Most expensive Gelding Ever?

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:22 pm

CHEKHOV ... I noticed today in the 7th at the Spa..... is now a Gelding.

Buying a nice Yearling at a Sale: 3.3 Million dollars

Gelding him after 15 starts and he can't get past his allowence NW1X condition: Priceless

Barbaro06 · Postby **Barbaro06** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:10 pm

Must be nice to have deep pockets..... :lol:

Linda_d · Postby **Linda_d** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:21 am

Some of you act as if expensive yearlings that can't run worth a lick are a recent phenomenon, but they've been around for decades. It's just that the numbers are bigger ... There was a day when paying $100,000 for a yearling made the front page! Heck, Man O War stood for stuf fee of $5,000!

CA Michael · Postby **CA Michael** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:51 am

SNAAFI DANCER, 1982, by Northern Dancer-My Bupers, was the world's most expensive yearling at $10.2 million. When the Sheiks were told the horse couldn't beat his own shadow, they retired him to stud as an unraced stallion prospect. When they learned that Snaafi was sterile, they gelded him and made a hunter out of him. Happy hunting!!

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:28 am

Tasmanian Tiger was a Coolmore Keeneland topper at $6.8 Million and was gelded after two or three starts...he eventually wound up in Hong Kong.

Foggytrip · Postby **Foggytrip** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:26 am

Thors Echo wasnt cheap if you are talking about a racer being bought for a high tag

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:05 pm

Back in 1994, Mack Miller cut a $525,000 Storm Cat named Leap To Flame after having the horse in the barn for only three days...the horse was a total rogue that wouldn't train. Those were the days when some owners still thought that a colt had to earn its way to the breeding shed. *sigh*