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Tippity Witchet
Sire
Broomstick
Grandsire
Ben Brush
Dam
Lady Frivoles
Damsire
St. Simon
Sex
Gelding
Foaled
1915
Country
United States
Color
Bay
Breeder
George W. Loft Harry Payne Whitney
Owner
Harry Payne Whitney Various others through the years
Trainer
George M. Odom (for Whitney) Max Hirsch (for G. W. Loft) Preston M. Burch (for J. Sanford) Lionel Bauer (in his claiming days)
Record
266: 78-52-42
Earnings
$88,241
Major wins
Aberdeen Stakes (1917) Eastern Shore Handicap (1917) Maryland Handicap (1917) Erdenheim Handicap (1917) Old Town Liberty Bond Handicap (1917) Rainbow Handicap (1919) Stafford Handicap (1919) Ronkonkoma Handicap (1920) Beauregard Handicap (1920) Thanksgiving Handicap (1920) The Prince George (1921) New Year's Handicap (1921) Fairfield Handicap (1921) Marrero Handicap (1921) Fairground Purse (1921) Century Handicap (1922) Louisiana Purse (1923)
Honors
Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame (1971) Tippity Witchet Mile at Agua Caliente Racetrack
Last updated on December 20, 2007
Tippity Witchet (foaled 1915) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, noted for his durability and consistency in a career which lasted from 1917 until 1929.
TippityWitchet (foaled 1915) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, noted for his durability and consistency in a career which lasted from 1917 until...
earliest of these was a casual reference on 3 May 1921: J. P. Smith, with TippityWitchet and others of the L. T. Bauer string, is scheduled to start for "the...
Kentucky Derby, Black Gold are buried in the infield. It's also here that TippityWitchet, the beloved son of Broomstick, ran many of his 266 races. The track...
Richard Ten Broeck 2000 owner, track owner Tiffany Lass 1991 horse TippityWitchet 1971 horse Harry E. Trotsek NA trainer Jack Van Berg 1991 owner, trainer...
Male Horse. The 1917 edition of the Eastern Shore Handicap was won by TippityWitchet, a gelding that would have a very successful career in racing which...
1918 Ormonda Clarence Kummer Max Smart Samuel Ross 4.5 F 0:55.40 1917 TippityWitchet Frank Robinson James G. Rowe Sr. Harry P. Whitney 4.5 F 0:54.60 1916...
genitalia. The term is similar to the term tippet-de-witchet which derives from tippet and witchet (archaic term for vagina). In contrast, the English...
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