The $16-million colt has a name

Sunday Silence · Postby **Sunday Silence** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:23 pm

The Green Monkey. :roll:

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/todays ... 3&subsec=1

skeenan · Postby **skeenan** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:57 pm

OMG... can someone slap them for me... :roll:

He's a RACEHORSE, not a kid's book character or cartoon superhero...

Has Sam seen this yet? :wink:

She'll have a field day with this one... can't wait, I need a good laugh! :lol:

StrawberryFelidos · Postby **StrawberryFelidos** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:16 pm

*snort*
I can't wait 'till he goes to stud and we get to hear the catchphrase: "The Green Monkey was the greatest racehorse in the history of speed figures!!! Breed to The Green Monkey NOW!"

That has got to be the most undignified name for a record-breaking colt, ever

Mahubah · Postby **Mahubah** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:36 pm

Just the name ought to make the poor beast spit out the bit. Good thing horses can't sue for this kind of silliness -- I don't care if it IS a golf course they own, the name is still a bad one for a good horse.

dray33 · Postby **dray33** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:47 pm

Secretariat, Citation, Buckpasser, Dr. Fager, Riva Ridge, The Green Monkey?

THE Green Monkey?

What's with the THE?

austique · Postby **austique** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:04 pm

Green Alligator was a decent sort. And who can forget Isitingood. The name isn't that bad. It's sort of growing on me. Horse racing folks take themselves too seriously anyways :wink:

StrawberryFelidos · Postby **StrawberryFelidos** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:26 pm

Better than the stud advertisements, I can't wait 'till we get to hear Pletcher talking seriously about his Green Monkey and how he's prepping it :mrgreen:

austique · Postby **austique** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:28 pm

What happens when the Green Monkey loses? Will we see the headline "The Green Monkey Spanked in First Outing"?

Sorry I had to :oops:

Heidilady · Postby **Heidilady** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:18 pm

Now it's official, I can't in good conscience root for a horse with that name in the Derby without whimpering. Couldn't they do it in French or something? That way people wouldn't know to snicker right away. I used Babelfish and it said "Le Callitriche" or in Spanish "El Mono Verde."

The Green Monkey...makes it awfully hard to use the whip doesn't it? (whipping, beating, spanking,etc) So many things can go with "Green" and I wouldn't have guessed that one. Maybe they put "The" so people wouldn't have to go "I wonder if there are any other Green Monkeys out there..." I mean wouldn't you? :wink:

Triple Crown winner, The Green Monkey. Oh dear Lord.... The Breeders' Cup Distaff winner and new all-time leading money earning female has retired and will be bred to...The Green Monkey. I got so excited to see an amazing name...this is worse than Gwyneth Paltrow going with "Apple" for her daughter or that girl from A Knight's Tale naming her son Audio Science.

austique · Postby **austique** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:25 pm

My favorite all time weird celebrity baby name is Moxy Crimefighter.

Nessa · Postby **Nessa** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:21 pm

austique wrote:My favorite all time weird celebrity baby name is Moxy Crimefighter.

Mine are Moon Unit and Dweezle Zappa.

StrawberryFelidos · Postby **StrawberryFelidos** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:09 pm

Triple Crown winner, The Green Monkey. Oh dear Lord.... The Breeders' Cup Distaff winner and new all-time leading money earning female has retired and will be bred to...The Green Monkey.

Now we must either embrace weirdness and cheer on the oddball or hope for his mediocrity to spare some serious embarrasement.

I think I'll embrace his weirdness- I want to see this name go down in history books (I mean, more than just the history of freakish sales) so that people will forever have to explain WHY we have a Green Monkey Handicap and a Green Monkey statue on the Churchill Downs lawn.

Sam · Postby **Sam** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:17 am

austique wrote:What happens when the Green Monkey loses? Will we see the headline "The Green Monkey Spanked in First Outing"?

Sorry I had to

I love you.

Sam · Postby **Sam** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:22 am

StrawberryFelidos wrote:I want to see this name go down in history books (so that people will forever have to explain WHY we have a Green Monkey Handicap

Can't you just see Weird Al Yankovich handing out the statue to the winner?

And that's THE Green Monkey to you, missy-ma'am.

Heidilady · Postby **Heidilady** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:46 am

StrawberryFelidos wrote:I want to see this name go down in history books (so that people will forever have to explain WHY we have a Green Monkey Handicap

If that horse wins the Triple Crown or anything remotely huge, there will be The Green Monkey Day at Churchill Downs or Saratoga or something....

...and they will make bobbleheads.