What's the latest on the $16M dollar Monkey?

#1 01-09-2007, 07:32 PM

Well who knows if they horse is a bust or not. They didnt buy him to make millions racing. They bought him for the shed. Now if doesnt race but produces a couple of champions then he might be worth a couple of million. Who knows--this story has yet to end.

AeWingnut · #2 01-09-2007, 07:56 PM

I remember Van Nistelrooy. They paid $6.4 mil for that horse and he never did much and they retired him before he was 3. I thought he looked beautiful.

The Green Monkey will never race. It's off to New Zealand or some other never never land. They just don't need the money.

Now... if I could just convince them to fight over my Illinois bred. (I don't have one but if I did...)

brockguy · #3 01-09-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AeWingnut

I remember Van Nistelrooy. They paid $6.4 mil for that horse and he never did much and they retired him before he was 3. I thought he looked beautiful.

The Green Monkey will never race. It's off to New Zealand or some other never never land. They just don't need the money.

Now... if I could just convince them to fight over my Illinois bred. (I don't have one but if I did...)

Van did a bit though.. he won a G2 and 3rd in a G1 i think..he did look nice

at least he did better than Tasmanian Tiger $6.8 mill, won a maiden in his 3rd start, then got gelded and was sold to Hong Kong..

and thens there's Snaafi Dancer!!

#4 01-09-2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Yeah, but logically speaking you would think that they bought him for so much because they figured he would have earned at least some money on the track. That way they could justify a high stallion fee and get nice mares. I would say the fact that the horse did not make it to the races as a 2 year old does not bold well for his racing career. Now this is actually the opposite of the way I usually think, but my assumption was that they figured they could get some blacktype as a juvenile and run up to the 3 year old season and retire, because I cannot imaging the insurance on a horse bought for $16 million or whatever he was really bought for. No races as a juvy and no works really. I'd say he makes maybe a start or two....maybe. This was a pissing match between Coolmore and Godolphin plain and simple.

Oh I agree 100%. I dont think we see TGM race.