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Old 04-30-2008, 10:47 AM
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what happened to him?

where is he now?

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Old 09-13-2008, 03:16 AM
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In other stallion news, the 2009 stud fee for THE GREEN MONKEY (Forestry), whose retirement to Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds near Ocala, Florida, was announced in February, has been determined. Sold for a world-record auction price of $16 million at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton Calder Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, he will stand for $5,000
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Old 09-13-2008, 07:29 AM
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he's gonna have to cover a LOT of mares at that price for them to recoup their investment.
he better get busy.
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Old 09-13-2008, 07:55 AM
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he's gonna have to cover a LOT of mares at that price for them to recoup their investment.
he better get busy.

Sounds like TGM had a master plan all along
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Old 09-13-2008, 05:20 PM
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Sounds like TGM had a master plan all along
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Touché.......very witty!
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Old 09-13-2008, 05:48 PM
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He had done enough
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Old 09-13-2008, 08:09 AM
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he's gonna have to cover a LOT of mares at that price for them to recoup their investment.
he better get busy.

Lets see 16,000,000/5000 = 3200.......yeah I would say stamina may be an issue here.
The Monkey may have problems at this distance...
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Old 09-13-2008, 10:20 AM
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Lets see 16,000,000/5000 = 3200.......yeah I would say stamina may be an issue here.
The Monkey may have problems at this distance...
he'd have to cover 160 mares a year for 20 years-and have every one of them take and produce a live foal. and that's just the purchase price....then there's covering his feed bills, etc..
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Old 09-13-2008, 08:35 AM
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he's gonna have to cover a LOT of mares at that price for them to recoup their investment.
he better get busy.
They also plan for him to do children's birthday parties too!
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Old 09-13-2008, 10:18 AM
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you think they're trying to teach him how to make balloon animals??
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he's gonna have to cover a LOT of mares at that price for them to recoup their investment.
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Ah but that implies he actually cost them the price he brought at the sale.
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Old 09-13-2008, 04:45 PM
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Ah but that implies he actually cost them the price he brought at the sale.
ok, they didn't actually pay the $16 million?
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Old 09-13-2008, 06:20 PM
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Ah but that implies he actually cost them the price he brought at the sale.
yeah, i know-i think pretty much everyone has heard the story by now.
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Old 09-13-2008, 09:18 PM
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With his back breeding....I'd take a shot for 5K.
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