The Most Expensive Race Horse
CNBC did a compilation of the most expensive thoroughbreds:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39456431/Most_Exp...roughbreds
Last time i check it was the "GREEN MONKEY" that still take the cake. It was fetched for
$16million. Let us put that price in contest. 'Compare that to some Kentucky Derby winners who sold at auction: Fusaichi Pegasus went for $4 million, Alysheba went for $500,000, Winning Colors went for $575,000. The Green Monkey cost at least 4 times that price.
The irish tycoon outbidded the middle eastern sheik for this horse.... If i recall correctly, they get them when they past being a foal: when they are around 2 yrs old(of course, they only go for the colt) and train them for those races...but...you should still see some action out of them before plunging down something as high as $16million.
Green Monkey is not the fucking
SECRETARIAT for fucks sake.
Here is his
pedigree. .
He was descended from FORESTRY....
Take a look at the picture of the horse: this is what $16million looks like.
Here is a video of the horse at auction:
His performance? a fucking disappointment. So they let him enter stud...even his performance there was also disappointment, i think he finally sired one a year or so ago.
I just dug up a choice quote(check below).....The best part:
"The Green Monkey Makes a
Monkey Out of Bidders
Unless you’re a huge fan of the band America, you might not envision shelling out eight figures for a horse with no name. That’s exactly what happened in a January 2006 auction at Calder Race Course, though.
When the auctioneers brought a colt who was only known as “number 153” to the auction block, a fierce bidding war broke out. Buyers weren’t afraid to open their wallets for a colt that was described as “perfect,” and when the hammer dropped the horse went for a record $16 million. The winning bidders quickly christened the colt The Green Monkey, and excitement to see how the horse would do in races began to build. After all, the colt had run an eighth of a mile in a blazing 9.8 seconds in pre-auction workouts, so anything was possible once he started racing.
The buyers thought they were getting a Triple Crown threat. Instead they got the thoroughbred version of Ryan Leaf.
(entropy: OUCH!)The Green Monkey could never translate his workout speed into actual races, and in his career,
he only managed one third-place finish in a measly three starts.(entropy: HAHAHAHAHAHA) In 2008, his owners retired him from racing to stand at stud. If his progeny enjoy the success that eluded the Green Monkey, he might make some of his substantial purchase price back.
It will be tough, though; right now he only pulls in $5,000 as a stud fee."
(entropy: HAHAHAHAHA. HEHEHEHEHE. HOHOHOHOHOHO )