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A horse earned $7.1 million in four years. Now he makes it in 11 days

Joe Drape
New York Times·
11 mins to read
A horse earned $7.1 million in four years. Now he makes it in 11 days
Flightline, undefeated in six career races and the winner of $7.1 million in purses, during a break last month from performing stud services at Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. Photo / Luke Sharrett, The New York Times

Enjoy today’s top racehorses while you can. It won’t be long before they quit racing and go where the real money is.

Flightline had put on 45kg in the five months since the end of his brief but astonishing racing career. He was still light on his feet, though, as

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