The Canadian Sportsman
July 07, 2010
Okay, so I’m a huge dork. I get a tremendous amount of joy out of seeing the new horse names each year, as well as some of the most curious name changes that people come up with. Getting a chuckle out of the cute and/or clever and/or groan-inducing names is really the only way to keep my sanity during the many hours of Dream Stable data entry.
Of course, the theory behind many of the names can be easily deduced by the sire, the dam or the breeder’s standard prefix or suffix. There are others, however, that I’d love to know the story behind.
Here are a few highlights from my running list this time around:
The English Lit Award:
Madame Defarge; To Kill A Rockingbird
The Great Expectations Award:
Goshen Seelster; The Queen; Im A Centerfold; Prodigal Seelster; Man O War
The Lower Expectations Award:
Entry Hanover; Break Even; Food Money
The Best Rocknroll-insired name (and, believe me, there’s a lot to choose from) Award:
But I Like It; Stoneroll Jackson
The Worst Rocknroll-inspired name (and believe me, there’s a lot to choose from) Award:
Arockalypse Wow, which has thankfully been changed to Pretty Katherine.
The Tiger Woods-Jagged Little Pill Award:
Andover The Prenup; Home Wrecker; Massive Drama; Philander
The At-A-Theater-Near-You Award:
Invictus; Mr Josey Wales; Shutter Island; Field Of Dreams
The Cheeky Wordplay Award:
Mater Deo; Nobama
The Two-Men-Enter-One-Man-Leave Award:
Master Blaster
The Workin’ For A Livin’ Award:
Mailman Bob; Salesman Joe; Pastor Stephen
The Most Curious Name Change Award:
Royal Lookout becomes Royal Outlook…. Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller?
The My-Spellchecker-Will-Never-Forgive-Me Award:
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Anyone come across a new horse name that you love or hate? Something that gave you a chuckle? Drop us a line by clicking “Comment” below.
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July 06, 2010
The two-year-olds are coming and several Dream Stable managers in the top ten have already received a bump in earnings from a precocious youngster who seems to be ahead of the freshman learning curve.
Leading the way in this regard is two-year-old trotting colt Leader Of The Gang (Muscles Yankee—Fraulien Bluestone), a Jimmy Takter trainee, who is two-for-two in his young career with more than $35,000 earned thanks to his 1:56.2 win on July 1 in the $44,100 Harriman at the Meadowlands.
Kudos to the 11 Dream Stable contestants who ignored the sticker-shock of his $170,000 price tag and spent almost a third of their $500,000 limit to include Leader Of The Gang in their roster of two-year-olds. His $35,000 contribution was enough to shuffle Dream Stable manager Delmar French into second place, up from third at our last update. Likewise, Clarke Pollock also got a boost from the young trotter, moving up from seventh to fourth position.
Although his two-year-olds have yet to make their mark, Howard Collins is still our overall leader with $1,609,514 in stable earnings.
Click here to see the latest Dream Stable standings through July 5, 2010.
July 01, 2010
Shawn Steacy, who sat atop the standings just one week ago, tumbled all the way down to 134th place as the Sportswriter backers stampeded past the trainer from Lansdowne, ON, who had his eggs in the Rock N Roll Heaven basket.
For the 261 Dream Stable managers who selected three-year-old pacing colt Sportswriter, North America Cup night on June 26 was a very good night. With the winner’s share of the $1.5 million purse now in their coffers, these savvy managers have catapulted themselves to the top of the Dream Stable heap and, for now, left all of the Sportswriter-less entries in their dust.
Howard Collins of North Sydney, NS takes over the lead in the pool thanks not only to the newly-crowned Cup champion, but also Fan Hanover and Elegantimage winners Western Silk and Ultimate Cameron. Collins is followed by second-place Tim Duncan of Harriston, ON, who also has Sportswriter and Western Silk, but settled for Poof Shes Gone’s third-place money in the Elegantimage.
Click here to see the latest Dream Stable standings through June 28, 2010.
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