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The board of directors of the Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective

Association elected Rick Hiles president of the organization on Monday.

He was the unanimous choice to serve a three-year term. It was the first time

the board, and not the full membership, elected the president. Hiles previously

served two terms as Kentucky HBPA president and one term as National HBPA

president. He replaces Susan Bunning, who chose not to run for reelection...Tattersalls Ireland has announced that catalogs are on-line for the December

Flat Sale, which will take place on December 12 at Fairyhouse, Ireland. Slated to sell that

day are broodmares, weanlings and yearlings as well as stallion prospects. The

covering sires include Invincible Spirit, Antonius Pius, One Cool Cat, Elusive

City and Bachelor Duke. Catalogs are available on tattersalls.ie...Group 1 winner MAGICAL ROMANCE (Barathea [Ire]) established a

new

world record for a broodmare or broodmare prospect when selling for 4.6 million

guineas (approximately $9,358,608) at Tuesday's session of the Tattersalls

December sale in Newmarket, England. In foal to Pivotal, the four-year-old filly

is a half-sister to dual classic winner Alexandrova (Sadler's Wells). London

Thoroughbred Services made the winning bid. The previous world record was set by

multiple champion Ashado (Saint Ballado), who sold for $9 million at the 2005

Keeneland November sale.