Irish-bred colt isn’t the only Del Mark competitor with a Hollywood-inspired name
The famed greenskeeper of that name played by Bill Murray in the classic 1980 comedy “Caddyshack” would not have it any other way.
This Carl Spackler is a 4-year-old colt, and he’s not on the hunt for gophers. He’ll be chasing — or being chased by — 11 other horses in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile over a Del Mar turf course made strictly of GN1 Bermudagrass. “He was an Irish-bred horse, so any opportunity to have fun with the name, we took,” owner Bob Edwards said.
“It’s just a matter of how much ground he’s going to lose in a race where he has to run his very, very best,” Brown said. “If he runs a similar race to his last race … it does put him in the mix. His morning-line odds probably accurately reflect where he fits with this group.”Carl Spackler isn’t the only Breeders’ Cup participant named after a fictional character.Fans of “The Big Bang Theory” will recognize one of the main characters on the show.
Said Summers: “I said we have this one but he’s our best one. , ‘From now on his name’s Howard Wolowitz.’debuted in March and has run just four times, but his two victories include last month’s rally in the Franklin-Simpson Stakes, the first Grade I race ever at Kentucky Downs and the first Grade I win for trainerfor $240,000 in January 2022.The Breeders’ Cup doesn’t start until Friday but there will be live racing Thursday at Del Mar with the opening of the track’s 11th fall season.
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