The Naming Game

Milstatt Abbey wins at Uttoxeter for @noelwilliams03. Millstatt Abbey is located in Millstatt am See, in Austria. By Order Of St George, the Order of Saint George was founded in 1469 by Emperor Frederick III and Pope Paul II. Its headquarters were established at Millstatt Abbey.

Billie Frechette runs at Down Royal for @tuvastables. Mary Evelyn 'Billie' Frechette was best known for her relationship with the bank robber John Dillinger in the early 1930s. She was involved with Dillinger for about six months, until her arrest and imprisonment in 1934.

Quinn The Eskimo runs at Roscommon for @nolan_racing. Out of Quintana, 'Quinn the Eskimo' is a song by Bob Dylan, inspired by Anthony Quinn's role, Inuk, in the 1960 film The Savage Innocents. It was first released by Manfred Mann in 1968 as 'Mighty Quinn'.

Trilby runs at Haydock for @SammyADrake. Out of Fascinator, a Helmet mare, a trilby is a type of hat known for its distinctive style and association with classic fashion. The name comes from the stage adaptation of George du Maurier’s 1894 novel Trilby in which it was worn.

The Publican's Son runs at Newmarket for @JosephOBrien2. Out of Annie Walker, Annie Walker, played by Doris Speed, was the landlady of the Rovers Return Inn in Coronation Street from the show's very first episode in 1960 until 1983.

Rikki Tiki Tavi runs at Ayr for @kevinryanracing. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story in the 1894 collection 'The Jungle Book' by Rudyard Kipling. It is a story about adventures of a young Indian grey mongoose who is adopted by a family after being rescued from a flood.

Carmers runs in the St Leger for @paddytwomey. Breeder Fiona Carmichael named him after her late husband Mark whose nickname was 'Carmers'.

Tadej runs at Doncaster for @Archie_Watson. Tadej is named after Tadej Pogačar the Slovenian cyclist. In 2024 he became only the third male cyclist to achieve the Triple Crown of Cycling, winning the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the World Championships in the same year.

Theory of Tides runs at York for John and @thadygosden. By Galileo, his Theory of Tides of 1616 incorrectly attributed tides to the Earth's rotation and revolution around the Sun. It was later proved that his theory had failed to account for the moon's gravitational influence.

Luna A Inbhir Nis runs at Haydock for @K_scottracing. Inbhir Nis, meaning 'Mouth of the River Ness', is the Scottish Gaelic name for Inverness. Luna A Inbhir Nis translates as 'Moon over Inverness'.

Juan Les Pins runs at Thirsk for @MickApplebyUK. Out of Miss Cap Ferrat, Juan les Pins is a town on the Côte d'Azur in the south of France. It is situated between Nice and Cannes just along the coast from Cap Ferrat.

Sleeping Satellite runs at Worcester for @FOBRacing. 'Sleeping Satellite' is a song released in 1992 by Tasmin Archer. Written around the 20th anniversary of the first moon landing it highlights a missed opportunity to follow up on the lunar exploration of the 60s and 70s.

Henry Box Brown runs at Worcester for @EWilliamsRacing. By Getaway, Henry Box Brown was a 19th-century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to slave abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rhoscolyn runs at Goodwood for @omeararacing. Rhoscolyn is a village on Holy Island, Anglesey. Rhoscolyn meaning 'The Moor' (Rhos) of the Column (colyn), referring to a pillar which the Romans put up to mark the edge of their territories.

Quinault runs at York for @WilliamsStuart. The Quinault are a group of Native American peoples from western Washington. The river, village, and people were given the anglicized name Quinault in 1787 by the maritime fur trader Charles William Barkley.

Archibald Ives runs at Brighton for @HarratonCourt. Archibald Ives was a character in the 1963 film 'The Great Escape'. Played by Angus Lennie, he had been a jockey before he joined the RAF.

Fivethousandtoone runs at Ripon for @EasterbyTim. Out of Promised Money he is owned by King Power. Leicester City were 5000/1 to win the Premier League at the start of the 2015/16 season and duly obliged.

Wolf of Badenoch runs at Newbury for @hpalmerracing. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, was known as the Wolf of Badenoch. He was the third son of King Robert II of Scotland and is best remembered for his destruction of the royal burgh of Elgin and its cathedral.

Getreadytorumble runs at Newbury for @ChannonRacing. By Rumbleinthejungle, the phrase 'Let's get ready to rumble' was created by ring announcer Michael Buffer. He had been inspired by Muhammad Ali's words 'Rumble, young man, rumble'. He trademarked the phrase in 1992.

John L Sullivan runs at Ayr for @LucindaRacing. John Lawrence Sullivan, known as the Boston Strong Boy, is recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing, reigning from February 1882 to September 1892.