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Old 01-16-2009, 02:33 PM
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Default The racing gods will not permit..

a horse with a bad name to win the Kentucky Derby. Okay, Lil E. Tee slipped through, but even the gods nod once in a great while.

So who is your nominee for a 'racing-god' toss? Mine is Capt Candyman Can.
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Old 01-16-2009, 02:46 PM
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Big Brown wasn't a bad name? Burgoo King? I disagree with said angle!
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Old 01-16-2009, 03:37 PM
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Big Brown is an 'eh!' name, not a bad name. Fusaichi Pegasus was iffy too, for me, but at least the Pegasus part (the flying horse of Greek myths) was right. And the name flowed nicely. My example, Capt. Candyman Can, is just too long and choppy. Actually, I Want Revenge is pretty bad, too.
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Old 01-16-2009, 03:48 PM
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Big Brown was an awful name.
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Old 01-16-2009, 05:23 PM
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a rose by any other name......names mean nothing-not like the horse knows if he has an awful one.
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Old 01-16-2009, 05:47 PM
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Actually Lil E. Tee is kinda cute. It rolls off the tongue. Is anybody else annoyed by the forced lack of spacing in Pioneerof the Nile? Square Eddie is a strange name but the horse is cute.
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Old 01-17-2009, 10:00 AM
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a horse with a bad name to win the Kentucky Derby. Okay, Lil E. Tee slipped through, but even the gods nod once in a great while.

So who is your nominee for a 'racing-god' toss? Mine is Capt Candyman Can.

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Old 01-20-2009, 08:01 AM
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Big Brown was and still is a great name. He lived up to every bit of it and more.
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Old 01-20-2009, 08:30 AM
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Of the top 20 we can toss Capt Candyman Can .
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Old 01-20-2009, 11:59 AM
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Big Brown was and still is a great name. He lived up to every bit of it and more.
Maybe you really are brilliantly sarcastic after all.
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Old 01-20-2009, 01:50 PM
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