Most days of the week it’s a sure bet, but on Saturday, Cloud Computing was a longshot: at the Preakness, that is. But the horse with the most technology-oriented name I think I’ve ever seen prevailed to win the 142nd Preakness Stakes.
Cloud Computing, which went off as a 13-1 shot, denied Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming a chance at the Triple Crown and likely confused millions of viewers struggling to understand why someone would give a horse a name that nerdy. Owners William H. Lawrence and Klaravich Stables are hedge fund guys, so perhaps they made a tidy sum of money betting on the cloud.
We’re all looking forward to next year’s Preakness field, which will include horses such as Continuous Deployment, Container Orchestration, and Out-Of-Order Execution.
Tech Twitter also had fun with this:
https://twitter.com/ajassy/status/866070110120820736
https://twitter.com/kelseylh/status/866066346597117952
https://twitter.com/profjeffjarviss/status/866067749591822337
https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/866065635058438144