Racehorses named after Celebrities

[Merlinsky]

Oprah Winney. Oprah mentioned her on her show. Does Marino Marini count? He's a famous sculpter. There was a boxer a few years ago and I'm blanking on the name, but that was another one.

[Conrad]

Teofilo was a champion 2yr old in the UK and retired undefeated at 5-5

[Bogey]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Oprah Winney. Oprah mentioned her on her show. Does Marino Marini count? He's a famous sculpter. There was a boxer a few years ago and I'm blanking on the name, but that was another one.

Marciano (Won the Tesio & 7th in Preakness in '01) by Two Punch was trained by Tim Ritchey.

[herkhorse]

not a great horse, but a great name:

Zip It Nance

[ninetoone]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

not a great horse, but a great name:

Zip It Nance

[Coup Verville]

Hansen

[keithting]

I just remembered another quality race horse from the 1970's - Telly's Pop

but he was actually named for actor Telly (Kojak) Savalas's father..

and then, of course, there was Cojak the race horse

[Danzig]

i saw ovechkin not long ago. there was a horse named intimidator for dale earnhardt.

Originally Posted by Coup Verville

Hansen

[tanner12oz]

stevie wonder boy