Sea The Stars may earn more than Cristiano Ronaldo
• Sea The Stars has been retired to stud
• Horse could earn owners £653,000 a week in 2010
Trainer John Oxx and owner Christopher Tsui have decided to retire “Sea The Stars” to stud, despite of that this horse is the best racehorse for at least 20 years, is likely to eclipse the weekly earning power of Cristiano Ronaldo during the next breeding season.
No stud fee has yet been set for Sea The Stars, who won six top-class races during an unbeaten season in 2009 and became the first horse in history to win the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, something umplublished from 1989.
However William Hill yesterday opened a book on the eventual fee, with a sum between €90,000 and €110,000. That suggests Sea The Stars could earn around €700,000 a week for his owners during the breeding season in 2010. In the first year of his six-year deal at Real Madrid, by contrast, Ronaldo is paid a basic salary of €237,000 a week.
Oxx said that Sea The Stars's speed was his greatest attribute. "His success was down to a combination of everything, but the main thing is his speed. He has tremendous cruising speed. He can just travel off any pace totally at ease and then he can quicken up off it. Then there is his temperament, and it is courage and temperament that bring the good horses to a different level."
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