Article: Ocala, Fla., Horse Dealer Receives Record $2.7 Million Bid for Colt.

By Ryan Conley, Ocala Star-Banner, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 9--OCALA, Fla.--The road to world records in Thoroughbred auctions seems to travel through Ocala a lot these days.

When Canadian industrialist Charles Fipke paid $2.7 million for a 2-year-old colt earlier this week at the Barretts March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, it was the second time in as many years that a horse reared in the Ocala area received a world record price at the Pomona, Calif., auction.

The unnamed son of Sea of Secrets was offered for sale by local sales agent Becky Thomas, who hit the proverbial pinhooking "home run" with the sale of the ...

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