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The race is notable for its 20 million dollar purse, [3] which makes it the most lucrative event in horse racing. [4]The race is held four weeks after the $3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park, Florida, and four weeks before the $12 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse, Dubai, making it possible for horses in those races to compete.
The colt was purchased as a yearling for $4 million by Fusao Sekiguchi, which is the highest price paid for a Kentucky Derby winner. [2] [3] His name is a combination of his owner's name, "Fusao", and the Japanese word for one, "ichi", to mean No. 1 or the best; the second half of his name came from that of a winged horse in Greek mythology.
The Green Monkey (February 4, 2004 – May 2018) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.A descendant of both Northern Dancer and Secretariat, The Green Monkey was sold in 2006 as a two-year-old colt for the highest price ever paid at auction for a Thoroughbred—$16,000,000.
The world’s most valuable horse race will be staged this week with the Saudi Cup 2024 set to be bigger than ever. The King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh will host two days of action from Friday ...
Baffert plans to send Country Grammer to the March 25 $12-million Dubai World Cup, a 1 1/4-mile race he won last year. He will also send Hopkins to run in the Al Quoz Sprint and Worcester in the ...
In July 2004, her foal (later named The Sunday Fusaichi) by Dance in the Dark sold for ¥490,000,000 (US$4.54 million), making it the world's highest-priced foal and the most expensive horse ever sold at auction in Japan.
Let's get this out of the way now: You can't horse around if you want to be a Thoroughbred owner. In all seriousness, there's a reason that horse racing is called the sport of kings: It's an ...
Most expensive Thoroughbred yearlings in history sold at auction [ edit ] For a number of years, in the 1970s and 1980s, horses sired by Northern Dancer (1961–1990) held the top ten price records, with 174 Northern Dancer offspring selling for a total $160 million at the Keeneland Sales over 22 years. [ 13 ]