Green Monkey Retired!

FlyinLate · 02-11-2008, 04:58 PM

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$16 mil down the drain. Biggest pissing war I've ever seen in horse racing. I hate to say it but I'm glad this horse never ran a lick.

DiscreetCat · 02-12-2008, 02:12 PM

And I guess it's fitting that The Green Monkey was "retired" on the eve of the juvenile sale season given that it was at the Fasig-Tipton Calder two-year old in training sale in 2006 where he fetched his record $16 million price. I say "retired" because I don't know exactly what he was retired from. Certainly wasn't winning, and it barely qualified as racing. The Green Monkey will have the rest of the year off from doing nothing, as he won't be bred until next year. Dean De Renzo of the Hartley/De Renzo farm at which he will stand, said: "He had the feeling of a champion; he thinks he’s a champion." And that makes one of him. Good luck to all involved in that.

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FlyinLate Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,816 Thanks: 34 Thanked 127 Times in 44 Posts Rep Power: 8	Green Monkey Retired! Daily Racing Form: News Login/Access Your Account $16 mil down the drain. Biggest pissing war I've ever seen in horse racing. I hate to say it but I'm glad this horse never ran a lick.

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02-12-2008, 02:12 PM	#2
DiscreetCat Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6,130 Thanks: 75 Thanked 195 Times in 164 Posts Rep Power: 18	And I guess it's fitting that The Green Monkey was "retired" on the eve of the juvenile sale season given that it was at the Fasig-Tipton Calder two-year old in training sale in 2006 where he fetched his record $16 million price. I say "retired" because I don't know exactly what he was retired from. Certainly wasn't winning, and it barely qualified as racing. The Green Monkey will have the rest of the year off from doing nothing, as he won't be bred until next year. Dean De Renzo of the Hartley/De Renzo farm at which he will stand, said: "He had the feeling of a champion; he thinks he’s a champion." And that makes one of him. Good luck to all involved in that.