It is wonderful to see he was cared for and loved, even if he wasn’t a successful sire or race horse…
Also in the RIP Untrapped thread…
RIP The Green Monkey. Now at rest and out of pain.
I was so sad when I saw the article yesterday. I remember watching his auction on YouTube. R.I.P Green Monkey…I hate laminitis
Was that the in-training (wasn’t he one of the first “pinhooked?” I can’t recall what I read) very young 2yo colt did a 11 sec 1/8? Maybe?
But had a ‘rotary gallop’ as opposed to a ‘normal’ TB gallop, which I guess is normally transverse gallop?
(Lead changes of course could show a brief picture of a rotary: I’ve seen them.)
I know dogs & racing qh usually do rotary gallops with a double- suspension gait, I can’t recall more about the colt other than he was very fast, had a rotary gallop, was over-priced and a dud. Well named, apparently?
He breezed a furlong in 9.4 seconds at a two year old in training sale and sold for 16M after a bidding war between Coolmore and (then) Darley. He was a pinhook, along with many, many others in the sale.
I have no idea what a rotary gallop is as opposed to a normal TB gallop.
He was named after a golf course in (I believe) Barbados.
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Info with diagrams & pix here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=rotary+vs+transverse+gallop&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9w-fR-qjcAhWm44MKHZsZDUwQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=635
Where did you see that The Green Monkey had this “rotary gallop”. I also was not familiar with the term and had not ever seen it used when referring to any race horse…
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What video clip have you seen that shows The Green Monkey in a rotary gallop? Can you post a link?
“Many animals, including horses, use both forms in some instances. Footfalls in a transverse-galloping horse are left hind, right hind quickly followed by left fore, finishing with right fore. In a rotary gallop, the footfalls are left hind, right hind quickly followed by right fore, finishing with left fore. This gait sequence in horses resembles a disunited canter.”
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Something I read in one of the race-magazines; DRF. Blood-Horse. Or some other. LONG before internet.
Google it. I could be wrong, I recall it ~ as Laurie B. said - I now recall he did a 9 and change.
https://www.pedigreequery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=69724
Cammie, I found this 2006 old message board - I am still looking for more.
https://www.pedigreequery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=69724
OK. I found this from the long-defunct Thoroughbred Times:
"hi guys
An article in the Thoroughbred Times regarding some of the latest in gait analysis…high-speed kinetics…motion of the horse etc etc indicates that The Green Monkey might have exposed (during his brilliant 9.8-second work) some distance limitations.
The following excerpt offers a taste of a portion of the article. “…The Green Monkey, a Forestry colt recently purchased for $16-million at the Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of selected two-year-olds in training, had a fabulous 9.8-second workout, but high-speed film revealed that the entire work was done at a rotary gallop, a very quick gait that can produce fast times but costs more energy. In Mr. Seder’s opinion, such a gait is unlikely to be maintained for longer distances…”
You might want to click on the following 
Gait Analysis and Identifying Elite Equine Athletes…and read the article for yourself.
Whatta ya think?
Respectfully"
I don’t know ‘Respectfully’ is!!
I, being me Brig only quoted this! (don’t shoot me, please?)
Thanks for the info. Without being able to slow down the video on my phone, he does look slightly wonky in his sales clip.
Wow, Cammie where did you find that?
If you watch qh racing (I don’t watch it, but I’ve seen it) you will see the same weird stride.
