Origins of Names
| Name | Sire | Dam | YOF | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leocorno | Pivotal | Highland Gift | 2006 | Italian for "unicorn" – the winning horse in the Siena Palio 2007 represented the Leocorno district (contrada) |
| Eleanora Duse | Azamour | Drama Class | 2007 | A famous Italian actress (1858-1924) |
| La Divina | Sadler's Wells | Hellenic | 2007 | The popular name for Maria Callas, the famous Greek opera singer (1923-1977) |
| Director's Forum | Pivotal | Stage Struck | 2008 | A special evening at the Donmar Theatre, London, where the Director and actors take part in a question and answer forum following the performance. |
| Fiorente | Monsun | Desert Bloom | 2008 | Italian for flowering |
| Rien Ne Vas Plus | Oasis Dream | Sought Out | 2008 | Nothing more (French) |
| Between the Lines | Dalakhani | Stage Struck | 2009 | To read between the lines - to discern the hidden meaning - so often the aim in a good play |
| Cecchetti Method | Danehill Dancer | Desert Bloom | 2009 | Enrico Cecchetti (1850-1928) was an Italian ballet dancer and founder of the Cecchetti method of dance. |
| El Greco | Monsun | Olympienne | 2009 | Means "The Greek", nickname for Domenikos Theotokopoulos, the famous 16th-Century painter (1541-1614) |
| Filatore | Teofilo | Dragnet | 2009 | Italian for "Spinner" |
| Fleur De Cactus | Montjeu | Desert Beauty | 2009 | French for "Cactus Flower" |
| Lucciola | Verglas | Serres | 2009 | Italian for "Firefly" which, in their short life cycle, glow in the dark. In Italy, the word has a somewhat racy connotation! |
| Mariposa | Oasis Dream | Mary Stuart | 2009 | Spanish for "Butterfly" |
| Ruby Glass | Red Clubs | Gold Bar | 2009 | Ruby Glass is made by adding metals such as gold or copper during the glass-making process. |
| Scottish Vespers | Dylan Thomas | Scottish Stage | 2009 | Vespers is traditionally an evening prayer service. |
| Sir John Hawkwood | Sir Percy | Athene | 2009 | An Engish condottiere (mercenary) of the Renaissance period who spent much of his ife in Italy and is immortalised by Paolo Uccello's monumental equestrian fresco in the Duomo in Florence. |
| Theodore Gericault | Sir Percy | Tableau Vivant | 2010 | French Artist (1791-1824) who grew up during the Revolution. The colt's sire "Sir Percy" is decended from Blakeney. Sir Percy Blakeney was the "Scarlet Pimpernal" who rescued Aristocrats from the guillotine in Baroness Orczy's novel. "Tableau Vivant" is a french expression that we use in English, which translates as "living picture". |
| Vodnik | Zamindar | Dance of the Sea | 2010 | A water goblin from eastern European folklore. Composer Antonin Dvorak wrote a symphonic poem entitled "Vodnik" and in his opera "Rusalka" - Vodnik is the name of the father of Rusalka (a Water Nymph). |
