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Old 02-10-2012, 08:32 PM
Merlinsky Merlinsky is offline
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Not particularly in love with the name. It reminds me of that made up game on Star Trek: the Original Series, Fizzbin. Steve Haskin and Lenny gave Jack Wolf grief over Algorithms, but names like Fed Biz and I'll Have Another aren't my idea of what you want to hear after "Kentucky Derby winner _____" or "Triple Crown winner ____." How names sound in the stretch ought to matter. It might be good to think about how it would look in the pedigree if your horse makes it as a stallion (broodmares seem to go all over the place in terms of name wackiness and have for centuries so no point grumbling there). Hoof Hearted gets a pass. That's just too funny to resist.

I guess after they win a race or races like that, you gotta just embrace it and God knows there've been some stupid KD winning names, but why you pay nearly a million dollars and name a horse this, I dunno. Watch him win the TC just to be all "so there" about it. Names like Alpha, Algorithms, Liaison, etc. are more in line with what you'd wanna see on a wall or in the press. They don't all have to be one word, but something not ridiculous or silly for a horse you invest in with money and TC hopes. I personally think Algorithm would've been better. Naming a singular horse something plural just sounds weird.
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