SHEIKH MOHAMMED - up to £14bn
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum owns the Godolphin stable. With a net worth estimated by some as high as £14bn but as 'low' as £3bn by other outlets, Sheikh Mohammed's firm has recorded over 5,000 winners worldwide since its inception in 1992.
1. Yutaka Take. Taking the top spot is Japan's Yutaka Take, who has earned an estimated $925m throughout his extensive career, picking up over 4,400 wins in the process. With a record like that, Take is certainly the hottest ticket in town.
Godolphin is the global thoroughbred breeding operation and horseracing team founded by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Today Team Godolphin spans four continents, from our home in Dubai to Europe, Australia, Japan and America.
Godolphin/Darley now has nearly 800 horses in Australia including 22 stallions, 199 broodmares and 375 racehorses plus foals and yearlings.
Fusaichi Pegasus is the most expensive horse ever costing $70 million. Living up to the mythical, this Thoroughbred racehorse won the Kentucky Derby in 2000. He has career earnings of almost $2 million and sired of over 75 stakes winners worldwide. Considering his price, his offspring were considered a disappointment.
Secretariat – Maybe the most well-known racehorse of all time was the first in racing history to be awarded the Horse of the Year Award. His US Triple Crown performances ingrained his place in history.
Court documents and publicly available financial records obtained by Guardian Australia show that in 2019, despite Godolphin Australia making $34.3m in prize money and $10.2m from horse sales, the company lost $25.5m. In the past four years, it has lost a total of almost $148m.
UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the driving force behind Godolphin. The family's breeding operation, Darley, is named in honour of another of the three original Thoroughbred stallions, Darley Arabian.
Team Godolphin spans four continents, from our home in Dubai to Europe, Australia and America and has approximately 1,000 horses in training.
About us. Coolmore Stud is owned by John Magnier, originally from Co. Cork.
The real money for jockeys comes from prize money, if they can ride a horse to finish first, second or third in a race and earn part of the purse. The percentages a jockey receives for a Thoroughbred race range from 5% for a second- or third-place finish to 10% for first place.
The new riding fees for 2022/2023 inclusive of superannuation are: Race Ride: $268.52 per ride plus GST (if any). Barrier Trial: $93.98 per ride plus GST (If any).
Riders also get performance-related pay in the shape of a percentage of any prize-money their mounts earn. This ranges from 8.5 to nine per cent of winning prize-money over jumps, depending on the race. It is 6.9 per cent on the Flat. Under both codes they take home 3.5 per cent of placed prize-money.
Nature Strip crowned Australian Racehorse of the Year
Trainer Chris Waller continued his dominance of the Australian Racehorse of the Year Award after his superstar sprinter Nature Strip was crowned the nation's best horse for a second time at the 2022 Racing Awards in Melbourne tonight (3 September 2022).
Gai Waterhouse is eyeing next year's The Everest for her new charge Alcohol Free after Yulong Investments bought the four-time English group 1 winner for $10.16 million at Tattersalls December Mares Sale on Tuesday.
#1: Man O' War: The Best RaceHorse of All Time
Man O' War raced from 1919-1921. To this day, he is considered the greatest racehorse of all time. Man O' War was a chestnut stallion that won 20 out of his 21 races. One of his most notable victories is when he raced and won carrying 138 lbs.