Best Names at Aintree Saturday 5th April
There’s often much politically incorrect talk of the “Housewife’s Choice” in betting around big events like the Grand National -that is, people who don’t normally bet and so go for the pretty grey horses. Click here for a list of the greys running in the 2008 Grand National.
I’m all for silly strategies as I seldom gamble myself. I once pulled off an each-way bet at 40-1 on Wensleydale Web for very, very spurious reasons (the only racing expert I know is from Wensleydale -a contradiction, I know).
So to help those who really don’t care about form, trainers, handicaps or any more of that paraphernalia, I’ve compiled a list of the most interesting names at Aintree on Saturday.
- Hide the Evidence (1:45pm Aintree)
- Ingratitude (wouldn’t you just love to have a name like that! 1:45pm Aintree)
- Oh Crick (1:45pm Aintree)
- Kruguyrova (you’ll be drinking Krug if you win 2:15pm Aintree)
- Chomba Womba (2:50pm Aintree)
- Straw Bear (2:50pm Aintree)
- Coq Hardi (-the housewife’s choice, surely! 3:25pm Aintree)
- Superior Wisdom (3:25pm Aintree)
- Hennessy (more product placement, a good drink for winners though 3:25pm Aintree)
- Don’t Push It (Agressive name at the 3:25pm, Aintree)
- Comply or Die (sounds like the title of a James Bond film or one of those cheesy cop chase documentaries 4:15pm Aintree)
- Idle Talk (Costs lives, 4:15pm Aintree)
- Tumbling Dice (It might tumble at the fence or roll out some luck for the punters, 4:15pm Aintree)
- Butler’s Cabin (who said racing isn’t full of aristocrats? 4:15pm Aintree)
- Bewley’s Berry (makes me think of Ferris Bewler and Bewley Park, 4:15pm Aintree)
- Contraband (shouldn’t win it, but anything can happen at the Grand National and I like its cheeky name, 4:15pm Aintree)
- The Entomologist (an apt name for this exercise, 5pm Aintree)
- Gripit N Tipit (childish behaviour, 5pm Aintree)
- Honest John (5:35pm Aintree)
- Touch of Irish (for anyone Irish, 5:35pm Aintree)
Some Linked Names:
- Take the Breeze (1:45pm Aintree)
- Baily Breeze (relaxing image, 4:15pm Aintree)
- Tidal Bay (2:15pm Aintree)
- Blencathra Bay (favourite place in the Lake District 5:35pm Aintree)
- Artiste Bay (3:25pm Aintree)
- According to Pete (I have an Uncle called Pete -might be a good choice! 3:25pm)
- My Petra (5pm Aintree)
- Peters Pride (5:35pm Aintree)
- Theatre Diva (5pm Aintree)
- Minella Theatre (5:35pm Aintree)
- Cloudy Lane (relaxing image, 4:15pm Aintree)
- Cloudy Times (5:35pm Aintree)
- Grand Bleu (3:25pm Aintree)
- Tagula Blue (3:25pm Aintree)
- Vodka Bleu (4:15pm Aintree)
- Copper Bleu (5:35pm Aintree)
- Simply Blue (5:35pm Aintree)
There are loads of horses with “King” in their names since horse racing is the sport of kings, so I haven’t listed them all here.
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