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[The Indomitable DrugS]

Good take Rollo.

It can get very weird when it comes to naming stakes races.

Ogyigan put me on the spot at the gym when he asked me if I know of any stakes race named after Easy Goer ... and I couldn't think of one. Our conclusion was kind of 'maybe they should just name the Gotham after him' .. that or a 5.5f turf sprint at Saratoga or something.

They named a stakes race at PID after local politican turned eventual national politician Tom Ridge. Kind of amusing to name a stakes race after him - when I guess his thing back in the day was to tell the local bible beaters that he led the fight to shut down horse racing in Erie.

Of course - that seems like a stroke of genius when the signature race of the meet is a filly and mare sprint race named after a Southern golf tournament .. and they cleverly award the winning connections of the horse race a green jacket.