When we look at the prices, we can deduct that horse racing is one of the most expensive sports for sure. What makes it so expensive? Sometimes the horses’ performances, and sometimes their ancestors. The buyers are usually billionaires, including businessmen with great wealth. Even royal family members are avid followers of the sport. If you are a fan of the sport, you will be able to bet on it through an original Betfair account you can get with ACC-EX.
Let’s look at them, and see if they were worthy or not.
1) Fusaichi Pegasus
Fusaichi Pegasus, the most expensive horse in the world, had been an important racing horse. Pegasus won Kentucky Derby in 2000 and completed its career with nine starts, six victories and two losses. Fusaichi Pegasus has won 1.994.400 dollars during its career. When it dropped out from the races, Pegasus was the last horse descended from Shareef Dancer.
2) Shareef Dancer
Racehorse Shareef Dancer had won 246.463 in five races. A Dubai Emir bought Shareef Dancer for 40 million dollars by in 1983. It descended from Northern Dancer. It earned 2 million in total, therefore we can say that it had a profitable career.
3) Totilas
Totilas has been the most expensive palfrey so far (21 million dollars), and it is really worth it. People refer to it as the most outstanding horse in the world. The Dutch horse broke a lot of records with the points it got during the races, and it is the only race horse which took more than 90 points in a single race. A German businessman bought it in 2011.
4) Green Monkey
Green Monkey holds the record of being the most expensive pure-blood sold in auction. It descended from Northern Dancer. Because of its breed, the expectations for Green Monkey were high, but it only won three races. It earned 10.440 dollars in its career in total.
5) Palloubet d’Halong
Palloubet d’Halong is the most expensive performance horse, sold for 15 million dollars. Jan Tops bought it in the Dutch Olympic Gold Medallist.
6) Seattle Dancer
Irish horse Seattle Dancer broke the world record of being the most expensive horse sold at the age of one to two. Seattle Dancer descended from Nijinsky, which won English Triple Crown 1971. It won two races, it was more profitable as a breeding horse. Seattle Dancer died from a heart attack.
7) Meydan City
In a 2006 auction, Meydan City sold for 11,7 million dollars. Unfortunately, it was one of the disappointing horses. It won 1360 dollar in total during its whole career.
8) Snaafi Dancer
Snaafi Dancer was brought by Aston Upthorpe (breeding company). It descended from Northern Dancer, but it was extremely slow during the races. It had other issues, like injuries and some breeding problems down the line.
9) Jalil
In 2006 Godolphin Racing bought the American pure-blood Jalil, born in Kentucky in 2004. It was a better investment than Plavius. Jalil managed to win Maktum Challenge and completed its career with 327.324.
10) Plavius
The vice president of United Arab Emirates bought Plavius. However, the horse didn’t meet the expectations. Now, it’s 9 years old, and has won 41.572 dollars in total so far.
If you’re interested in horse racing, no matter if you’re a beginner or not, we recommend you to try an original Betfair account. Good luck, but don’t forget to bet responsibly!
