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World-record $14M bid for Better Than Honour

By Glenye Cain Oakford
Daily Racing Form

Monday, November 3, 2008

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Fasig-Tipton Kentucky started the 2008 November mixed sales Sunday with a world-record broodmare price of $14 million for 2007 Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour. Southern Equine Stables bid that to buy out its partnership with Hill 'n' Dale Farm owner John Sikura, raising its ownership stake from 70 percent to 100 percent in an electrifying bidding performance that lasted just under two minutes. Better Than Honour's $14 million price soared past the previous record of ...

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