I apologize for the delay in letting you know the results from this thread asking for help with naming my group’s yearlings. Time to Name the Yearlings! Your help is requested. - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board
We did the voting process a bit differently than we had in the past, and it took much longer than usual. We also had several of the names we submitted to the Jockey’s Club for approval be denied.
But our yearlings now are officially named and registered thoroughbreds. And two dopers now have bragging rights!
So here is the run down.
Our gorgeous Cactus Ridge-Taxquenya by Kris S. colt is now Cacto Canto. That means Cactus Ridge in Spanish. His barn name will be C.C.
The yearlings have recently been broken ( A much gentler process than it sounds, I promise. They have been handled by humans from the day they were foaled, so a rider getting up on their backs was not very tramatic.) These shots are from the first day of being ridden. Now that they are broken, they will be schooled a bit more, then turned out until the their bones finish developing. They won’t start any serious training until the vet x-rays them and gives us the OK so we can be sure their bodies are ready.
Here is Cacto Canto
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The winning name for the Trust N Luck-French Reign by Miswaki, who was born on St Patrick’s Day, was Irish Reign. Evidently that sounded too much like Irish Rain, who is a horse currently running, so was it was rejected. She is now Seventeenshamrocks.
The name chosen for the Black Minnaloushe -Claire’s Jade by Jade Hunter, was very close to one suggested by Revenent Threshold. In fact both names made it to the final voting. **Revenent Threshold ** suggested Midnight Gem. The winner was Midnight Jewel.
Now for the Doper named thoroughbreds. The original name we submitted for the Posse-Charming Mom by Arch was Posse Whipped. The Jockey Club told us that was in poor taste, so rejected it. Next we tried Posse Galore, also rejected. So the third name, submitted by It’s Not Rocket Surgery, was accepted. She is now officially Playing Posse.
And the last of the group, our Sweetsouthernsaint-Conway Kitty by Miswaki was named by NajaNivea. She is now Sweetsouthernkitty.
http://www.pedigreequery.com/sweetsouthernkitty
( I don’t know why Playing Posse isn’t up yet, but I will keep checking)
So congratulations to **It’s Not Rocket Surgery ** and NajaNivea! You have officially named a registered thoroughbred! How many of your friends can claim to have done that? If you PM me with an email address, I will give some additional information about these horses if you are interested in following them. And like Snooooopy, who named one last year, I will update you when they get ready to race, so you can watch. You are invited to join us at the race, or I can let you know how to watch online, if you aren’t anywhere near a track or have a horseracing channel.
And an update on Snooooopy’s No Sir Ender Cat. She had just started in training at Churchill Downs with one of the country’s top trainers, Eddie Kenneally. She was doing well, then started to decline. When the vet checked her out, he found she had an equine virus. Not anything fatal, or contagious, fortunately. She is receiving treatment for it and is expected to make a full recovery. But if the virus has left her weak, or training in anyway would harm her, we will retire her and find another career she would be more suited for. So we are just waiting to see how she does. She is comfortable and doing well now. Here is a picture of her when she was at the training center for initial training, last August. She is the one in the middle.
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And Snooooopy, since I last emailed you, I have lost that email account and now have a new email. Since No Sir Ender Cat won’t be making her expected debut this fall at Churchill Downs as we had hoped, I will update you her progress.
And here are the newly named fillies:
Playing Posse on the left, and Seventeenshamrocks on the right:
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And this is Sweetsouthernkitty on the left and the Midnight Jewel on the right.
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And these things change as the horses mature, but right now the smart money on who will be the star of this year’s crop would be split between Sweetsouthernkitty and Playing Posse. Playing Posse’s sire is the number one freshman sire in the country, so that looks good for her. And Sweetsouthernkitty has been getting rave revues from the folks who broke her, ( they also broke Curlin, who will be voted this year’s Horse of the Year, so they know a thing or two about good horses). So right now it looks as if the two Doper named horses really have potential.
Thanks to all who submitted names. Since we have had winning names two years in a row from this board, I will be back next year for help again. If anyone wants to get an early start, here are the weanlings that will need names next:
Van Nistlerooy - Copra by Jade Hunter filly
Powerscourt - French Reign by Miswaki colt
Pembroke - Nothern Streak by Lucky North colt
Act of Duty - Conway Kitty by El Prado filly
Great Pyramid - Charming Mom by Arch filly
Full Mandate - Claire’s Jade by Jade Hunter colt
Thanks again, and congrats to **It’s Not Rocket Surgery ** and NajaNivea
Jewel does sound a lot better than Gem, I have to say.
And for now it is a “when” not “if” on the Winner’s Circle photo, so you will most definately get one!