On the racetrack, it took Flightline two years and six undefeated races to earn $4.5 million in purses. Doing what came naturally twice a day in the breeding shed, he matched that total in 11 days, doubled it in 22 and, with 155 mares in his date book, will have generated $31 million in earnings by the end of the five-month breeding in July.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/s...cky-derby.html

 

58.5 seconds, I can relate to that but I don't get 200k , damn.

 

I always feel sorry for the teaser.

 

Me either.

 

Horse doesn't get the $200K either. Just grass and plenty of open space.

Someone should write a Blues tune, "The 58.5 Second Horse."

 

Smarty Jones reporting to work.




The money shot.

 

My parents had a string of thoroughbreds. Biggest money hole in the world. Take a date to a breeding. The horses weren't the only thing that would get excited. You can spend lots of money on race horses.
They had a stud that stood for 50k. Went to the Breeders Cup once to watch one run.
Not my thing but my Granddaughter seems to have inherited the horse bug. Now she wants to be a veterinarian. Before that she wanted to a a plastic surgeon. Before that it was Harley Quinn.

 

I'm not sure I would have wanted to set that level of expectation.

 

To tape the 2 minute race you have to record 5 hours.

 

They are tested many times. I wondering if it wasn't feed, a virus or something else. They were all from the same stable. It will be interesting to see the investigation report.