You can buy a photo of Green Monkey online here:  link

Maybe we should wait until he wins a race first.  Or at least until he runs a race.  Or at least until he is entered, or even considered for entry in a race.

I know he is named after some golf course in Barbados, but there are several ways they could have came up with the name “The Green Monkey”…

Green, as in green with envy…  as in the reason two of the most powerful men in racing, John Magnier and Sheikh Mohammed, representing Coolmore and Darley respectively, bid up the price tag on this unproven animal. 

Green, as in the color of money… fitting since his price tag maybe the only record this horse will ever hold.   $16 million at auction as a two year old.

Monkey… as in monkey with something, like what this horse’s price tag did to the average sale price for two year olds in 2006.

Monkey… like make a monkey out of someone.  Who could have known that the horse would never race?  Certainly not me.  But maybe it is for the best.  If he had raced and flopped the owner would look like an even bigger monkey.  This way it may remain a mystery.

Not long after the gavel fell at auction, Irish bookmaker Paddy Power opened a market on the future of the colt against winning the Kentucky Derby: 33-1. Against winning any race: 4-1.  I wish I had some of that action now.