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12-20-2012, 04:59 PM
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Stop the 'Violence'?
http://www.drf.com/blogs/any-other-name
The name follows logically enough from the dam, but it made me cringe well before the Newtown situation. Wasn't in love with He's Had Enough either because it makes him either sound someone who's worn out or a drunk, but obviously it's the owner's right to try to name their horse something in curious taste. The Jockey Club let it through, and names like Bodacious Tatas and Panty Raid have gotten through in the past. I suppose if there were a desire to change (and it doesn't sound like the owner plans on it) a compromise could be that since the word is spelled the same in French but obviously is pronounced differently, you could always pronounce it the French way which sounds a little more elegant and a little less shocking. Could always change it to Violenza which is Italian for Violence and acknowledges the language of the sire's name. Probably no way around sportswriters trying to be clever with their titles though. 
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12-20-2012, 05:13 PM
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Who gives a sh!t?
It is a decent name for a horse and a stupid idea for a column.
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12-20-2012, 05:18 PM
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I agree.. People are bat-dung crazy. In the comments section under the Futurity recap story somewhere, a woman wrote that she can't wait until the horse breaks down and that's exactly what the sick millionaire that named him deserves. This is what you're dealing with.
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12-20-2012, 05:32 PM
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I hope Jay Hovdey's typing fingers break down.
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12-20-2012, 05:40 PM
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I look forward to the follow-up, when there is a demand for a retroactive name change of Ack Ack.
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12-21-2012, 03:33 PM
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Perhaps the squeaky voice has driven him mad.
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12-20-2012, 05:53 PM
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12-20-2012, 06:07 PM
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I think in the wake of something so awful people flail out for something, anything, to put blame on as a way of trying to exert some control over a scary world. Imagine if the horse had been named "Violent Video Game."
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12-21-2012, 01:23 PM
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Look at the all-time best selling video games in Canada: Grand Theft Auto 4, Halo 2, Halo 3, ... all extremely violent games. Halo was a great sire by the way. Since it's probably the most popular of the extremely violent video games ... and it is the name of a horse who sired two Kentucky Derby winners ... maybe Hovdey has a new idea for his next horse racing column.
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12-20-2012, 09:01 PM
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12-20-2012, 09:09 PM
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Come to think of it, Pyro's name should be changed at stud, and all his race records updated with the new name. It's much too disturbing.
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12-22-2012, 05:41 AM
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