The continued fun-ness of the Belmont Stakes not withstanding, I think we can all agree that Horseracing takes itself way too seriously. The governing body "The Jockey Club," which has to approve every horse name before it is officially registered recently got a bunch of headlines for for disallowing the name "Sally Hemings" for a thoroughbred (Who was sired by "Jefferson's Secret" by the way) because it was insensitive and inappropriate.
So, I was delighted to find the following list of actual horse names APPROVED by the Jockey Club that competed in the American Thoroughbred circuit. I've also included the year they were registered. I am not making this up. search for your own bizarre name idea here: crazy horse names
Pussy Galore 1965
Blow Me (1945)
Get It On (both 1971 and 1986)
On Your Knees (1977 and 2005)
Spank It (1985)
Go Down (1963) (whose sire was "Service")
Jail Bait (1947 and 1983)
Barely Legal (1982 and 1989)
Date More Minors (1998)
Golden Shower (1955)
Cherry Pop (1961 and 1978)
Cum Rocket (1969)
Rhythm Method (1982)
Bodacious Tatas (1985)
Tit'n Your Girdle (1988)
Hard Like a Rock (1995)
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someone actually named a racing horse cum rocket???
ReplyDeletethat is out of control.
[also just to emphasize, no relation to j. rocket]
What about If Mandy Patinkin Were a Horse?
ReplyDelete(nod) Chaucer
-Papa's Delicate Condition
All those horse names remind me of the growing crisis in my classroom. While the real Jockey Club might be silly and pompous, a Jockey Club like apparatus for the innercity would be great. Ideally this could be located within the Planned Parenthood umbrella. Potential parents could be counseled on the wide ranging effects of an absurdly spelled name - from career advancement to salary to sexual opportunities to capacity to be taken seriously to aggravation when doing telephone transactions.
ReplyDeleteTo bloster my case, excerpts from my roster this fall.
Antyone Davis
Arikeila Corona
Kayabasha Cheetem
Kaliysha Reed
Petri Gordon
Tequa Jones (boy)
Tequa Robinson (girl)
Tyquon Robinson
Whanitah Nwogu
Some of these parents need to be stopped before they name again.
Bringing up the rear Ol' Felcher... and that's how the race was run!
ReplyDeleteHaha, he said badacious tatas....
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