Sham's Derby time was thus no worse than the fourth fastest time in history (behind Secretariat, Monarchos, and Northern Dancer), and may have been the second fastest time in history, with the only faster time run by another horse in the same race.
August is a very popular first name for males (#551 out of 1220, Top 45%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#5265 out of 150436, Top 3%).
In addition, August is a contraction of the name Augustine (Irish and English). The name Augusta (English, German, and Italian) is the female equivalent of August. August has 27 variants that are used in English and other languages. Variants used in English include Agosto, Augea, Augee, Augey, Augi, Augustus, Augy, and Austin.