Did IEAH actually get $50 million for Big Brown?

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Does anyone know if this is a real number and how the deal was structured? It is hard to believe anything IEAH says.

If they really got $50M for the horse than I see no way Clay would have made a deal that doesn't allow them to determine if the horse keeps running.

If Big Brown were to run another similar race in the Travers or Haskell I think you would have a hard time getting people to pay even $20K to breed to the horse, especially considering he comes out of the Dutrow barn.