Green Monkey on ABC Tonight!
Just in from the NTRA:
“ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT TO FEATURE THE GREEN MONKEY THIS EVENING
ABC World News Tonight will air a special feature on tonight’s newscast (6:30-7:00 p.m. ET in many markets, check local listings) about The Green Monkey, the Todd Pletcher-trained colt that sold for a record $16 million last year as a two-year-old in training, but has yet to make his racing debut.”
Thanx…will watch in an hour.
Great, ABC News giving coverage of horse racing … oh TGM … why, oh why!
Here is the ABC segment (link) in advance: Racing’s Most Expensive Dud?
It reminds me of the movie Arthur (Warner Bros. 1981) and the quote nominated as the 24th greatest in film between the unaccomplished but wealthy heir - Arthur and his butler - Hobson:
ARTHUR BACH (Dudley Moore): “I’m going to take a bath.”
HOBSON (John Gielgud): “I’ll alert the media.”
At what point is the fixation on celeb (in this case TGM) really worthy of tv coverage? True enough I’ve fed this thread happily but there is a difference between a racing forum and the “World News Tonight”.
Slow news day?
Think it’s not so bad when a healthy horse is depicted. Maybe puts a spin on the finding something for nothing view of obtaining racehorses…finding nothing for a whole lot of somethings:lol:
Is this not the most pathetic excuse for media exposure??? I mean give me a freakin break Pletcher-- you not gettin enough attention from the press these days with Rags having a temperature-- you gotta call ABC World News Tonight and have them come to your barn and report on your 16 million dollar future stable pony??? This is absolutely ridiculous and I for one am ROFLMAO !!:lol::lol:
Ok, this I don’t get
Charlie Gibson (anchor) signs off the segment live by remarking “they are talking about racing him Saturday, if he’s ready or not is uncertain”
Nope - entries have already been taken at Belmont for Sat the 8th and no Green Monkey to be found
At least they pointed out in the news peice that Kentucky Derby winners War Emblem cost just 20,000 at auction and Funny Cide $22,000 
But the real question is: can we keep this thread going a 3rd Saratoga meeting?
I don’t believe the Monkey’s summer excursions are ever going to be any more than a trip to the Spa.
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But the real question is: can we keep this thread going a 3rd Saratoga meeting?[/QUOTE]
Well 2008 could be the charm although on the Chinese Zodiac it is year of the rat so not so good.
By the way a fellow alumnus of the same Fasig Tipton Calder sale has been doing well at Emerald Downs - Song of Pirates albeit lightly raced. Although his 3rd lifetime start just this past Monday (Labor Day) netted a 3rd place in the $100,000 Emerald Downs Derby.
Prviously Song of Pirates had won his two career starts by a combined 11 3/4 lengths and was originally sold for $900,000 at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old sale at Calder, the same auction that produced the $16 million record-priced The Green Monkey.
I think it could be the year of the green monkey in todd pletcher’s barn and he still wouldn’t run at Saratoga-- this might be an endless thread title LOL
As a owner of a fabulous Forestry colt myself, I’d like to say a few things:
My darling Forestry colt (Redwood Creek) is absolutely the greatest, most amazing, incredible,
PET I’ve ever had.
He’s a puppy dog, he loves attention, he loves being around people, he’s laid-back (so much so his barn name is Reggae) and is a total love bug.
Hardcore racing horse? Uh, no. He wasn’t raced until he was 3 either, apparantly Forestry offspring are slow maturing? Also timing and some pasture accidents delayed his training. It seems like Forestry’s children are accident-prone. He DID win his first race by quite a bit, although he ran at Fairmont Park, woop-de-doo. Then he just decided it wasn’t his thing and not worth the effort, and pretty much became the barn pet until I bought him. Trainer absolutely loved him, as a pet, not as a race horse.
He’s got the best mind I’ve ever come across in a horse, tries really hard, very pretty to look at, but doesn’t really have that “edge” ya know?
I hope TGM ends up doing better than his half-sibling. Mine only cost $37,000 though, not 16 $mill.
If I’m lucky, a couple years down the road, he’ll be on CANTER, and I can get a matching pair!!
I actually seriously hope he’s a fabulous racer.
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Ok, this I don’t get
Charlie Gibson (anchor) signs off the segment live by remarking “they are talking about racing him Saturday, if he’s ready or not is uncertain”
Nope - entries have already been taken at Belmont for Sat the 8th and no Green Monkey to be found[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that was weird. If TGM was running this Saturday, it would be more definite and racing fans would have heard about it.
I also thought it was strange that they talked to one of Pletcher’s assistants instead of Pletcher himself. Maybe Todd was hiding. :lol:
But, TGM sure is a nice looking horse–great for the show ring dontcha think?
On a related note, has Ever Shifting been retired or does he continue to remain in training for Darley? Two unplaced starts is all that can be found on him. Any recorded workouts in the last 6-months?
DRF has no works for Ever Shifting. He bombed in his 2 starts last spring.
I am not sure where Saturday came up but here’s what I do know…
There are 2 MSW’s for 3yr olds and up that aren’t on the turf. One is on SATURDAY September 15, and the other is Sept 17th (I think. Just closed that window, darnit)
There were no extras written for MSW’s 3 and up for Saturday or anytime this weekend. So I am not sure what they were saying unless they’re gonna run him over at Presque Isle (LOL) or somewhere less obvious than Belmont.
~Emily
PS: Assistants can be on camera a lot in Todd’s barn. It’s not that strange.
Wouldn’t that be something for their inaugural meet? :lol:
Maybe The Green Monkey is just too embarassed to hear his God Awful name called over the PA.
What were they thinking. That’s one stupid name worthy of inclusion on the dumb name thread on H/J…
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Wouldn’t that be something for their inaugural meet? :lol:[/QUOTE]
Yep I can see the headlines,
“2 breakdowns in the first two inaugural days and next up, the Green Monkey’s first race !!!” :eek:
Hmmmm
~Emily
My Forestry baby was only $500.00 (New Vocations).
Did anyone else get the red cooler giveaway on Sunday? It’s now my prize possession! :yes:
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