Hoover "cleaned up" awful pun from Lingfield

[eddie case]

I noticed Stewart has been in fine form with his puns at Aintree this week, managed 3 out of 3 on the first day including such beauts as Flight Lieutenants earn’s his stripes and Conan the Destroyer.

Surely he has missed his vocation and should be a headline writer for The Sun.

Hopefully if calling the end of The National he will have a cracker lined up to treat us with, on reflection hopefully it will be Mark Johnson calling the end of the race.

[Rondo]

I think there’s a danger of being too po-faced about all this. A touch of humour, the puns that make you groan, can add to the atmosphere when you’re on course watching a race. After all, horse racing is part of the entertainment business. That said, agree that for a commentator to do it in every race would be wrong. But there needs to be some enthusiasm in a commentary and the puns can be part of that.

[% MAN]

I think there’s a danger of being too po-faced about all this. A touch of humour, the puns that make you groan, can add to the atmosphere when you’re on course watching a race. After all, horse racing is part of the entertainment business. That said, agree that for a commentator to do it in every race would be wrong. But there needs to be some enthusiasm in a commentary and the puns can be part of that.

Agreed and I think Stewart (as well as Mark and Darren) got it spot on in the National.

[Getzippy]

Lol, I love the puns! They do have to be good, though – and not all the time. The ones that are well-thought-out add some humour and colour to the commentary.

There was a chaser running not long ago called BIG KNICKERS.

Now, imagine the fun you could have if it couldn’t jump…

I sometimes think owners deliberately call horses silly names to see what they can get away with. If I had a few horses, I’d like to call my worst one something risque, like:

Enjoys Her Knockers

Big Willy

Fancyafondle

I’m trying to think of some clever ones, honest!

There was a horse running at Gowran Park on Monday called:

Wagadoogoochoochoo

Surely the owners are just trying to flummox the commentator.

I wonder what the most difficult name for a horse commentator to pronounce would be?

(tee hee)

Zip

[yeats]

Agreed and I think Stewart (as well as Mark and Darren) got it spot on in the National.

Is that despite the commentator failing to name any of the 3 fallers / ur at the canal turn?

[Purwell]

A few years back on the AW "Doberman is snapping at their heels"

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highways

[stevecaution]

Didn’t Julie Cecil have some horses named as Spoonerisms back in the 90’s (Spoonerism i.e. Loving Shepherd becomes Shoving Leopard). The two I remember were Mary Hinge and Joe Blob and a friend of mine told me that the authorities cottoned on and the name Hasty Ted was refused.

Some of my other favourites for various reasons were:-

Pish Kesh

Fabius Cunctator

Muff Diver (from the 1970s)

Richard Cranium (one time Melbourne Cup entry)

From the world of Greyhound Racing:-

Didlo

More Beef

Cheeky Dick

and the legendary Wimbledon runner Lovely Furburger.

Ah, the nostalgia of it all.

Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.

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