May 01, 2004

Read the Footnotes

Posted by Micah

Place your bets! In about two minutes, I hope this horse wins. What a triumph it would be for academics worldwide. Wondering where the name comes from? Here’s my conjecture: the owner is Seth Klarman, who is the brother of Michael Klarman, who is the author of this absolutlely terrific book, which has many, many footnotes. But that’s just a guess.

UPDATE: Alas, defeat.

Posted on May 1, 2004 11:00 PM UTC
Comments

Well, at least Imperialism was beaten into third!

Posted by John Quiggin · May 1, 2004 11:44 PM

Without doing research before watching the race, I was terribly afraid it had something to do with Ann Coulter (Colter?). You’ve restored my faith in equine-kind.

Posted by bunny · May 2, 2004 07:21 AM

I figured it had something to do with the famous Derby winner “Citation.” Sort of a longer version of the name.

Posted by rm · May 3, 2004 02:13 AM
According to the April 30 Louisville Courier-Journal, my local paper:
Read the Footnotes: Co-owner Seth Klarman is a wealthy man because of his knowledge of all things Wall Street, and one of his pet peeves is a thorough examination of any prospectus. “`Read the footnotes,’ he says,” according to trainer Richard Violette Jr.
Posted by Fred · May 3, 2004 03:53 PM
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