Receipts for this year’s November Breeding Stock Sale at Keeneland have dropped more than 45 percent from last year.

A thoroughbred appraiser has set a $20 million value on reigning Horse of the Year Curlin and is recommending ownership be consolidated under primary owner Jess Jackson.

A sale to buy a minority interest in Horse of the Year Curlin failed to produce an acceptable offer.

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DEEP FREEZE _ The locked credit markets have brought mergers and acquisitions to a near halt this month as financing remains scarce and potential buyers are much more wary of taking on new risks.

The once frenzied pace of corporate acquisitions in many industries has come to a near standstill in the face of frozen credit and plunging global financial markets. The volume of withdrawn bids also has skyrocketed to record levels, leaving it unclear when the merger market will pick up again.

Keeneland says it has been picked to handle the sale of a minority share of Curlin, the richest American racehorse of all time.

The San Diego Padres dismissed as “highly speculative” a report that owner John Moores will sell 49 percent of the team as part of a divorce settlement with wife Becky.

IBM Corp. sold $3.9 billion in bonds on Thursday, a sign that the stalwarts of the corporate world are still finding lenders.

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