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The Green Monkey (February 4, 2004 – May 2018) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. A descendant of both Northern Dancer and Secretariat , The Green Monkey was sold in 2006 as a two-year-old colt for the highest price ever paid at auction for a Thoroughbred—$16,000,000.
The colt was named The Green Monkey and was retired in 2008 after failing to break his maiden in his three career starts. In 2014, after shuttling for several years to the southern hemisphere for their breeding season, Forestry was sold to Haras São José da Serra, a stud farm in Brazil.
The green monkey is a sexually dimorphic species, with males typically being slightly larger than females. Wild adult males weigh between 3.9 and 8.0 kg (8.6 and 17.6 lb) and measure between 420 and 600 mm (1.38 and 1.97 ft), while the females usually weigh between 3.4 and 5.3 kg (7.5 and 11.7 lb) and measure between 300 and 495 mm (0.984 and 1.624 ft).
As herd animals, horses exhibit a natural tendency for hierarchy amongst their ranks. Typically, a dominant mare takes a leadership position, with the rest of the herd falling in line behind them.
The highest price paid at auction for a Thoroughbred was set in 2006 at $16,000,000 for a two-year-old colt named The Green Monkey. [95] Record prices at auction often grab headlines, though they do not necessarily reflect the animal's future success; in the case of The Green Monkey, injuries limited him to only three career starts before being ...
Saving Brazil's golden monkey, one green corridor at a time. DIANE JEANTET. November 11, 2023 at 1:44 PM.
Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange (/ ˈ oʊ s eɪ dʒ / OH-sayj), is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States.It typically grows about 8 to 15 metres (30–50 ft) tall.
Employees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News that cited two executive ...