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The highest price paid at auction for a Thoroughbred was set in 2006 at US$16,000,000 for a two-year-old colt called The Green Monkey.
Record prices at auction often grab headlines, though they do not necessarily reflect the animal’s future success.
In the case of The Green Monkey, injuries limited him to only three career starts before being retired to stud in 2008, and he never won a race.