What do the horses Please Me, Drums in the Night, and Sportin' Life have in common?

Question

Hint: it was the question about George Woolf that got me thinking about this.

Answer 1

good question.  I am stumped.

All owned and bred by William S Farish?

I found this interesting, as I was searching for your answer:

Del Carroll, the well-known thoroughbred trainer died in a Lexington hospital. He suffered compound skull fractures four days earlier in a fall from Sportin' Life, a skittish 4-year-old colt, during a dawn workout at Keeneland. (in 1992)

Answer 2

well, they all have an E in their name....

Answer 3

I'm totally stumped