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

Lot 221, A bay colt by Frankel x So Mi DarNewmarket 4.10.22 Pic: Edward Whitaker

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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Kitty TriceBloodstock journalist

Published on 11 December 2022inNews

Last updated 15:49, 11 December 2022

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