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How Much Did this horse sell for? NO CHEATING!
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billski
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Too late, you know. Can you imagine spending that kind of bucks in 10 minutes?
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/43609/the-green-monkey-retired
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/43609/the-green-monkey-retired
marcski
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Damn...when the time comes, I sure need a job in retirement like Green Monkey!
Never made sense
No untried horse is worth that much. He was bought as a yearling from his breeder for $425,000 and put into the Keeneland yearling sale where a bidding war broke out between a sheik and a British betting-company owner. They'd battled before.
As you can see, he is a beautiful, well-conformed horse. Supposedly, he was very fast in private training sessions but got hurt preparing to run a 2-year-old. (And, if you believe that ...) After that, it was a series of unimpressive comebacks and he was retired after three starts.
Interestingly, the guys who made the approximately $15,575,000 pinhooking profit, bought him back from the betting tycoons and he is standing stud in Florida for $5,000.
That means he only has to service 3,200 mare at $5,000 apiece to make $16M.
No untried horse is worth that much. He was bought as a yearling from his breeder for $425,000 and put into the Keeneland yearling sale where a bidding war broke out between a sheik and a British betting-company owner. They'd battled before.
As you can see, he is a beautiful, well-conformed horse. Supposedly, he was very fast in private training sessions but got hurt preparing to run a 2-year-old. (And, if you believe that ...) After that, it was a series of unimpressive comebacks and he was retired after three starts.
Interestingly, the guys who made the approximately $15,575,000 pinhooking profit, bought him back from the betting tycoons and he is standing stud in Florida for $5,000.
That means he only has to service 3,200 mare at $5,000 apiece to make $16M.
St. Bear
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If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.
billski
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I figured that sentiment would come forth quickly on an AZ forum
And to think you'd get PAID for it!
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