2 horses named Tiverton?

[Poindexter]

One was supposed to race Tuesday in the 5th at Churchill Downs (originally from Ireland) and the other was bred in Kentucky and is racing Wednesday in the 3rd at Churchill Down. That is pretty weird to me. Does this happen often? Nothing to prevent this?

[Ruffian1]

Originally Posted by Poindexter

One was supposed to race Tuesday in the 5th at Churchill Downs (originally from Ireland) and the other was bred in Kentucky and is racing Wednesday in the 3rd at Churchill Down. That is pretty weird to me. Does this happen often? Nothing to prevent this?

In my experience it is rare. In the U.S., a foreign horse is identified as the name and the abbreviation of the country of origin. For claiming purposes for instance the claim slip would have to have the name spelled correctly and the abbreviation IRE as well exactly like the program lists it.
If they were in the same race, I assume the announcer would identify one as its name and Ireland as a part of the name. I guess. Personally, I don’t listen to the announcers. It distracts me from watching the race and time. Not that that matters I guess.
Hope that helps.

[rastajenk]

In California in'07 and '08 there were two Daytonas on the scene. The Irish one was a stakes runner, the domestic one was a claimer; a couple times they raced just days apart at Hollywood or Santa Anita.

[Poindexter]

Guess who just beat me out of a lot of money. A horse named Tiverton.

[cj]

There was a time when horses with the same name ran in the same race. I believe it was in SoCal as I seem to remember Trevor was the caller and distinguished them by country.

[racenomics]

Originally Posted by Poindexter

One was supposed to race Tuesday in the 5th at Churchill Downs (originally from Ireland) and the other was bred in Kentucky and is racing Wednesday in the 3rd at Churchill Down. That is pretty weird to me. Does this happen often? Nothing to prevent this?

I believe I saw a sporting chance deep in the PPs of a euro shipper a few years ago, and there are 2 Paddington’s-most here have heard of both I bet. I was hoping both made it to the breeders cup, however unlikely

[ZeroZeroStart]

maiden won yesterday tiverton 18/1

[ubercapper]

Originally Posted by Poindexter

One was supposed to race Tuesday in the 5th at Churchill Downs (originally from Ireland) and the other was bred in Kentucky and is racing Wednesday in the 3rd at Churchill Down. That is pretty weird to me. Does this happen often? Nothing to prevent this?

In nearly all entries and PPs in North America, horses with the same name are differentiated by the country or province (if in Canada) of birth, in this case Tiverton (GB) and Tiverton (indicating born in the U.S.)


If you enter the horse name Tiverton in the search box at Equibase.com you will see both, one with the (GB) appended to the name. Clicking on each horse individually will also see one is Tiverton (GB) and the other Tiverton (KY) indicating the latter was born in Kentucky. If one was born in Ontario, Canada, it's name would display as Tiverton (ON).

[Poindexter]

Originally Posted by ubercapper

In nearly all entries and PPs in North America, horses with the same name are differentiated by the country or province (if in Canada) of birth, in this case Tiverton (GB) and Tiverton (indicating born in the U.S.)


If you enter the horse name Tiverton in the search box at Equibase.com you will see both, one with the (GB) appended to the name. Clicking on each horse individually will also see one is Tiverton (GB) and the other Tiverton (KY) indicating the latter was born in Kentucky. If one was born in Ontario, Canada, it's name would display as Tiverton (ON).

That makes sense. For some reason bris doesn’t bother with the country extension on their past performances. Thus all I saw on both horses in their past performances was Tiverton.