andymays
07-08-2010, 06:45 PM
http://www.drf.com/news/article/114613.html
Excerpt:
There are ways, however, of citing someone in the news without naming names. When Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York , was forced to resign because of his connection to a high-priced call-girl operation, Marylou Whitney and her husband, John Hendrickson, applied to change the name, for a $100 fee, of one of their 2-year-olds, Town Prowler. The original name seemed to be just right for Spitzer, but Whitney and Hendrickson, apparently wanting to be more incisive, chose Luv Gov. They did a tap dance later by saying that the name might apply to other governors as well. Luv Gov finished fifth in last year's Belmont Stakes, but had he won, that might have made for an interesting tableau in the winner's circle: the owners of the colt receiving a trophy from David A. Paterson, who became governor after the disgraced Spitzer resigned and who himself admitted to an extramarital affair shortly after he took office. Whitney and Hendrickson named another of their horses Ninth Client, also inspired by the Spitzer affair. They wanted to name the horse Client Number Nine, which was Spitzer's code name in one of the case's early affidavits, but that name had been reserved by the owner of another horse, so they settled for Ninth Client.
Some owners are outright diabolical in naming their horses. Jerry Jamgotchian, a gadfly who has been at odds with the California Horse Racing Board for years and has occasionally taken them to court, has named several horses after board members in unflattering ways. While the namesakes of these horses are obvious to many in the game, Jamgotchian doesn't use full names, which enables him to skirt Jockey Club rules. He named one horse Ingrid the Gambler, after Ingrid Fermin, former executive director of the CHRB. Another horse was named Shut Up Shapiro, after Richard Shapiro, the former CHRB chairman.
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The Jockey Club's rules for naming horses
http://www.drf.com/news/article/114617.html
Rule # F. The following classes of names are not eligible for use: (There are a total of 15)
Excerpt:
13. Names of winners in the past 25 years of grade one stakes races;
14. Permanent names. The list of criteria to establish a permanent name is as follows:
a. Horses in racing's Hall of Fame;
b. Horses that have been voted Horse of the Year;
c. Horses that have won an Eclipse Award;
d. Horses that have won a Sovereign Award (Canadian Champions);
e. Annual leading sire and broodmare sire by progeny earnings;
f. Cumulative money winners of $2 million or more;
g. Horses that have won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes, The Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Breeders' Cup Classic or the Breeders' Cup Turf; and
h. Horses included in the International List of Protected Names.
15. Names similar in spelling or pronunciation to the classes of names listed in Rule 6(F) 6 - 14 above.
For the full list go to: http://www.drf.com/news/article/114617.html
Excerpt:
There are ways, however, of citing someone in the news without naming names. When Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York , was forced to resign because of his connection to a high-priced call-girl operation, Marylou Whitney and her husband, John Hendrickson, applied to change the name, for a $100 fee, of one of their 2-year-olds, Town Prowler. The original name seemed to be just right for Spitzer, but Whitney and Hendrickson, apparently wanting to be more incisive, chose Luv Gov. They did a tap dance later by saying that the name might apply to other governors as well. Luv Gov finished fifth in last year's Belmont Stakes, but had he won, that might have made for an interesting tableau in the winner's circle: the owners of the colt receiving a trophy from David A. Paterson, who became governor after the disgraced Spitzer resigned and who himself admitted to an extramarital affair shortly after he took office. Whitney and Hendrickson named another of their horses Ninth Client, also inspired by the Spitzer affair. They wanted to name the horse Client Number Nine, which was Spitzer's code name in one of the case's early affidavits, but that name had been reserved by the owner of another horse, so they settled for Ninth Client.
Some owners are outright diabolical in naming their horses. Jerry Jamgotchian, a gadfly who has been at odds with the California Horse Racing Board for years and has occasionally taken them to court, has named several horses after board members in unflattering ways. While the namesakes of these horses are obvious to many in the game, Jamgotchian doesn't use full names, which enables him to skirt Jockey Club rules. He named one horse Ingrid the Gambler, after Ingrid Fermin, former executive director of the CHRB. Another horse was named Shut Up Shapiro, after Richard Shapiro, the former CHRB chairman.
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The Jockey Club's rules for naming horses
http://www.drf.com/news/article/114617.html
Rule # F. The following classes of names are not eligible for use: (There are a total of 15)
Excerpt:
13. Names of winners in the past 25 years of grade one stakes races;
14. Permanent names. The list of criteria to establish a permanent name is as follows:
a. Horses in racing's Hall of Fame;
b. Horses that have been voted Horse of the Year;
c. Horses that have won an Eclipse Award;
d. Horses that have won a Sovereign Award (Canadian Champions);
e. Annual leading sire and broodmare sire by progeny earnings;
f. Cumulative money winners of $2 million or more;
g. Horses that have won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes, The Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Breeders' Cup Classic or the Breeders' Cup Turf; and
h. Horses included in the International List of Protected Names.
15. Names similar in spelling or pronunciation to the classes of names listed in Rule 6(F) 6 - 14 above.
For the full list go to: http://www.drf.com/news/article/114617.html