all time horse earnings list

[bdw0617]

i copied this from another forum.. too interesting not to post here.. all of hte past horses have been transated into current dollars with inflation and all:



(these are 2004 dollars btw)
1. John Henry, $11,293,455
2. Cigar, $11,182,699
3. Skip Away, $9,600,229
4. Kelso, $9,600,229
5. Alysheba, $9,363,675
6. Round Table, 9,020,329
7. Fantastic Light, $8,706,111
.
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11. Citation, $6,932,745
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14. Buckpasser, $6,657,933
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26. Whirlaway, $5,528,091
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28. Forego, $5,437,350
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34. Street Cry, $5166274
35. Damascus, $5108097
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46. Seabiscuit, $4653205
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55. Secretariat, $4420452
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60. Dr Fager, $4342290

Too many interesting horses to list!!

[Pete]

Hi BDW,

It's an interesting list but a few problems.

Race purses have never been associated with inflation. The better marker would be to use the earnings compared to the year that they were earned average purses.

Also there seems to be some 'license' taken in these calculations. Cigar (foaled in 1990 and raced from 1993-1996) earned $7,599,813 and his 'new earnings have increased over 45% while Skip Away (foaled in 1993 and raced from 1995 to 1998) earned $9,616,360 and his 'new' earnings are down @1%.

Regards,

Pete

[Rokeby Forever]

Frankly, it's idiotic to have a standard like this. Stymie ran for $25,000 purses. What would Citation have won had there been a TC bonus in those days?