Jolting Joe

Marylin Monroan, the (roan) dam of Saratoga stakes winning 3-year-old colt Jolting Joe, is the gift that keeps on giving, when it comes to ingenious names. After her foals Mr President, a full-brother to Jolting Joe--and Somelikeithotbrown (Big Brown), we now have a lovely reference to Marilyn's second husband Joe DiMaggio, one of whose nicknames was "Joltin' Joe"--epitomized by the 1942 big-band song "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio", by  Ben Homer and Alan Courtney. The "Yankee Clipper" (another of Joe's nicknames)  is one of the best baseball players of all times and...