My Official Belmont Stakes Pick

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Okay, I am a career Graphic and Web Designer so I'm a little overly sensitive to bad design. A lot of the Stallion advertisements out there make me cringe. They are generally made up of bad photoshop jobs, illegible fonts and photographs with tacky bevel filters or faded edges. You won't see any of that nonsense here.

I came across this photo while looking at a local boarding facility's website on their stallion page. This stallion, Gonzo's Jazzy Decor, is a perfectly nice horse I'm sure. This photo just isn't the best choice for promoting him. Unless, they were thinking "Hey, look how good our boy is, he'll put up with anything, even awful jumping form."

No, this is not a 'shopped* photo. This is an actual horse, who is actually this beefy. Meet Kids Classic Style. "Bucky" is an 1800 pound, 16 hand American Quarter Horse. He is also HYPP N/H. This means, he carries the gene for a disease that will one day cause him to become paralyzed without notice. And oh yeah, this gene also makes him overly muscular.

I had never heard of Katie Price (aka Jordan) before. She seems to be some UK cross between Paris Hilton and Heidi Montag and a Porn Star. Now, I don't actually know if she's really a porn star, but she sure looks the part. Anywho... Ms. Price is a wealthy lady several times over and apparently likes horses. She has her own Equestrian line called, KP Equestrian and has at least one very fancy dressage horse. Something about these photos from her Spring collection photoshoot just rubs me the wrong way...

Sometimes, I just have to roll my eyes at show names in general; horses, dogs and cats they all can be awful. I will say, that of the three, horse show names are the least ridiculous. I've come across some registered names that are super corny, like "Princess's Magical Rainbow Extreme". My least favorite, are names with sexual innuendos. I don't see how that's appropriate or clever. Here is a short list of show names I hate...