From a $2,500 Hammer in Kentucky to Seven Figures: Chunk of Gold Keeps Building

Some of the best stories in American racing begin in the least-watched part of the sales ring. Chunk of Gold, a gray son of Preservationist, sold as a yearling at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale for $2,500, a price that rarely makes news on the day it happens. He has since earned more than $1 million and is now working his way toward a second. He added to that total again on Saturday, pushing his lifetime earnings a little higher. For anyone who follows the October yearling sale, his career is worth remembering: a $2,500 purchase can turn into a horse with a seven-figure record who is still running and still earning.

With reporting from Thoroughbred Daily News.