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What’s In a Name: Et Tu Brute (Ire)

Julius Caesar was almost a Roman Emperor. He was prevented from being one by the assassins led by his adopted (and natural, some say) son Brutus, while on his way to the Senate on March 15, 44 B.C. According to Shakespeare-validated legend, Caesar uttered “Et Tu Brute?” (‘You too. Brutus?’) when he saw Brutus among his assailants, and stopped defending himself. So the name of this Chepstow 2-year-old winner by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) tells an ancient story, one of tragically hyper-partisan politics.

3rd-Chepstow, £5,400, Mdn, 6-30, 2yo, 6f 16yT, 1:12.56, gd.
ET TU BRUTE (IRE) (c, 2, Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}–Xinji {Ire}, by Xaar {GB}) Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $4,296.
O-G C Stevens & Partner; B-Horse Breeding Company (IRE); T-Eve Johnson Houghton. *€21,000 Wlg ’18 GOFNOV; £28,000 Ylg ’19 GOFFPR. **1/2 to Xebec (Mizzen Mast), SP-Aus, $227,849.

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What’s in a Name: Tilsit

Not far from the Baltic Sea, Tilsit was a contested town of many names, in different languages: it was Tilsit in German, Tilže in Lithuanian, Tylza in Polish, and now Sovetsk in Russian, since 1945. Napoleon signed two treaties in Tilsit in 1807, at the apex of his power: first with the Russian Czar Alexander I (on a raft in the river Neman) and then with the Prussians two days later. A first foal out of very promising mare Multilingual, 3-year-old colt Tilsit, who won at Newcastle by 19 lengths last Saturday, carries a name that is inspired and inspiring.
1st-Newcastle, £5,400, Novice, 6-27, 3-5yo, 8f 5y (AWT), 1:38.03, st. TILSIT (c, 3, First Defence–Multilingual {GB}, by Dansili {GB}) Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $5,858. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Charlie Hills.

An Italian native, Andrea Branchini now lives in Lexington, Ky. where he works in the equine transport industry.

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What’s in a Name: Yuri Gagarin

In 1961, former foundryman Yuri Gagarin was the first cosmonaut to orbit the earth, and the first man in space outright, getting an early lead for the Soviets in the Race to the Moon. The name of the 4-year-old Kempton winner by Sea The Moon (Ger) out of Soviet Terms (GB) is a thoughtful and deserving one.

3rd-Kempton, ,5,400, Novice, 6-15, 3yo/up, 10f 219y (AWT), 2:21.70, st.
YURI GAGARIN (GB) (g, 4, Sea the Moon {Ger}–Soviet Terms {GB}, by Soviet Star) Sales history: 300,000gns Ylg ’17 TAOCT. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $8,883.
O-Godolphin; B-Genesis Green Stud Ltd And Thurso Ltd (GB); T-John Gosden.

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