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.

Daaher wins the Grade 1 Cigar Mile

Irish Cherry, dam of Grade 1 winners Daaher and Spun Sugar sold for $2.7M in foal to Ghostzapper at Keeneland on Monday. I must say this sire and dam combination could produce a monster of a race horse. Ghostzapper was breath taking on the track winning the Met Mile and the Breeders Cup Classic. As if that wasn’t enough he is the leading sire of weanlings in the history of the sport by auction sale price. I am not familiar with Irish Cherry’s track record but the fact that she has already produced 2 Grade I winners speaks for itself.

Hill ‘n’ Dale agency consigned the mare. Eric Guillot was the bidder for Southern Equine Stables who is seeking to obtain an elite band of broodmares in order to produce Grade 1 and Classic winners. With the purchase of Irish Cherry they are definitely off to a great start.