I'm a sucker for cats. There are good ones and lousy ones, but a good cat is the perfect pet. Low maintenance, high affection, and you can lock them in the house for the weekend while you go on a trip without incurring 200 bucks in kennel costs.
The downside is you can't place bets on them at the racetrack. They're not good racers.
I love all animals, and have rescued many in my time. I rescued five 3-week-old kittens at the end of May. Three had been thrown in the trash at work, and two had been left on top of a tall hedge. They may have all been from the same litter. All now have good homes. I'm keeping two. I never raised baby kittens before. It's been a joy.
If this horse was a $5,000 claimer, he'd be on someone's dinner table in France.
He won the Kentucky Derby. That makes him worth mucho millions. His sire, Dynaformer stands for $100,000 a live foal. He didn't win the Derby. Let's assume Barbaro survives and stands for $100,000 a pop. Covers 200 mares a year for 20 years. You do the math.
http://www.stallionregister.com/sr_sire_page.asp?refno=1049059&origin=singlesearch