Ricky Gervais

Some of the rare joys during this eventful year have resulted from Mr. Branchini's "What's in a Name" columns, highlighting clever uses of the King's (Queen's?) English in what may be one of our most difficult tasks in racing--namely that of naming a horse. Joy, that is, until extolling the talents of Mr. Ricky Gervais in Wednesday's edition. We recall all too readily the actor's vitriol against horse racing over the past eight years or so, and confirmed our memory with a cursory internet search. Not including Mr. Gervais's own...