Name Similar To ‘Blazing Saddles’ Character Too Hot For JC
Feb 4, 2017 17:39:01 GMT -5
Post by cait on Feb 4, 2017 17:39:01 GMT -5
lol wiz might have named this one 
Name Similar To ‘Blazing Saddles’ Character Too Hot For The Jockey Club
by Ray Paulick
It's not often a Thoroughbred's name is changed once the horse has made it to the races but a 3-year-old California-bred filly by Awesome Gambler who debuted at Santa Anita Park as Ellie Von Shtupp on Jan. 15 will be racing as Ellie Mae in Saturday's fifth race at the Arcadia, Calif., track.
The original name turned out to be too hot for The Jockey Club, the Thoroughbred breed's registry, which decides the names that can and can not be used for horses.
Ellie Von Shtupp, we gather, is named in honor of the fictional Lili Von Shtupp character that garnered Madeline Kahn an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy classic, “Blazing Saddles.”
Von Shtupp is a German seductress-for-hire (dubbed the “Bavarian Bombshell” or “Teutonic Titwillow”) in the film's cowboy town of Rock Ridge, carrying an attitude that's a cross between Mae West and Marlene Dietrich.
Shtupp is a Yiddish term that some find objectionable. We went to the Paulick Report's senior Hebrew correspondent, Little Red Feather racing's Gary Fenton, for an explanation.
“Shtupp means ‘#&@%,'” Fenton said, using a vulgar term for coitus that I'm not going to print here.I had looked the word up online and thought it meant “push,” I told him. “I can't tell people how to have sex,” Fenton replied.
The Jockey Club wasn't eager to get into definitions, but after fielding a complaint about the name required owner-breeder Terry Lovingier to change it. We tried to reach Lovingier to learn more about the name but a phone message to him was not returned.
“We made the decision that the original name was approved in error,” said Rick Bailey, The Jockey Club's registrar. “The owner agreed to change the name and Ellie Mae was approved as the new name.”
The name change was first revealed on Twitter by Santa Anita Park track announcer Michael Wrona, obviously a big fan of “Blazing Saddles.”
Wrona made several references to the movie during his call of the filly's debut race, in which she finished last, beaten nearly 30 lengths.
Lili Von Shtupp in “Blazing Saddles”: “Hello, handsome, is that a ten-gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show?”
Michael Wrona, as Ellie Von Shtupp was being loaded into the starting gate: “It's a pity the starter, Jay Slender, is not wearing a ten-gallon hat.”
Von Shtupp (singing “I'm Tired.”): “I'm tired. Tired of playing the game. Ain't it a crying shame. I'm so tired.”
Wrona, as the field turned into the stretch: “And Ellie Von Shtupp drops out last. She looks tired, so tired.”
The newly named Ellie Mae (possibly inspired by the “Beverly Hillbillies” character Elly May Clampett) is 30-1 on the morning line for her second start on Saturday.
Name Similar To ‘Blazing Saddles’ Character Too Hot For The Jockey Club
by Ray Paulick
It's not often a Thoroughbred's name is changed once the horse has made it to the races but a 3-year-old California-bred filly by Awesome Gambler who debuted at Santa Anita Park as Ellie Von Shtupp on Jan. 15 will be racing as Ellie Mae in Saturday's fifth race at the Arcadia, Calif., track.
The original name turned out to be too hot for The Jockey Club, the Thoroughbred breed's registry, which decides the names that can and can not be used for horses.
Ellie Von Shtupp, we gather, is named in honor of the fictional Lili Von Shtupp character that garnered Madeline Kahn an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy classic, “Blazing Saddles.”
Von Shtupp is a German seductress-for-hire (dubbed the “Bavarian Bombshell” or “Teutonic Titwillow”) in the film's cowboy town of Rock Ridge, carrying an attitude that's a cross between Mae West and Marlene Dietrich.
Shtupp is a Yiddish term that some find objectionable. We went to the Paulick Report's senior Hebrew correspondent, Little Red Feather racing's Gary Fenton, for an explanation.
“Shtupp means ‘#&@%,'” Fenton said, using a vulgar term for coitus that I'm not going to print here.I had looked the word up online and thought it meant “push,” I told him. “I can't tell people how to have sex,” Fenton replied.
The Jockey Club wasn't eager to get into definitions, but after fielding a complaint about the name required owner-breeder Terry Lovingier to change it. We tried to reach Lovingier to learn more about the name but a phone message to him was not returned.
“We made the decision that the original name was approved in error,” said Rick Bailey, The Jockey Club's registrar. “The owner agreed to change the name and Ellie Mae was approved as the new name.”
The name change was first revealed on Twitter by Santa Anita Park track announcer Michael Wrona, obviously a big fan of “Blazing Saddles.”
Wrona made several references to the movie during his call of the filly's debut race, in which she finished last, beaten nearly 30 lengths.
Lili Von Shtupp in “Blazing Saddles”: “Hello, handsome, is that a ten-gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show?”
Michael Wrona, as Ellie Von Shtupp was being loaded into the starting gate: “It's a pity the starter, Jay Slender, is not wearing a ten-gallon hat.”
Von Shtupp (singing “I'm Tired.”): “I'm tired. Tired of playing the game. Ain't it a crying shame. I'm so tired.”
Wrona, as the field turned into the stretch: “And Ellie Von Shtupp drops out last. She looks tired, so tired.”
The newly named Ellie Mae (possibly inspired by the “Beverly Hillbillies” character Elly May Clampett) is 30-1 on the morning line for her second start on Saturday.