European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cartwright and Little Joe Riding Lor us. We re still getting feedback trom it. Our surveys show that our members got interested in Quarter horse s at 14 and bought their first horse at 21. These Are the people who saw the last of the to  the average Quarter Horie Sells for $ 1.000 to $2,500 and is most often used As a pleasure horse under Western Saddle. There Are also a Hundred Quarter horse racetracks in 18 states. Last year americans attended More than 16,700 such races spending $350 million at the betting windows. Quarter horses bred for Speed Over Short distances race on Quarter mile tracks. The world record for a Quarter mile held by a Quarter horse is 21.02 seconds or 47 Mph. A leading thoroughbred by comparison requires 24.1 seconds to go the same distance although on a longer track the Quarter horse will soon eat the thoroughbred s dust. While record Price thoroughbreds have grabbed most of the headlines in recent years the second leading Quarter horse sire. Dash Lor Cash was syndicated Lor $30 million and special Effort the 1981 world Champion Quarter horse was syndicated for half that amount. Top prices also have been paid in recent years Lor arabian horses the world s oldest pure Breed but a relative newcomer to the United states. Last year. The first million Dollar arabian yearling was sold at auction in Arizona. Registration figures for arabians show steady growth with a total . Population of 264,664. According to Sally Corey of the arabian horse registry. All thoroughbreds can Trace their bloodlines Back to one of three arabian stallions whose blood was combined with that of heavier English mares to sire the Breed of champions two centuries ago. There s a lot of Romance with this Breed says Corey. Many believe these Are the finest horses in the world partly because their blood has remained pure Over thousands of  arabians Are much smaller and slower than thoroughbreds and Are known Lor endurance rather than Speed. Versatility is another hallmark they can be used Lor Hunting jumping Carriage pulling ranch work and pleasure Riding. Arabian racing while still limited. Has become More popular in recent years. Other popular american pleasure horses include the Morgan the Anglo and Hall Arab and the Tennessee Walker As Well As two color Breeds the Appaloosa noted for its spotted coat As Well As its Speed stamina and docile temperament and the Pinto or paint horse Good All around Riding horse whose coat is marked by broken patches of Black and White or Brown and White. Western movies often depict indians astride pintos a � favorite of Many tribes because the animals broken Coats provided Good camouflage. Unlike the Breed of champions the other Breeds however popular tend to produce few superstars a sad state of affairs in v Beverley Henderson s opinion. I grew up with horses i face Silver and trigger. But today s children have Only Pace creatures she says sadly. Too Many of them have no warm animal they can love and identity with. She s hoping to change All that with the help of Sam i 1 am the $2,000 paint horse whose own newsletter we Sam scoop is now in its second printing. Thit Coll ton of Nijinsky ii to d for o record $13.1 million. I just Hope he can run9 t he Bay Colt known As no. 215 had jus been sold at the annual selected yearling Sale for a world record $ 13.1 million and Inland around Kee Neland race course in Lexington. By. The hubbub had yet to die Down. Outside the sales Pavilion reporters mobbed the buyer British soccer pools Baron Robert Sangster who calmly sipped a cold drink and did his Best to ignore them. A second group of reporters lunged for the pay phones in the office. Inside auctioneer Tom Caldwell tried to quiet the crowd not. Only buyers and Sellers but also Awe struck racing lans workingmen to whom High rolling meant the $50 betting window at Churchill Downs. Over at barn 14, where the prize yearling was already Back in his stall his excited Groom was offering his observations to a Herd of onlookers who had stampeded Over to see what $13 million Worth of horse looked like. I knew he had a Chance to be the Sale Topper said Scott Burns a Young genial Gap toothed fellow who wore a slightly dazed expression As he leaned on the rail in front of 215 s stall. We kicked around figures like $3 million to $5 million but numbers like that Are pretty incomprehensible to me. Like. I need a new pair of shoes you know he said with a laugh. He did pin me up against a feed trough once but he s All right. I guess i la have to go to Europe if i Ever want to see him  Burns gazed at the world record yearling he d helped raise the As yet unnamed son of Nijinsky ii and grandson of Northern dancer and he reached Back to give him a proprietary Pat on the neck. I wish him the Bestol  then his Grin faded and he added softly i just Hope he can  it is a Long standing irony of this Industry that a $13 million horse May not run As last As a $1,100 horse. But it is by no Means the Only one. This is a business of ironies a horse with flawless conformation can break Down on a Racetrack his perfect leg. His career and his life shattered in the tick of a Stopwatch. A horse with a leg As crooked As a Black Snake can run without mishap for years. A horse whose parents won millions on the Tud can prove himself unable to outrun a Lal Man a horse whose parents won nothing can join the ranks of racing s 69 Equine millionaires. A Man with a Lew dollars to spend and no experience in the horse business can win the Kentucky Derby with the first Hoise he s Ever owned. A professional breeder Wilh unlimited Money and years of experience can devote his like to Breeding a Derby Winner and die an old Man still trying. A yearling that nobody wants can go on to become a stallion that everyone wants a stallion that everyone wants can produce foals that nobody wants this business attracts some people who Are Brilliant in their own Fields but who spend two nights at a cocktail party and think they know everything about  says Nick Nicholson executive director of the Kentucky thoroughbred owners and breeders association. With some full time horse people you can ask them who the president of the United states is and they la Tell you Harry Truman. But if you ask them who won the fourth race at Hollywood they la know every  increasingly the business attracts lawyers and stockbrokers and doctors and real estate developers Rich folks by most people s standards. But to the Arab sheiks. Greek shipping magnates and japanese businessmen lured into the game a decade ago. These new players constitute the Middle c ass. The foreign investor i in turn constitute new Money to the closed Circle of Bluegrass Blu bloods. Their recent infusion of the rial drachma and yen. Not to mention the Pound has greatly increased the value of the thoroughbred. It s become one of the hottest International commodities of the 80s transported freely from continent to continent As though the Atlantic did t  says Jim Williams director of publicity for Kee Neland. It has happened so fast that it has taken even the most knowledgeable in this business by Surprise. In 1944, when Kee Neland held its first selected yearling Sale the average Price paid was $5,231. Twenty years later the average had risen to about $20,000. Twenty years after that it hit $544,681. The stars and stripes Page 15