1. Street Sense (Street Cry–Bedazzle): Breeder/owner James Tafel says there’s no particular reason for the “sense” portion of his colt’s name. The first part, of course, is derived from the name of Street Sense’s sire.

2. Scat Daddy (Johannesburg–Love Style): Owned by James Scatuorchio & Michael Tabor, the Todd Pletcher trainee was christened after Scatuorchio’s nickname. “Our last name has like nineteen vowels, so growing up everyone called my father, uncle, brothers… everyone was ‘Scat'” Scatuorchio said. Pletcher called the owner “Scat Daddy” and always threatened to name a horse after him, so Scatuorchio finally gave in. 

3. Circular Quay (Thunder Gulch–Circle of Life): Owned and bred by Michael & Doreen Tabor, the colt’s title merges alternate meanings of his sire and dam’s names while mirroring the name of a port in Australia’s Sydney Harbor. Circular Quay the location is a stepping-off point for most attractions based around the harbor and is billed as “an exciting place to be on a warm summer’s day.”

4. Curlin (Smart Strike–Sherriff’s Deputy): The chestnut colt derives his title from part-owner Shirley Cunningham Jr., who chose to name a horse in honor of his great grandfather, Charles Curlin. The human Curlin was a freed slave from western Kentucky who went through military training at Camp Nelson and fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War