two-year-old on the 2026 Midlantic 2-year-old coaching sale shall be held Might 18th-Nineteenth in Timonium, Maryland after the Preakness Stakes run.
