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Among the horses Babb has auctioned were First Down Dash and Mr Jess Perry, as well as record-setting  Queen For Cash ($1.125 million in 1982) and Tempting Dash ( $1.7 million in 2013).<ref name=auctioneer/> With Tempting Dash, Babb broke his own record from more than three decades earlier with Queen for Cash.<ref name=deltabusiness>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thenewsstar.com/misc/DBus%20Dec%202013/Delta%20Business%20Dec%201013/assets/basic-html/page28.html|title=Hall of Fame auctioneer gets record price for quarter horse|publisher=''Delta Business''|pages=28–29|date=October 2013|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|accessdate=February 3, 2015}; article no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

Among the horses Babb has auctioned were First Down Dash and Mr Jess Perry, as well as record-setting  Queen For Cash ($1.125 million in 1982) and Tempting Dash ( $1.7 million in 2013).<ref name=auctioneer/> With Tempting Dash, Babb broke his own record from more than three decades earlier with Queen for Cash.<ref name=deltabusiness>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thenewsstar.com/misc/DBus%20Dec%202013/Delta%20Business%20Dec%201013/assets/basic-html/page28.html|title=Hall of Fame auctioneer gets record price for quarter horse|publisher=''Delta Business''|pages=28–29|date=October 2013|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|accessdate=February 3, 2015}; article no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

On August 1, 2008, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Babb, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] to the 13-member Louisiana Racing Commission, which regulates horse racing in the state. The commission was established in 1940 and is based in [[New Orleans]]. Babb is the member for Louisiana's 5th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=405|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Louisiana Racing Commission|date=August 1, 2008|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 3, 2015; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://horseracing.louisiana.gov/about.html|title=About the Louisiana Racing Commission|publisher=horseracing.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}</ref>

On August 1, 2008, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] appointed Babb, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] to the 13-member Louisiana Racing Commission, which regulates horse racing in the state. The commission was established in 1940 and is based in [[New Orleans]]. Babb is the member for Louisiana's 5th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=405|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Louisiana Racing Commission|date=August 1, 2008|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 3, 2015; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://horseracing.louisiana.gov/about.html|title=About the Louisiana Racing Commission|publisher=horseracing.louisiana.gov|accessdate=September 17, 2020}}</ref>

Though Babb had planned to retire in 2014 at the age of seventy, he kept receiving calls to return to the auction stand: "I've been selling horses for forty years coast to coast, and I don't want to die on the road. I'm determined to retire, but right now I guess you could say I'm semi-retired. ..."<ref name=auctioneer>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/01/31/golden-voice-auctioneer-keith-babb-honored/22628297/

Though Babb had planned to retire in 2014 at the age of seventy, he kept receiving calls to return to the auction stand: "I've been selling horses for forty years coast to coast, and I don't want to die on the road. I'm determined to retire, but right now I guess you could say I'm semi-retired. ..."<ref name=auctioneer>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/01/31/golden-voice-auctioneer-keith-babb-honored/22628297/