Horses With The Same Name

[Anonymous]

One for this thread at Sandown this afternoon –

Isitfridayyet

[cormack15]

I see AOB has a two year old called Zoffany. Rings a bell. 80’s perhaps?

[% MAN]

One is Invisible Man (FR) the other Invisible Man (GB)that is allowed.

I’m sure someone will have the details to hand but I recal a race some years ago where there were two horses of the same name in the same race – the only difference one had an (IRE) suffix.

HTH

[Cav]

Thanks, Paul. Damn French horse.

[Onthesteal]

Harbinger (G1 Jockey, Playstaion) shares the same name with the real horse that runs today at Ascot!! The former runs in silks of Khalid Abdullah, as opposed to Highclere

[Venusian]

I’m afraid no horse’s names are sacred – there have been more than a dozen Eclipses.

[graysonscolumn]

I’m sure someone will have the details to hand but I recal a race some years ago where there were two horses of the same name in the same race – the only difference one had an (IRE) suffix.

Not quite the same race, but the nearest I’ve found so far is the occurrence at Kempton on November 21st 2001, where identically monikered horses ran in successive races.

The GB-bred Red Blazer won the novices’ chase at 1.35pm for Hen Knight and Jim Culloty;

http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result … &popup=yes

…then 35 minutes later, the Tony Carroll-trained NZ-bred Red Blazer finished fifth in a stayers’ handicap hurdle;

http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result … &popup=yes

Closest so far, I reckon. Can anyone find two in the same race?

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[Irish Stamp]

There were two "Averti"’s in one race in the early 1990’s, think it was at Yarmouth though not 100%.

[Grey Desire]

Correctomondo IS

30th Jun 1994,finished 5th and 6th respectively in a conditions race.

[% MAN]

Whoops deleted – hadn’t noticed GD had already confirmed it.

[juliemo]

There are two Binoculars. One races on the flat and the other over jumps. My computer software thinks they are the same horse.

[davidjohnson]

Musical Echo was by Distant Music (USA) and otr of Distant Music (GB).

[quadrilla]

There are two Binoculars. One races on the flat and the other over jumps. My computer software thinks they are the same horse.

A decent pair of Binoculars.

Binocular (FR) – 2004 races in GB.

Binocular (GB) – 2004 races in IRE.

Backing two runners is the relentless pursuit of value. Backing each way is a shortcut to the poor house. Only 7% make a long term profit.

[SimonD]

Denman – Gold Cup winner owned by Harry Findlay.
Denman – Group 2 winning 7f horse, owned by Sheikh Mohammed, now part of Godolphin.

[The Vintner]

There’s a Nicanor racing on either side of the Atlantic, the French bred one trained by Noel Meade in Ireland and the full brother to Barbaro trained by Michael Matz stateside.

[eddie case]

Zoffany (Ire) ran last week at Ascot despite another Zoffany (Ire) having run only 5 years ago. The original Zoffany is not listed as "dead" so someone must have been notified it was not going to run again or it is in fact "dead".
Even so, 5 years seems a very short length of time before a name can be re-used.

[Ugly Mare]

I would be more concerned about the following trend that’s occurred in the last 20 years, generally emanating from the same source:-

Hibaayeb [2007]
Habaayib [2007]
Tajweed [2005]
Tajwid [1992]
Tajaweed [2005]
Tajannab [1991]
Tajannab [1992]
Tajannub [1992]
Mujtahid [1988]
Mujtahida

[1993]
Mujahid [1996]
Mujaazef [GB] [2007]
Mujaazif [1988]
plus any number of other Muj’s…

obsessive naming at it’s worst, I think.

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