They name horses don't they?

[I.Wright]

I remember a horse trainer who tried to mess with the authorities censorship rules about 10 years ago. Using the power of spoonerisms he named horses Betty Swallocks and Mary Hinge. I'm sure there were more. Anyone recall these names?

[Dickie Davies Eyes]

They name horses don't they?

Not these, but there was definetly a horse called Noble Locks a few years ago.

[Gangster Octopus]

They name horses don't they?

A gelding was it?

[Dickie Davies Eyes]

They name horses don't they?

Indeed it was. I was surprised the name got past the censor.

[Sundeporino]

They name horses don't they?

Didnt Robbie Fowler and Steve Mcmanaman cause a stir by naming their horses summit like "Another Horse" and " Our Horse" for the commentary comedy value? I heard The Jockey Club had to introduce emergency naming regs to outlaw the word "Horse" from names. Urban myth mebbes?

[David Agnew]

They name horses don't they?

Nope, they genuinely owned "Some Horse" with a number of their teammates.

[Incandenza]

They name horses don't they?

the often seen kid wrote:

Not these, but there was definetly a horse called Noble Locks a few years ago.

Sorry, but why is that dirty?

The most I ever won off a horse was a bet on a longshot at Del Mar named White Bronco. Thankfully it went faster than OJ did.

[ursus arctos]

They name horses don't they?

No bollocks, Inca.

It's a Brit thing.

[Incandenza]

They name horses don't they?

I say it fast, and I still can't get it to sound like that. Oh well.

[Third rate Leszno]

They name horses don't they?

There was a hoss running in France a couple of years ago called Big Tits - clearly the French jockey club aren't multilingual.

[Guest]

They name horses don't they?

There was one called Who Gives A Donald about twenty years ago. But you'd hardly expect racing's regulators to be familiar with rhyming slang.

[Taylor]

They name horses don't they?

Which came first - Red Rum, or "red rum!"?

[Taylor]

They name horses don't they?

It was Red Rum, wasn't it?

[Guest]

They name horses don't they?

For what it's worth - very little, I know - Red Rum raced from 1967 to 1978 (yes, that long).

[Gerontophile]

They name horses don't they?

I finally got to see l'Arc, and bugger me, wasnt that little filly really rather fast?

Bit of a bugger about the Prix de l'Abbaye, as I was tipping that Hungarian special from about July. Oh well, nobody lost their money. (Or did they? 200% to thread... are the rules still 'Esha Ness' like?)

[My Name Is Ian]

They name horses don't they?

Well, I haven't worked in the trade for eight years now, but, if memory serves, you don't get money back if you bet ante post on any race unless the race or meeting is abandoned. So, yes, people would have lost money if they backed ante post and it pulled out. They would get money back as a non-runner if it was after the final declarations, on accumulators it cuts the bet (so a yankee becomes a trixie and so on) and on Tote betting or the Scoop 6 or whatever, non-runners usually get transferred to the favourite.