The Green Monkey retired
February 12, 2008
The Green Monkey was retired today. He proved an all important lesson to all those wanting to win the big one. In case you missed it, that lesson is that you cannot pay millions of dollars and receive in return a guaranteed champion. Hell, he couldn’t win a maiden race. I’m going to go ahead and predict they won’t recoup much in the shed either. Forestry colts are notorious for not being able to go past one mile. Why did they think this one would be different? I guess your going to have to ask them.
Even with this loss, I’m sure they can still sleep well at night. The connections (Sue Magnier, Derrick Smith & Michael Tabor) of this colt are multi-millionaires. Between the three of them they have owned stars such as Rags to Riches, Circular Quay, Scat Daddy, Montjeu, Hurricane Run, Giants Causeway, and Thunder Gulch. The list goes on much further. Some of the current runners owned by these connections are Ravel, Majestic Warrior, and La Traviata.
As far as The Green Monkey goes I think he will draw some interest at stud given a reasonable price. He drew incredible notoriety due to his $16,000,000 purchase price. Maybe he will produce a runner who is actually worth that ludicrous amount. I’ll be watching for his first racers in 2011.