Green Monkey Project - Million $ babies

[Kurenai]

http://www.derbyologist.com/2014/09/11/ ... ct-part-1/

Found that interesting. Although I guess if you buy a horse for 30k the chances are as high that it won't make it to the gate or even win a single race. In retrospect you won't lose the purchase price.

[Horsebagger]

Might lend some credibility to the study if you didn't name the project after a horse that was excluded from the analysis.

[TBird]

What was not factored into the study--and should have been--is money earned at stud.

Of course, the highest priced yearlings are a risk to buy. But the payout when you grab the gold ring is huge. Tapit, for example, was recently valued at 140M. So think of it this way: risk takers with deep pockets can buy 100+ million dollar yearlings and be wrong 99 out of 100 times, as long as that hundreth yearling is a Tapit. Or a Speightstown, Or a Giant's Causeway. And they'll still make a profit.

There's no point in bitching and moaning over what is or isn't earned at the track. It makes more sense to look at the big picture.

[Northport]

Might lend some credibility to the study if you didn't name the project after a horse that was excluded from the analysis.

It said in the description that he/she was excluding horses from 2 year old in training sales, which was where The Green Monkey was sold. He is easily the most recognizable name when it comes to tossing money into the wind at a sale, so I think the title is pretty appropriate, even if the study only covers yearling sales.

[Blacktypepedigree]

Two weeks ago his progeny won first Group race - in Porto Rico

4yo GREEN MONEY won Clasico Roberto Clemente, G2
http://www.blacktypepedigree.com/horse/ ... USA-221663

KINZ FUNKY MONKEY won Manhattan Beach Stakes (L) last year
http://www.blacktypepedigree.com/horse/ ... A-288845/1