Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate this beloved holiday, we decided to share some of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day-inspired racehorse names, plus a few Irish-themed names of horses that are racing today, making perfect hunch bets.

Saint Patrick

River Dance

Saint Paddy

Leprechaun

Green Beer Please

Green beer (SpaceAgeSage from USA/Wikimedia Commons)

Pot of Gold

Luckoftheirish

Kiss Me I'm Irish

St Patrick Day

Paddy O'Prado

St. Paddy's Gray

Irish Coffee

Gaelic

Rainbow's End

Irish Whisky

Shamrock

Blarney Kiss

Celtic Cross

Claddagh

Four Leaf Clover

Irish and Lucky

Irish Blessing

Lady of Shamrock

St. Patrick's Day hunch bets (all races are today, March 17):

Fair Grounds

#1 Miss Pat’s Girl in Race 2 at odds of 8-1

#5 Mr. Green Girl in Race 4 at odds of 8-1

Celtic cross (Scoyle17/Wikimedia Commons)

Golden Gate Fields

#6 Lucky KJ in Race 1 at odds of 5-1

#6 Irish Luck in Race 5 at odds of 9-5

Laurel Park

#5 Just Irish in Race 8 at odds of 15-1

Oaklawn Park

#4 Irish Jig in Race 4 at odds of 10-1

Santa Anita Park

#2 Reckless Charm in Race 4 at odds of 4-1

#2 Irish Dame in Race 8 at odds of 3-1

Tampa Bay Downs

#6 Sainte Therese in Race 6 at odds of 5-1