What’s In A Name?: Degas, Double the Gold, Norma Jean B., Carpe Eros

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DEGAS
It's wonderful to have a son of established stallion Munnings (Speightstown) called Degas. From artist to artist: from celebrated English traditionalist Alfred Munnings (1878-1959) to major French Impressionist Edgar Degas (1834-1917), both great painters of horse scenes–and not only, obviously. Artists have got to stick together.

7th-Timonium, $52,080, Opt. Clm ($16,000), 8-28, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 1:20.04, ft, 4 lengths.
DEGAS (g, 4, Munnings–Welcome Dance {MSW, $164,442}, by Henny Hughes) Lifetime Record: 23-2-4-6, $109,960. O-John Oller & C and B Stables; B-Ramona S. Bass, LLC (KY); T-Charles L. Frock

DOUBLE THE GOLD
Brilliant 2-year-old Del Mar winner Double the Gold carries a name with a clever wordplay on the most precious of metals. 'All that glitters is not gold,' according to Shakespeare, while a Led Zeppelin song has the opposite line: 'All that glitters is gold.' In any case true gold glitters unmistakably.

Double the Gold, g, 2, Goldencents–Golden Po, by Gold Fever.
Del Mar, 9-2, (C), 5 1/2f, 1:05.67. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0,
$26,400. B-Susan M Forrester & Judy Curry (KY). *$50,000 Wlg
'19 FTKNOV; $18,000 RNA Ylg '20 KEESEP; $30,000 RNA 2yo '21 OBSMAR.

NORMA JEAN B.
Very fitting to have a Del Mar winning filly with (almost) the original identity of doomed diva Marylin Monroe–Norma Jean Baker–as she is owned by a stable named after two fictional but celebrated rebellious heroines. The name is fit for a legend.

7th-Del Mar, $78,888, (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($40,000), 9-5, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:35.03, fm, 1 1/2 lengths.
NORMA JEAN B. (f, 4, Tapiture–Lampoon {SW, $231,301}, by Distorted Humor) Lifetime Record: 11-2-3-2, $140,839. O-Thelma & Louise Stable LLC; B-Nancy Vanier & Cartwright Thoroughbreds V, LLC (KY); T-Vladimir Cerin. *1/2 to Chortle (Posse), SP, $216,737.

CARPE EROS
The name of the July 28 Remington winner is probably counterintuitive for a gelding and also a bit risqué per se, but makes good sense in view of the pedigree. “Carpe Diem” is usually translated from Latin to English as “Seize The Day,” but the Latin verb “Carpere” is closer in meaning to 'catching' than 'seizing.' 'Catching love' sounds much better (and purer) that 'seizing love.'

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