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Taken from a Aussie Paper:
AYDEE Fic might never be a superstar racehorse but after one start he has a cult following around Australia.A week ago few race fans were aware of Aydee Fic but there were some punters, most of Lebanese background, cheering and laughing as the two-year-old won on debut at Toowoomba on Saturday night.
What most now know, via blog sites and pub talk, is the loose translation of the Arabic phrase Aydee Fic is … f— you.
All racehorse names have to be approved by Racing Information Services Australia. Not surprisingly officials in Melbourne didn’t pick up the cheeky name. But they have moved swiftly to ban Aydee Fic, who in future will be known officially as Journey On.
Geelong businessman Rodney Lane has been identified as the "culprit".
"I was only having a bit of fun. That was the third name I submitted on the list of possible names," Lane said.
"I think Sam Newman is right. It’s a sanitised world now. The minority rules."
Toowoomba trainer Tony Gollan wasn’t sure of the exact meaning of the words until Aydee Fic won. The phones at the Toowoomba Turf Club office ran hot after the race as word spread.
Gollan’s mother Paulette, a part-owner, agreed to the name change to Journey On. But Lane is not happy with the new moniker.
The dust at least will be allowed to settle. Aydee Fic has been sent to the spelling paddocks and won’t be back at the racetrack for a few months.
Despite the diligence of RISA officials, there have been a few risque names sneak through the system.
Richard Cranium raced for several seasons; Wear The Fox Hat was never banned (say it quickly); and Stun On caused mirth with the dyslexic (spell it backwards – he was a gelding).
Others are very clever. Like the filly registered as Last To Know, sired by Knowledge out of a mare called Camilla.
Good stuff.
I thought Wear The Fox Hat made it to the entry stage and was then banned when the BHB picked up on it?
Good stuff.
I thought Wear The Fox Hat made it to the entry stage and was then banned when the BHB picked up on it?
Wear The Fox Hat raced in Australia.
A David Hayes filly tried to sneak it’s way through the Registrar of Racehorses by being named "Queeve".
Took very little time for the name to be changed to Intelligentsia.
I always thought that Shy Talk showed a certain degree of creativity.
…. oh and let’s not forget Mary Hinge !!!
Chris
I remember Sir Peter in the early 70’s commentating on a horse called "Superbum" as superb-um.
There were recently also "Whogivesadonald" and "Roger The Butler".
Not forgetting the great American racehorse Hoof Hearted
On the subject of sensitive commentators I remember Bill McClaren in the rugby when Condom was playing for France – he would avoid mentioning his name as much as possible even when he was in possession, only ever mentioning his name when he really had to.
Muff Diver ran here about 20 years ago.
If you go to back a certainty always buy a return ticket.
I don’t want to swerve off topic, but Gregor Fučka is a champion basketballer.
Pronounced "foo-sha".
EDIT: This write-up about Gregor from flumesday.com:
The countdown begins with Italian basketball player Gregor Fucka. When Fucka’s mother gave birth to Gregor in Slovenia on August 7, 1971, she could not have imagined that one day her little Fucka would be an Olympic athlete. Mother Fucka’s husband, Gregor’s father, is of Italian ancestry which allowed Gregor to become an Italian national and move to Trieste at the age of 19 to play in the Italian league. The 7-foot Fucka represented Italy at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney and won the ******* 2003 Spanish National Cup while playing for FC Barcelona.
Good stuff.
I thought Wear The Fox Hat made it to the entry stage and was then banned when the BHB picked up on it?
Wear The Fox Hat raced in Australia.
Ta Rory.
I remember a few years ago at Hereford two horses, one called The Wifes Sister and another called Mickey Pearce had a coming together and after the stewards did their usuall thing it then came on over the tannoy.
"Mickey Pearce had interfered with The Wifes Sisiter"
Hereford, March 20th 2006, 2.40pm, should anyone ever wish to source the race from the ATR archive or elsewhere – it was certainly a bit of a boxing match late on.
The result was allowed to stand with Mickey Pearce the victor, though I think the rider Steven Crawford may have picked up a holiday. Where’s Crawford disappeared to, incidentally? I can find no mention of him having ridden in the UK since July of that year.
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Mary Hinge and Cosy Dunce were two that sprang to mind when trying to think of cheeky names, though I think the latter, who was trained by John Gosden in 2004, most probably had to be renamed as I can find no trace of her under that name!
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