Avoid buying a horse with these names

[MagicMelon]

I can only think of two which I know of locally; Pocket Rocket and Double Trouble.

 

[Bright_Spark]

Jasmine (jet black, thinks she's royalty ) was nicknamed Devil Spawn and Psychobitchfoal of the Universe by my daughter, who also wanted her freezemarked 666
(had already been taken - boo!) but she's grown up to be really rather sweet (Jasmine - not daughter, lol)

My old PBA was renamed "spawn of satan"...by me

 

[marmalade76]

The horse we did buy was named George though, I now have a soft spot for all Georges.

I have come across several Georges since naming my son George

 

[MeganLindsx]

My friend named Gemma has a horse also called Gemma... never quite understood why she never changed the horses name!

 

[marmalade76]

My friend named Gemma has a horse also called Gemma... never quite understood why she never changed the horses name!

Yeah, there's someone round here named Annie who owns a pony also named Annie. Can't understand why they don't use a different name for the pony.

 

[Aidey]

IMHO Ryan indicates trouble in people and horses!! Sorry any Ryans out there..

Definitely AGREE! My ex is a Ryan! Definitely trouble! lol

 

[smiles24]

My mare was called tractor! I called her pretty the first day I had her and this just stuck, still pretty 9 years on.

 

[HashRouge]

A woman I knew back when I first got my horse had an Arab yearling who she'd named "Shetan", which means the devil in Arabic. No wonder he was a little nutter!

 

[Tangled]

Stay away from Rudi's! They are called Rudi for a reason!

 

[Archiepoo]

i had a tb called steve -my OH is called steve ,can get very confusing! my friend had a horse called bracelet -what sort of name is that for a horse??

 

[Tinsel Trouble]

We had a shetland called Nick'um'Ya'*******. He was horrid- he threw our next door neighbours daughter over the 4 bar post and rail fence and onto a lit barbeque. (Good aim though!)

Mum was riding on the teams then, and even she couldn't stay on it!!




Also slighly heart broken that PaddyMonty/ Juno has a daughter....

*moarnfully looks at the photo of him falling off...!!!

 

[flump]

Personally the name i would avoid is beauty!! Had a brillinat grey pony called beauty then followed by 2 complete d****!!

As for funky names at work or mine here is a few!

Teardrop
Fi-Fi
Pom-Pom
Beans
Blossom
Bubbles
Bunty
Cinderella

Lots of loveley girly names!!

 

[Cortez]

Once rode a horse called Daemon who was anything but - he was lovely, and one called Sweetness, who was likewise anything but....

 

[cambrica]

Took longer to come up with name for our home bred baby than it did my 3 kids. Finally Cambrica Shaylee.. Cambrica is latin for a welsh poppy (Sec A whose mums called Poppy) and Shaylee is Gaelic for Princess Fairy of the Field.
Unfortunatley there is no translation in gaelic for Demon of the Muddy Gateway.

 

[Dovorian]

An earlier poster mentioned that a 'George' would put them off, we have had 2 lovely horses with that name, a mega connie and a dear sweet monster of a KWPN, we have also had 3 'Williams', and now have a Frank. I've also had a Fergal who was very 'irish', singularly the worst horse I ever set eyes on or sat on was a black gelding called Buzz aka Guardsman...

What's in a name, frankly I dunno, but Georges and Williams seem to find us..

 

[hudsonw]

Buck or Diva

 

[ClobellsandBaubles]

Passport name for daughters horse is...
'Its a nice colour'

Thats the best they could come up with for a descriptive name

Used to know a horse whose show name ended in 'Blonde and handsome' he was lovely though. I have known an evil shetland called George so the juries out on that one.

 

[DressageCob]

We had one of those in a 10.2hh incarnation. Okay on the lead rein otherwise heaven help the child if the adult was ever further than arms length away.

I once knew a mare called Virtue. That was a triumph of hope over reality. I also knew one called Shanghai (which was apparently a name for a form of high speed kidnap) so the clue was in the name for those sufficiently well educated

Mine seem to end up with people names, especially the colts... The new week old chap appears to be an Albert (I don't know, the names just arrive!) and will be over 16.2hh so it will fit when he grows up. He is "little Alb" at the moment

Nowt wrong with an Albert...that's what my little man's called

 

[Fransurrey]

Angel.... It was ironic I think :S

Agreed. I tried 'Angel' with the intention of taking her on loan as ridden companion. She was strong in company, but was told she was fine by herself. She napped the whole way out, then suddenly spun 180 and bombed back along the track. There wasn't time to stop her before getting to the fallen tree across the track at head height, covered in ivy...

...I got back to this woman's yard, covered in mud and said, 'She's no Angel, and I suggest you work on her before trying to loan her out again!'

However I do have a Henry, who is an absolute darlin!

 

[EmmasMummy]

What about Diafol? Thats devil in Welsh

 

[EmmaR]

I had a mare called Moose!! and she was an absolute Moose such a grumpy mare with serious issues lol

 

[Sirreal]

My sister's friend had a horse called Huggy Bear which I always thought was awful. But then mine is called Shy which had my mum and dad in stitches initially! Wanted to change it but people kept telling me it was unlucky and I was just young so I believed them

I also know a lovely lady who had a Misty - that was dark bay! It was called that when she got it though!

I also knew a Huggy Bear. As well as an Arnold, T-Bird, Ribs and Monkey.

My first pony was Mouse, and we have a Simmental bull called James

 

[fruity]

I've known a few dodgy Ruby's!

 

[Brightbay]

When I was a small child, along with the usual Dandies and Snowies and Blackies at the local riding school, I occasionally was made to ride Fly. And I think I did, a few times...

 

[vienna]

Just wanted to add..
Dont shoot me down lol..
Love the name bambi, would consider calling a mare that tehe..
And princess can be nice too for a kind hearted animal.
Just my opinion...

 

[lottiepony]

Andy isn't the best name or any other human name.

Too many innuendos, for example:

"Just going to ride Andy."
"Had a brilliant ride on Andy the other day, really worked up a sweat."

Made worse by the fact I have a lot of friends also called Andy.

oh dear my mare is called Andee - note the spelling difference! i always get the 'she's a mare???' question every time. people ask me why dont i change it but to be honest i wouldn't know what to change it too! Perhaps Moody Moo would do her better!

 

[VickyP]

I know a horse called Dick.

You're riding Dick today.
Dick's hard to ride.
Dick feels a bit stiff today.

I rest my case.

Oh dear! At a riding school I worked at years ago and we had a horse called Nobby. Same embarassing scenario really..

 

[magichorse]

My friend had a horse called Jinx- and it was. It used to dump her on a regular basis and during one particularly persistent bucking fit managed to break her femur.

 

[ShadowFlame]

Tequila... doesn't take 3 to make you hit the floor...

 

[Tilda]

Have to disagree with Henry my YMs old boy is called Henry and he is great fun has character and likes to test you if he knows you can ride but safe as houses with a beginner I didn't have the best of lucky with Matilda (Tilly) and I thought it would be lucky as my brother used to call me Tilly (short for Natalie) when he was little