Horses like Dubai Millenium, Hyperion, Bayardo, Sir Ivor Nashwan or Generous are just a notch below.
Council leader Ivor Hyslop said it was "great news" for the region, especially its young people.
If Richard can't join the royals, Ivor will at least ensure that he can serve them properly.
The admission came from the authority's leader Ivor Hyslop during a special BBC Radio Scotland debate in Dumfries.
The 58th Ivor Novello awards will be presented at the Grosvenor House hotel in central London on 16 May.
Bush, whose other hits include Running Up That Hill and Babooshka, has won both Brit and Ivor Novello awards.
London art dealer Ivor Braka recalls a breakfast at Les Deux Magots in Paris, where Joe consumed 14 croissants.
About 20 RAF personnel have pulled an "Ivor the Engine" steam train more than 50 metres in aid of Comic Relief.
BBC: RAF Benson team complete Comic Relief steam engine pull
The Ivor Novello Award winner was back in his home town on Thursday for the launch of the programme of events.
That's when UCSD oncologist Ivor Royston and research assistant Howard Birndorf founded Hybritech to explore using monoclonal antibodies to fight cancer.
Toast master extraordinaire Ivor Spencer should know -- he has orchestrated over a thousand royal events and trained dozens of butlers.
Double Brit winner Emeli Sande could be in line for further accolades, having been nominated for two prizes at next month's Ivor Novello awards.
In a statement, council leader Ivor Hyslop said the authority had been in correspondence with Kier Construction for some time to try to resolve the matter out of court.
BBC: Dumfries DG One centre: Court action starts over faults
Council leader Ivor Hyslop said he believed the plans - which were supported by independent councillors - struck the "right balance" between making savings and investing in the region.
They were one of the biggest bands of the late 70s and 80s with a string of top 10 singles and albums and won Brit Awards, Ivor Novellos and Grammy Awards.
Professor Ivor Van Heerden, a public health specialist from Louisiana State University, said he expected to see more cases as the flood waters could lead to an explosion in mosquito numbers.
The Welsh national team celebrated their greatest occasions in the Welsh capital as they qualified for their only World Cup in 1958 at Ninian Park when John Charles and Ivor Allchurch inspired a play-off victory over Israel.
New single Breathless chugs along at Blondie pace before petering out into a wailing imitation of Dolores O'Riordan, while Irresistible announces: "You're irresistible - natural, physical" - looks like the Ivor Novello's on hold for another year, then.
Labour Peer Lord Ivor Richard, Chair of a Cross Party Commission that reviewed Assembly powers in 2004 also warns that the mechanism, known in Parliamentary language as "Henry VIII powers" will "raise a few eyebrows" in the upper house.
BBC: NEWS | Programmes | Politics Show | Wales: Assembly powers
But the real joy of that first drive is not watching a professional suffer the same indignities as us hackers do - although that is fairly enjoyable - it is watching official starter Ivor Robson do what he does best.
"We would really encourage people not to come back for at least a week, " said Ivor van Heerden, deputy director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center and director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes in Baton Rouge.
The early promise of unlimited cash from the Murdocks looks less definite at a time when backers consider cancer vaccines, which attracted a lot of money over the past decade, "dead as an investment, " in the words of Ivor Royston, an immunologist and a partner at San Diego venture capital firm Forward Ventures.
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