Do you know which Camden streets were named after racehorses?

In most towns and cities, streets are named for prominent citizens such as local military heroes, politicians, sports stars or even entertainers.

But in “Horsey Camden”, we sometimes name our streets after our “4-legged heroes". Many of us have heard of these streets, but likely do not even realize that they were named after famous race horses that have graced our town.

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OK---so where are these streets that you are referring to, you might ask? Well, here are 4 of them:

• Of course, the one that most of us are familiar with is Battleship Road which snakes from DeKalb Street in Camden northward to Carter Street and was named for one of the most prominent horses in steeplechasing history. Battleship was sired by Man O’ War one of the most famous race horses of all time. In 1931, Battleship was purchased by Marion DuPont Scott owner of the Springdale Race Course who established the Colonial Cup. Battleship is the only horse to have won both the American Grand National and the Grand National steeplechase races.

• Battleship sired a 1957 steeplechase champion named Shipboard which was trained by Camden’s own Raymond Wolfe. Shipboard Road is a dead-end street off of Battleship Road behind Kirkover Hills.

• The success of a horse named Elkridge spanned the 1940’s. Kent Miller locally trained Elkridge, the first steeplechase horse anywhere to win $200,000. Elkridge Drive in Kirkover Hills subdivision was named for him.

• Temperance Hill was a champion race horse trained by Camdenite, Joe Cantey, which won the 1980 Belmont Stakes. Temperance Hill was named the Champion threeyear-old of 1980. Temperance Hill Court is located South of Camden in the Belmont Subdivision.

These are just 4 Camden streets named after our “4-legged heroes”.

Do you know of any others?