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“The Euphrates”
Coolmore are usually reliable enough in coming up with decent names but I think they scoured the globe a little too closely to come up with this one. Whatever about considering the general public they should show some consideration for Mssrs Hoiles, Bartlett, Holt etc
Ian Davies horse “No Degrees of Uniqueness” is a poor name
I find it an attack on my horse name of “Quite Unique”
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Ian has finally won something…
Blackbeard to conquer the World
Am I missing something here? What is the problem with The Euphrates? Funnily enough Chris Dixon on Racing TV earlier was incapable of pronouncing it
Surely everyone’s heard of the longest river in Western Asia?
Poet Yeats, it’s the hoi polloi they must consider😉
(I would advise against “Yosemite” too)
Peter O’Sullevan could never pronounce Ventiquattrofogli.
The more I know the less I understand.
Mike Cattermole repeatedly called the winner of the 4th race at Plumpton “Ez Tiger” today. The hoi poloi all realised it was pronounced “Easy Tiger” and mostly seemed to have backed him for that reason.
As for worst names, I nominate “Tackletommywoowoo” (also at Plumpton), though it isn’t hard to pronounce.
Wayne Rooney owned a horse once
Called it pippy…. It’s a racehorse pal not a pet puppyBlackbeard to conquer the World
Names were ‘better’ back in the day, before Weatherby’s dragged themselves into the 20th Century. DIY Motor Store, Hellcatmudwrestler and Muff Diver being particularly egregious examples.
I recall a Richard Hannon-trained horse called Hankypankymanki having an unfortunate mispronunciation by a member of the Channel Four team back in the 1990s.
My least favourite names are those where the name of a well-known racehorse of the past is reused.
The set of protected names is far too small in my opinion.
Of course as Marine pointed out Hellcatmudwrestler was a cracking name , thought about naming my first born it but er indoors would have banned it .
I also loved Wiki Wiki Wheels ( taxi firm in West Indies I think it was ) , Miki Miki Motor , and Marx Brothers characters J Cheever Loophole , Hiram B Birdbath and there was one other on that theme , I think J Cheever was the best of them , all trained up north and early 2 year olds .Duplicated names Marlingford . This skipped through but different jurisdictions .
Tower of London raced by Godolphin in Japan , born 2015 , won multiple group races including top Sprint in Japan the Sprinters Stakes , now at stud Darley Japan.Tower of London , Group winner and top staying prospect Coolmore and likely stallion
Seems odd to get through so close ,both will appear in pedigrees .
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