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Tippity Witchet
Tippity Witchet (foaled 1915) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, noted for his durability and consistency in a career which lasted from 1917 until 1929.
Background.
Tippity Witchet was a son of the great sire Broomstick who was the son of Ben Brush. His dam was a daughter of St. Simon, one of Great Britain's greatest stallions. The "New York Times" described him as "tiny" and a "sterling little gelding" ("The New York Times", 5-3
the most part he raced at the old Fair Grounds Race Course, but over the years, Tippity Witchet ran over 31 different tracks, winning on 27 of them whether the going was mud or hardpack, also winning at distances that ranged from 6 furlongs to one and a half miles.
In 1928 Tippity Witchet raced in the silks of the Ramona Stable. On January 22, 1928, "The Washington Post" wrote: "Perhaps no horse more deserves the title of selling plater king of the American turf than Tippity