A Race Of "National Interest"

Published: May 2, 2011 01:16 pm EDT

As the world watched the Royal Wedding on Friday, a horse named Royal Wedding won a race in the United Kingdom, cashing at 4-1 odds. Hunch bettors will certainly be interested in horses with names related

to Monday's Federal Election.

There are some horses racing at Canadian tracks on Monday, May 2 with names that are loosely tied to the election:

At Woodbine...
NATIONAL INTEREST (race 4)
NEOCON (race 5)

At Grand River Raceway...
PROMISE TO WIN (race 7)

At Alberta Downs...
MY CANDIDATE (races canceled)

WEG analyst Mike Hamilton found some horse names that fit each party leader and the election in general. Whether or not these horses were named after the party leaders, much like opinions of the leaders and political parties themselves, is fully up for debate.

Horses named after Stephen Harper?
ELECTION PRO
HARPERS EDGE
HARPERS LEADER
HARPERS POWER
HARPERS TIME
HARPERS WINNER
LAST CHANCE
MAJORITY LEADER
MAJORITY WINS
PRIME MINISTER
PROROGUE
RIGHTMAN
RIGHTY TIGHTY
STEVIE DARES
STEVIES NIGHTMARE
TAX CUT

Horses named after Jack Layton?
DEMOCRATIC
HONORABLE JACK
JACK AINT NO PATSY
JACK CANDO IT ALL
JACK ISAGOOD BOY
JACK L
JACK L WIN
JACK THE NIPPER
LAYTON
LAYTON SEELSTER
LEFTOFCENTER
LEFTY
ORANGEMAN
SMILING JACK
TAXMANS NIGHTMARE
UPSET MAKER

Horses named after Michael Ignatieff?
GRIT MASTER
HARVARD GUY
IGGY
IGNATZ
LIBERAL LAMB
LIBERAL SUPERMAN
MICHAEL B AWARE
MICHAELS DREAM
MICHAELS FANTASY
MICHAELS POWER
OPPOSITION LEADER
OPPOSITION PARTY

Horses named after Gilles Duceppe?
GILLES REBEL
GILLES SEMALU
BLOC STRENGTH
FRENCH PRIDE
SEPARATIST
SEPARATION
SOVEREIGN POWER
HAIRNET
QUEBECQUOISE

Miscellaneous Horses In Harness Racing With Politically-Themed Names?
BALLOT BOX
CONTEMPT
DECISIONSDECISIONS
DECISION MAKER
DECISIONS
ELECTORATE
ELECTION COVERAGE
ELECTION DAY
ELECTION EVE
ELECTION FEVER
ELECTIONEER
ELECTORATE
LANDSLIDE
LIES LIES LIES
LIMOUSINE LIBERAL
MINORITY
MINORITY PARTY
MINORITY POWER
MINORITY VOTE
POLL CLERK
POLLSTER HANOVER
POWER HUNGRY
RIGHT HONOR
TELL ME A LIE
VOTE
VOTE FOR ME
VOTE GETTER
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
VOTE OFTEN
WAR ROOM
WILL BE CLOSE

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