🏈 OT- The Belmont

[252BAMA]

Lest we forget. Here's how it's done!

 

[psychojoe]

Just as amazing as the first time I saw it.

 

[sean]

helluva run by American Pharoah!!!

leading from start to finish. never in doubt.

CONGRATS! to that horse, his jockey and his owner and family.

 

[planomateo]

Hell of a run by American Pharoah.

Mares are lining up now and they're going to spend a small fortune for his baby batter.

 

[BamaFan334]

They'll make $100 million of that horse.

 

[TerryP]

They'll make $100 million of that horse.

From CNN Money

American Pharoah's next big win: Stud fees


Even if they paid tens of millions for the breeding rights, the new owners have a very good shot of making back their investment. American Pharoah could collect between $6 million to $7.5 million in stud fees every year for decades to come.

As a Triple Crown winner, American Pharoah could collect as much as $100,000 per foal in stud fees, according to Evan Hammonds, executive editor of BloodHorse, the trade publication that covers the horse breeding industry. A horse can father 100 foals a year.

Prior to the Belmont, when he just had Kentucky Derby and Preakness wins, it was estimated that he would collect $60,000 to $75,000 per foal,

That kind of stud money means most successful racing careers are short, Hammonds said.

Additional races would put American Pharoah at risk for an injury that could force his owners to put him down before he ever gets put out to stud. There is also the risk that Pharoah could start losing, cutting into his stud fees.

It's not just his success on the track that makes American Pharoah so valuable. It's also his blood lines.

His father, Pioneerof the Nile, (that's not a typo) makes $60,000 per foal because he's fathered so many successful horses. And that rate is likely to climb next year given Pharoah's success.

California Chrome, which won the Derby and Preakness last year, hasn't been put out to stud yet since his blood lines aren't as prestigious. His stud fee is probably in the the neighborhood of $25,000.

So his owners decided to race him for another year. He went to the Dubai World Cup where he placed second, scoring another $2 million in winnings

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[BamaFan334]

From CNN Money

American Pharoah's next big win: Stud fees


Even if they paid tens of millions for the breeding rights, the new owners have a very good shot of making back their investment. American Pharoah could collect between $6 million to $7.5 million in stud fees every year for decades to come.

As a Triple Crown winner, American Pharoah could collect as much as $100,000 per foal in stud fees, according to Evan Hammonds, executive editor of BloodHorse, the trade publication that covers the horse breeding industry. A horse can father 100 foals a year.

Prior to the Belmont, when he just had Kentucky Derby and Preakness wins, it was estimated that he would collect $60,000 to $75,000 per foal,

That kind of stud money means most successful racing careers are short, Hammonds said.

Additional races would put American Pharoah at risk for an injury that could force his owners to put him down before he ever gets put out to stud. There is also the risk that Pharoah could start losing, cutting into his stud fees.

It's not just his success on the track that makes American Pharoah so valuable. It's also his blood lines.

His father, Pioneerof the Nile, (that's not a typo) makes $60,000 per foal because he's fathered so many successful horses. And that rate is likely to climb next year given Pharoah's success.

California Chrome, which won the Derby and Preakness last year, hasn't been put out to stud yet since his blood lines aren't as prestigious. His stud fee is probably in the the neighborhood of $25,000.

So his owners decided to race him for another year. He went to the Dubai World Cup where he placed second, scoring another $2 million in winnings

Well I know these rare thoroughbreds aren't cheap and are expensive to keep up, but "have a chance to make back their investment"? How much do they have in him?

 

[planomateo]

According to this, $300k for the horse. My understanding, it cost about $5,000-$6,000 a month to maintain a horse.

He's made more than $4.5 million in purses, but portions of that are paid to the jockey, agent, etc. Safe to say just in purses, he's made the money back.

The stud fee's are the real gravy train.

 

[BamaFan334]

Yep, that's where the real money is. They'll be wrapped around the corner to get to him now. First time in almost 40 years? Yeah, he'll break some records as far as stud fees.

 

[Bamabww]

I really enjoyed watching that race. I'd like to see the Triple Crown races in person and I don't even like horses.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Was a great race. That horse is special and just because he won the Triple Crown, but the way he ran those races.

Only concern I have is that now a horse has won the Triple Crown there'll be no interest from people to watch those races anymore let alone any other race. I'm not a horse racing guy or anything, but love those three races and mostly started watching them is because I wanted to see a horse win the triple crown.

 

[psychojoe]

Calls to mind Bob Hope's line about how he envied Secretariat, since he was young, rich, good looking, and he had his entire sex life ahead of him.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

And every other Triple Crown winner's Belmont time was slower than American Pharoah. Secretariat was incredible. Never felt the whip during the Triple Crown.

RTR,

Tim

 

[planomateo]

WSJ put together a split screen video comparing American Pharoah to Secretariat's Belmont Stakes win.

Helps to put it into perspective.

 

['65 Cobra]

Secretariat was simply amazing - the best ever. Big Red set the record for the next 1/8th while trotting as well. Amazing he still holds the record for all three Triple Crown races to this day.

 

[alabama mike]

If any of you ever get the chance, you ought to visit the horse farms just outside of Lexington, KY. Beautiful horse farms all along Rt. 68 from Lexington to Paris, KY.

 

[psychojoe]

The only comparison I can think of regarding Big Red's dominance is Hussein Bolt in the last Olympics at 100 meters. Unfortunately for his owners, his offspring did not inherit his dominance.

 

[jlabit]

There are also some beautiful thoroughbred horse farms around Ocala, Florida. Might want to check them out the next time you go to Disney World.