[kms61]

if I remember correctly, you can’t name a horse after a living person without their approval—back in the seventies there was a filly named Chris Evert. I don’t know what the problem with Sally Hemings is.

[GreenHornet]

if I remember correctly, you can’t name a horse after a living person without their approval—back in the seventies there was a filly named Chris Evert

Around that same time, there was a horse named "Shecky Greene", after the comedian of the same name. The owners, of course had his permission (the comedian's, not the horse's.)