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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?
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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).