From The Kansas City (Mo.) Star of Sept. 27, 2005:
Judge draws line at naming horse after Sally Hemings
Now politics is getting into horse racing — but in a strange way.
A federal judge in Lexington, Ky., has dismissed a lawsuit by a Thoroughbred owner who sued to name one of his fillies after Sally Hemings, the slave who was reputed to be Thomas Jefferson’s mistress.
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The mother of [Garrett] Redmond’s 2-year-old filly is Jefferson’s Secret, whose sire is Colonial Affair. Redmond thinks the name “Sally Hemings” would be a natural for a horse of such lineage.
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