1 Million for the Bellmont and a 5 Million dollar bonus for winning the Triple Crown. In all, 1 million for the Derby, 1 million for the Preakness, 1 million for the Belmont plus the 5 million dollar bonus. 8 million in all and then at least 10 million in stud fees!!
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Now it is 25p...... At the time when we in UK still had shillings & pence it was a considerable amount of money. If you got 5 shillings pocket money you were very well off indeed. Just think 25 P wont even get you a mars bar now...
Poor victorians would mainly live on the streets and would not have much money
$5,000 a day
maybe over a billion pounds
Nothing much. He did not bring back the gold he promised the crown and as far as they were concerned he did not meet the conditions of his contract with them, so they did not bestow honors or titles on him. After his death his son took them to court to gain the promised titles and money that the crown withheld . He was not a hero or famous in his time. It is in only in modern history that the fable of his voyage grew.