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10 The Game, August/September 2008 Canada’s Thoroughbred Racing Newspaper
Paulswithdavid: A Horse by Any Other Name Wouldn’t Be the Same
By Peter Valing
“What’s in a name?” Juliet asked
her Romeo in one of the most famous passages in the English language. Nothing, of course, she answered
in the same breath. “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Despite the truth of this observation, we as humans are compelled to name beings and things. Horses are among the beings we name, and the names we devise for them re ect basic human inclinations.
We are inclined, for instance, to honor what we respect. Elea-
its proprietor to become one of the top thoroughbred owners in Brit- ish Columbia. Felicella hallowed the restaurant by naming one of his top runners Spaghetti Mouse. Finally, we are inclined to commemorate what
composite name. He pointed me in the direction of Heidi Bradford, the horse’s current trainer, to con rm what he had been
nor Belmont named a reddish colt Man ‘o War in tribute to her husband, Major August Belmont. We are also inclined to celebrate what has brought us success and happiness. Over
we cherish. The passing away of two brothers resulted in a week-old bay being named Paulswithdavid.
told.
I looked in on Heidi, who runs
a half century ago, Nick Felicella opened Nick’s Spaghetti House on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive. Business thrived, allowing
Paulswithdavid is a peculiar-sound- ing name, even in the ranks of horse names. I remember thinking so the rst time I bet on him. He had won and paid well, and that is why he remained in my memory, which is otherwise not very good with names. I bet on him a few times after that, thereby cementing my relationship with this strangely- named horse. Then one day, a track insider brie y outlined for me what he believed to be the genealogy of this
her small operation out of barn M at Hastings. She is as pleasant as she is pretty. One would never be able to
tell that at the age of fteen, all but two bones in her face were broken
as a result of an equestrian accident. “The horse threw me, and one of his hooves crashed down into my face. I was a teenager walking around with no front teeth,” she smiles. Some years later, following another accident in which more facial bones were broken, Heidi decided to stay off the horses and focus instead on training them. Paulswithdavid has been her central project ever since.
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