Numlock News: May 5, 2023 • Counterfeits, Guardians, Robusta
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By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Stud There is colossal industry built around the demonstration, extraction and sale of the genetic material of horses, a behemoth that hosts occasional promotional events called “horse races.” Last year, $12 billion was wagered on horse races in the United States, which is down from $15 billion in 2002 but still a lot of money. Right now, for the owners, the real money is in the breeding, so champion horses race less and stud longer than their forebears. Whirlaway, which won the Triple Crown in 1941, made 60 starts in his career, and Secretariat, which won in 1973, made 21 starts. The most recent two Triple Crown winners raced far less: American Pharoah had 11 starts, and Justify had just six. The purses to be won simply pale in comparison to the stud fees; one horse named Flightline was undefeated in six races to earn $4.5 million, but made the same amount of money for its owners in
Numlock News: May 5, 2023 • Counterfeits, Guardians, Robusta
Numlock News: May 5, 2023 • Counterfeits…
Numlock News: May 5, 2023 • Counterfeits, Guardians, Robusta
By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! Stud There is colossal industry built around the demonstration, extraction and sale of the genetic material of horses, a behemoth that hosts occasional promotional events called “horse races.” Last year, $12 billion was wagered on horse races in the United States, which is down from $15 billion in 2002 but still a lot of money. Right now, for the owners, the real money is in the breeding, so champion horses race less and stud longer than their forebears. Whirlaway, which won the Triple Crown in 1941, made 60 starts in his career, and Secretariat, which won in 1973, made 21 starts. The most recent two Triple Crown winners raced far less: American Pharoah had 11 starts, and Justify had just six. The purses to be won simply pale in comparison to the stud fees; one horse named Flightline was undefeated in six races to earn $4.5 million, but made the same amount of money for its owners in