Charles Trent
Q– Joe A asked who are the most influential sires or who were the three founding SIRES of the Thoroughbred Breed?
A – Let’s start with the three founding sires. They are The Darley Arabian, Godolphin Arabian and Byerley Turk. The first thoroughbred was Bulle Rock imported here in 1730. As for the most influential sires, this is a little tougher.
I believe they are Man o’ War, Bold Ruler, Northern Dancer, Raise A Native, Storm Cat, Mr. Prospect, Nasrullah, Danzig and so on. There are easy another 25 or so that can be on this list. Today’s most global influential sires are Gelileo, Frankel, Into Mischief, Curlin, Uncle Mo, Tapit, War Front and many others.
Q – Joe’s second question is at what age can someone become a jockey?
A – The age is 15 years old. Most Jockeys start around 18 with a year or two of working horses. With that being said, there are a wide range of ages out there. Shoemaker a HOF retired at 54. They are very strong athletes remember they must guide a 1200 lb. animal. They must weigh 118 or less. There are some Jockeys that fight the weight issues and work twice as hard to stay under weight. Laffit Pincay is a HOF had that problem most of his career. There are a lot of dangerous sports out there but this one has an ambulance follow them around the track. So, remember the next time you complain about a ride and or even say that you can do better, I would think about that again because I doubt it very much.
Q – Susan R asked Horse races are often measured in FURLONGS. What is a furlong?
A – Good question Susan. A furlong is 1/8 of a mile or 220 yards. And for our European fans it is 201.168 meters. Now they consider a sprint 4 furlongs up to 7 ½ furlongs a sprint, 8 furlongs to 9 furlongs is a mid-distance and 1 ¼ is deemed the “classic” distance. Yes, we have races over 1 ¼ . There are races over 1 ¼ but not very common with the most famous one Belmont Stakes at a 1 ½.
Q– Eddie W. asked I saw a horse sold for $3.55 million is this what they go for ? and what is the average sale price?
A – Eddie this is a tough to answer but I’ll do my best. To answer the first question, some horses sell for even more money. The highest was for $70 million and that was Fusaichi Pegasus after running in the 2000 Triple Crown races.
In a two-year-old in training sale, you will see horses go for millions, but you will also see them go for a few thousand with the average somewhere around 60k or so. At a yearling sale it will be about the same. The Breeding sale will have fillies, Mares, and weanlings. This sale is different because it depends on what you are shopping for, mares can go for millions down to a few hundred dollars. Weanlings can go for a few hundred thousand down to a few hundred dollars with the average around 40k.
Basically, there’s a horse for everyone’s budget.
About Charles Trent
Charles Trent started going to the races when he was 10 years old and bought his first racehorse when he was 18 years old. He’s been involved in the sport of Kings since. Charles understands both the gambling and training part of the sport.
He has owned horses on and off since 1985, trained horses from 1999 to 2008 and every horse that he purchased as a trainer got to the winner circle. Charles worked with top trainers and jockeys as an owner along with many great grooms, jockeys, jockey agents and even racing office personal as a trainer. Now, Charles is a Bloodstock Agent helping people start their journey in this Great Sport.
Charles will take your questions taking questions about horseracing from buying horses for racing to pinhooking, breeding, the ins and outs of the backside from a trainer’s point of view and even about gambling.
Send Charles Trent, Bloodstock Agent and Racing Manager of Big Casino Racing, your questions to Bigcasinoracing@gmail.com
