Name the Top Ten Derby Horses
Street Sense, Nobiz Like Shobiz, Great Hunter join Derby Name Game
If you were to choose a name for a thoroughbred race horse, what name would you choose? This year's Triple Crown contenders have family names, and a little Shobiz.
A large number of thoroughbred race horses have descending family names. In this season's crop, there is Street Sense. His daddy is Street Cry. Other streets eventually will be named.
In the past, In Excess begat Texcess and Winninginexcess. More excesses will surely follow.
Race horses are delicately recorded as to color and name and pedigree. Registration is an industry must. What name would you choose to describe your thoroughbred?
Descending family names are probably not a bad way to go. We've had some good ones - Man o' War, War Admiral, but then, Seabiscuit - a Naval bread, hard as a biscuit, eaten at sea. Pass the mayo. Seaboss, maybe, or Seabound, or Seawind.
No fair using names we can't pronounce - Leroidesanimaux. He was a great runner, but who could pass along the information? No one could say his name.
An imaginative 2007 Derby contender name is Nobiz Like Shobiz. And he's paired with the perfect trainer's name. Who ever heard of a Barclay Tagg? That's showbiz!
Cobalt Blue...hmm. Nice. Icy. Will he run chilly in the Derby?
What's the worse name a thoroughbred champion ever had? My choice is Secretariat. Big Red had the perfect conformation, the statement three white socks, power, color, and a stride as big as Texas. Even Terry would have been a better name. Spelled Tary, maybe, for ironic affect. Then came his son who looked just like him. Disastrously named - General Assembly.
My choice for best thoroughbred race horse name ever is that of a recent Canadian champion - Soaring Free.
Soaring Free. Wow! What a beautiful tag for a domesticated but free-spirited racing thoroughbred. It makes me feel wind and see fire in a powerful, unstoppable, mane-flowing vision of free-wheeling motion.
While Street Sense, Nobiz Like Shobiz, Great Hunter, and the rest of the top ten hunt for 2007 Derby gold, I'll take Any Given Saturday because I appreciate word play, and that name is clever.
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