Kentucky Derby: headlines I'd like to see if these horses win the big race
Inspired by those wild NY Post headlines of my youth
I grew up in Bergen County, the northern end of New Jersey. Dana and I moved to South Florida in the late 1990s. If you ever wondered about the derivation of the SUNGARDEN name, that’s it. We moved to the Sunshine State from the Garden State.
But we didn’t leave the memories behind. As a young Wall Streeter in the 1980s and 1990s, the pre-internet age, one of my favorite things was to walk past the newstands in NYC and see what the latest New York Post headlines were. Especially when it came to sports. It was like every day was a new classic.
Whoever wins the KY Derby, the headlines will be epic
So in that spirit, and since I’m a big fan of the sport of horse racing, I put together my best guess (or suggestions, if anyone from the NY Post or other papers are reading this). There are 20 horses expected to run in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at iconic Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
While there are certainly favorites in the race, any horse can win. It is like a stock with a ROAR Score of 10 spiking higher just a few weeks later. It can happen. Just as a ROAR Score of 80 can precede a decline. They are odds, not certainties.
OK, I promised you yesterday that this post would be about something other than investing. So back to the Derby. And the post, as in NY Post-inspired.
Here are my suggestions for Sunday morning’s headlines to celebrate the winner of horse racing’s “Saturday Super Bowl.” There’s one for each of the 20 entries.
And if this inspires you to come up with some of your own, send them to me in the chat here. That way, if the editors of the big papers do contact me for suggestions, I can include yours too :-)
Enjoy the Derby!
Headlines I’d like to see if this horse wins the Kentucky Derby
(presented in post position order)
Renegade: RENEGADE STYX TO BUSINESS! (1980's rock reference)
Albus: ALBUS-TING OUT!
Intrepido: PIER-LESS (Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is at NYC’s Pier 86)
Litmus Test: PASSING THE TEST!
Commandment: THOU SHALT NOT LOSE!
Danon Bourbon: HE’LL DRINK TO THAT
So Happy: HAPPINESS IN LOUISVILLE!
The Puma: KING OF THE JUNGLE!
Wonder Dean: WONDER KID
Incredibolt: BOLT OF LIGHTNING!
Chief Wallabee: HAIL TO THE CHIEF!
Potente: HIGH POTENCY!
Emerging Market: EMERGED!
Pavlovian: RING THAT BELL! DERBY WINNER RESPONDS.
Six Speed: SIX IS ENOUGH!
Further Ado: JUST ADO IT! (or MUCH ADO ABOUT WINNING!)
Golden Tempo: GOLDEN BOY!
Great White: SHARK ATTACK!
or WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER TROPHY! (reference to movie “Jaws”)
Ocelli: BIG TIME CELLY!
Robusta: BUSTING OUT!