by Andrea Branchini
BACCHANALIA (f, 4, Union Rags–Crazy Party, by A.P. Indy) Gulfstream Park, 1-30, Alw., 1 3/16mT, 1:52.74. B-Baumann Stables (KY). VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
Bacchanalia, a daughter of Crazy Party, is a 4-year-old filly and is cleverly named.
According to Wikipedia “The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus, the Greco-Roman god of wine, freedom, intoxication and ecstasy. They were based on the Greek Dionysia and the Dionysian mysteries, and probably arrived in Rome c. 200 BC via the Greek colonies in southern Italy, and from Etruria, Rome's northern neighbor (Tuscany nowadays)”.
Therefore the Bacchanalia were definitely an ancient and probably intense type of crazy party–so much so that they were eventually banned.
An Italian native, Andrea Branchini now lives in Lexington, Ky. where he works in the equine transport industry.
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