Their have been some weird ones over the years. The Jockey Club screens all proposed names, and, I understand, rejects most (an owner must submit multiple names). One owner once made it easy for himself by giving his animal a short, descriptive name: RACE HORSE
You can't use names of great champions, like Man 'o War, Seabiscuit, Secretariat, etc. Also, you can't use names that may be offensive to someone's race, religion, ethnicity, etc.
Or those with scatalogical or sexual reference. But once, years ago, I recall a horse running with a terrific name, one that somehow got past the eagle eyes of the Jockey Club: CUNNING STUNT.
Now imagine a track announcer, in the heat of a race call, reversing a couple of letters on top of both names: "And now, slipping through on the rail between horses, it's STUNNING ------ "
Don't know if it ever happened. Hope so.
And it is Travers Day today, big day for racing. I have a few picks up at the horse racing forum, as do some other great handicappers.
You can't use names of great champions, like Man 'o War, Seabiscuit, Secretariat, etc. Also, you can't use names that may be offensive to someone's race, religion, ethnicity, etc.
Or those with scatalogical or sexual reference. But once, years ago, I recall a horse running with a terrific name, one that somehow got past the eagle eyes of the Jockey Club: CUNNING STUNT.
Now imagine a track announcer, in the heat of a race call, reversing a couple of letters on top of both names: "And now, slipping through on the rail between horses, it's STUNNING ------ "
Don't know if it ever happened. Hope so.
And it is Travers Day today, big day for racing. I have a few picks up at the horse racing forum, as do some other great handicappers.