The Green Monkey

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tinners way
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Postby tinners way » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:43 pm

Why would anyone part with 5k on a horse that can run 1/8 of a mile. PT Barnum said it best! 16,000,000 / 5000 = 3200. He needs bigger books than Giants Causeway, and suckers, I mean people to pay the stud fee to recoup this investment.
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Postby Ill-bred » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:33 am

I see absolutely no reason to breed to TGM.
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Postby Heidilady » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:48 pm

Anybody ready to laugh their tail off? HD's website calls him a 'world record holder.' :lol: And the most creative way to make a horse seem like they've got qualifications goes to....

Wow. I think the last thing I'd wanna do is point out that he's really expensive and did absolutely nothing despite how he looked and cost. Some folks'll be fooled though, as always.
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Postby Ill-bred » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:45 am

Plus in all likelihood Coolomore owned him when he went into the ring or had some form of understanding with HD. If so, he's not even the legitimate record holder.
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Postby Toccet02 » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:10 am

Heidilady wrote:Anybody ready to laugh their tail off? HD's website calls him a 'world record holder.' :lol: And the most creative way to make a horse seem like they've got qualifications goes to....

Wow. I think the last thing I'd wanna do is point out that he's really expensive and did absolutely nothing despite how he looked and cost. Some folks'll be fooled though, as always.


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Postby Barbaro06 » Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:02 am

Isn't there a law about truth in advertising? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Heidilady » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:43 pm

Barbaro06 wrote:Isn't there a law about truth in advertising? :lol: :lol: :lol:


Let's be fair. :lol: Maybe he's got a record we don't know about and we're just assuming it's the sales price thing. Like maybe he can count the highest with his hoof or something...
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Postby KMO_racing » Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:32 pm

I have spoke to many people in FL, they are buzzing like crazy, staing all the pinhookers are going to be looking at them babies, they are also saying if they like him they will buy them. He has been nicked on enicks over 800 times int the last 30 days. That is pretty impressive for being 09/02/08.
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Postby AscotStud » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:24 pm

Like they say...a fool is born everyday
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Postby Ill-bred » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:46 am

I'm yet to speak with a pinhooker who is buzzing about the Green Monkey!

Most wonder why they just didn't let him fade away. Why prolong such an epic failure?
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Postby Giacomo_05 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:33 pm

Something I always wondered was if they elected to run him then why quit after just 3 races? It seems at that point there was really no turning back. There have been cases where it took a while for a horse to break his maiden and later had a decent career.

While it was apparent he couldn't run much and maybe didn't put in much effort, you'd think eventually he would've broken his maiden & maybe have won an allowance race or maybe a minor stakes. You never know, that's why it puzzled me why they just quit. They should never have run him in the first place if they had reason to believe he lacked the requsite talent.
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Postby serenarider » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:35 am

What will happend is HD will give allot of breedings away. They always do if you bring in 1 or 2 mares to them. They are telling people that they will support his foals in the sales ring. I would not breed to him but trust me plenty of people will here. :?
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Postby KamiBrooks » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:47 am

Heidilady wrote:Anybody ready to laugh their tail off? HD's website calls him a 'world record holder.' :


Maybe it's the most money ever flushed on a single horse?
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Postby soundfast » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:02 pm

For every stud fee they collect they can buy 5 of his foals.
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Postby MidnightHill » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:40 pm

I would breed a couple of my quarter horse mares to him - I could always use a pretty hunter (and lord knows I don't need speed!). :D :D
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