Most Expensive Horse Sold At Auction

Horses have long been one of the most important domesticated animals, helping transport people and cargo and being used in the field of battle. As the horse has been replaced in work activity by machines, many have not abandoned their amazement of the horse’s speed and power. The ancient sport of horse racing now showcases the traits of these important animals, and the desire to create the fastest horse, has also created the most expensive horse ever sold at auction.
The previous record from 1985 of $13.1 million US dollars was set the for the Thoroughbred Seattle Dancer, whose lineage included Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, according to reports.
But that record has been broken, and now the most expensive horse ever sold is an unnamed 2-year-old Florida-born colt, and you can bet this expensive Thoroughbred is on a path straight to the Kentucky Derby. The expensive colt reportedly went for $16,000,000 USD.
The expensive horse has never raced but is descended from 2 Kentucky Derby winners, and the colt scored the fastest time among the 154 racehorses sold at Calder Race Course, wowing prospective buyers by running an eighth of a mile in under 10 seconds.
Buying horses is a risky business, but if this expensive colt is a success, it could be at racing at the Kentucky Derby in 2007, and we will see if the auction price predicted the winner’s circle.