The Green Monkey is a work in progress. I will be updating information as more information becomes available on the trainers and more details on some of the yearlings is consistent.
Not all victories are created equal. In baseball it’s called “Moneyball” – a team with a 200 million dollar payroll “The Yankees” can’t be compared to a team with a 30 million dollar payroll “Astros”.
The Green Monkey Project Part 1 dove into the overall data and some of the big picture results. Now we will take a deeper dive into the data.
A high percentage of expensive yearlings keep on getting put into the same few hands. Eoin Harty has been handed 45 million in horse-flesh and returned 5.1 million in Earnings.
Trainers with the most Million Dollar Babies
Todd Pletcher has developed Champion Speighstown and hit the Holy Grail with Rags to Riches:
Todd Pletcher Million Dollar Babies
Todd Pletcher also has 8 horses whose career highlight was winning a MSW race.
The Coach – Wayne Lukas – has trained many of the high-priced yearlings over the years.
The Coach
We will be updating more results and take a look at the top buyers and individual stallion results in part 3.