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Better Than Honour and Stardom Bound stole the show as expected on Sunday night at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky selected fall mixed sale, bringing a combined $19.7-million to trigger a 35.1% increase in total receipts.

The reigning Broodmare of the Year, Better Than Honour sold for $14-million to Mike Moreno’s Southern Equine Stable to set a world record for a broodmare at public auction.

IEAH Stables purchased Stardom Bound, the Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner, for $5.7-million earlier in the night as a racing prospect.

The sale was a welcome oasis in a market swoon that has been exacerbated by general economic turbulence.

Fasig-Tipton reported sales of 91 horses from 150 offerings for $70,279,000 and an average price of $772,297, both sale records. The average was up 58.8% from $486,318. The median was $250,000 a 38.9% increase from $180,000 in 2007.

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