Every Kentucky Derby winner, ranked by greatness of name

102. Sir Huon (1906): Named after German opera character.

101. Clyde Van Dusen (1929): Gets bonus points for being named after his trainer, just for kicks.

100. Determine (1954): Determination might have been cooler.

99. Pleasant Colony (1981): Not bad, but nothing special.

98. Omaha (1935): Triple Crown winner, not an offensive name, but no real reason for it either.

97. Johnstown (1939): What is the significance of Johnstown?

96. Forward Pass (1968): A bit boring.

95. Tim Tam (1958)

94. Buchanan (1884): May have been named after the president?

93. Go for Gin (1994)

92. Bubbling Over (1926): This one’s just funny.

91. Plaudit (1898): Good creative name, not super memorable though.

90. Carry Back (1961)

89. Lookout (1893)

88. Kingman (1891): Why is he only the King’s man, not the king?

87. I’ll Have Another (2012): Fairly boring, but not offensive.

86. Decidedly (1962): Just a word.

85. Omar Khayyam (1917): Was a Persian mathematician and astronomer. Good but obscure person to be named after.

84. Count Turf (1951): Only because he didn’t race on the turf.

83. Gallant Fox (1930): Triple Crown winner but also odd name for…not a fox.

82. Animal Kingdom (2011): This seems like an odd name for a racehorse.

81. Sunny’s Halo (1983): Not terrible, but not very creative.

80. Twenty Grand (1931): In those days 20 grand was quite a bit of money.

79. Stone Street (1908)

78. Pensive (1944): First ballot “why” Hall of Fame, only because I don’t think you want your horse worrying all the time?

77. Old Rosebud (1914)

76. Alysheba (1987): Cool sounding name, but doesn’t really mean anything

75. Lucky Debonair (1965): It’s never a good idea to put “Lucky” in your horse’s name.

74. Bold Forbes (1976): Boring ending wastes a good beginning to the name.

73. Gato Del Sol (1982): Creative way to essentially name a horse “sun cat,” but what’s the appeal?