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Top of the charts: take a look at the highest-priced horses sold in 2022
Kitty Trice on the money-spinners from this year's European sales season
The Frankel colt out of So Mi Dar was the most expensive yearling sold in the world this year at 2.8 million guineasCredit: Edward Whitaker
The reverberations of the Covid-19 pandemic were compounded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February and the subsequent economic difficulties that came with it, but bloodstock auctions in 2022 defied the gloom with record-breaking trade. With the physical sales season in Europe having come to a close at Cheltenham on Friday, here's a recap of the highest-priced horses from key categories.
Breeze-ups
Walbank
b c Kodiac - No Lippy (Oasis Dream)
Sold by Tally-Ho Stud, bought by David Loughnane and Omnihorse for 525,000gns at Tattersalls Craven Sale
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