What is the most interesting Kentucky Derby Horse name this year?
In Honor Of The Kentucky Derby, Here Are The Dirtiest And Most Ridiculous Racehorse Names Ever This weekend the biggest thing going on is of course Bulls versus Celtics Game 7 the Kentucky Derby. This year’s favorite is I Want Revenge, which is a pretty badass name. The more interesting thing though is that every racehorse name (no more than 18 characters long) has to go through The Jockey Club – based in New York and Kentucky – for approval. Generally speaking they try to reject offensive, suggestive, or obscene names. So if I Want Revenge was instead I Want Your Mom, his name would probably get rejected. But here’s the fun thing, they don’t always reject every name. So, in what’s becoming a yearly FanIQ tradition, here’s a revised and updated look at real racehorse names that were actually signed off by The Jockey Club. So you know, not all of these names below will appear in the current registry, because the registry lists primarily recent names. If you want a full perspective, you’
In 1968, Dancer’s Image became the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby and then be disqualified after traces of a prohibited anti-inflammatory drug (phenylbutazone) were found in the horse’s urine samples. The so-called Jose Canseco of ponies is the first and last horse to ever be disqualified from the Derby. The regulations have since changed to allow horses to run using phenylbutazone, and no, there was no congressional hearing on the matter. Sources: http://sports.bodoglife.
