Holiday Horse Names: Presidents’ Day Thoroughbreds

Happy Presidents’ Day, Horse Nation. Today, we’re celebrating by highlighting some Thoroughbreds with Presidents’ Day-themed registered names. Check them out below:

This year at Horse Nation we’re starting a new series for various holidays! In this series we’ll research and share registered horse names that are related to the holiday. Each year we’ll pick a different breed to showcase. For 2023 we picked Thoroughbreds and will be looking at Jockey Club registered names.

Here are some Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred names that go right along with Presidents’ Day:

The President

There are two Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Their birth years are 1995 and 2013. They are both geldings.

President

There are three Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years range between the years of 1921 through 2009. One gelding is listed and the other two are listed as “horse.”

First Lady

There are seven Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years range between the years of 1927 through 2008. All seven listed are mares.

White House

There are six Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years range between the years of 1956 through 2009. One gelding is listed and five mares are listed.

George Washington

There are three Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years range between the years of 1961 through 2015. All three are listed as “horse.”

John Adams

There are two Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Their birth years are 2007 and 2014. Both are geldings.

Thomas Jefferson

There is only one Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred throughout history with this registered name. It is a 2009 Kentucky bred “horse.”

James Madison

There are two Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Their birth years are 1999 and 2018. They are both listed as “horse.”

James Monroe

There is only one Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred throughout history with this registered name. It is a 2011 Texas bred “horse.”

Abraham Lincoln

There are two Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years are 2004 and 2009. They are both geldings.

Ulysses Grant

There is only one Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred throughout history with this registered name. It is a 1999 Ireland bred gelding.

James Garfield

There is only one Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred throughout history with this registered name. It is a 2015 Ireland bred “horse.”

Photo of Jockey Club Thoroughbred James Garfield. Photo courtesy of Sporting Life.

William McKinley

There is only one Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred throughout history with this registered name. It is a 2016 gelding.

Roosevelt

There are nine Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years range between the years of 1993 through 2015. Five geldings are listed, one mare is listed and the other three are listed as “horse.”

Coolidge

There are three Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years range between the years of 1974 through 2013. Two geldings are listed and the other one is listed as “horse.”

Harry Truman

There is only one Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred throughout history with this registered name. It is a 2008 Kentucky bred “horse.”

Eisenhower

There are three Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years range between the years of 1998 through 2021. One is listed as a colt, another listed as a gelding and the other listed as “horse.”

Jockey Club Thoroughbred Eisenhower scoring his second win. Photo courtesy of Arrowfield.

Kennedy

There are five Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years range between the years of 1983 through 2008. One is listed as a gelding and the other four are listed as “horse.”

2014 Australia bred Jockey Club Thoroughbred, Kennedy. Photo courtesy of Racing and Sports.

Nixon

There are two Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Their birth years are 2017 and 2018. They are both listed as “horse.”

Ronald Reagan

There is only one Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred throughout history with this registered name. It is a 2008 Kentucky bred gelding.

Obama

There is only one Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred throughout history with this registered name. It is a 2007 mare.

Trump

There are six Jockey Club registered Thoroughbreds throughout history with this registered name. Birth years range between the years of 1977 through 2016. One mare is listed, three geldings are listed and the other two are listed as “horse.”

D. J. Trump

There is only one Jockey Club registered Thoroughbred throughout history with this registered name. It is a 1986 Kentucky bred “horse.”

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