Badly Named Horses Thread

[Birker2020]

I was horrified when the horse I was having vetted was called Larry as I hate that name. When I rang up to enquire about him I can remember saying "Larry?? Oh"

But its actually spelt Lari as in Happy as Lari and for some reason I find that more appealing.

I knew a Rapunzel once. And a Kevin. Nooooo!

 

[smolmaus]

Arab the Arab x and Dale the Clydesdale both owned by the same person was quite funny.

I named my nannys dog Dusty! Its a great name! (I was about 6)

 

[Barton Bounty]

Registered name was Coffee Hollow Kiss My Fannie, I called her Phlossi.

Went round a tb stud with the pony club many moons ago and one of the stallions was called Malicious.

This has made me laugh ?

 

[JBM]

I hear a lot of human names for horses being used @Katie&Judy has one called Barry ?

I have a barry and Judy ? you think it was planned they nearly rhyme cuz of the ys

 

[Barton Bounty]

I have a barry and Judy ? you think it was planned they nearly rhyme cuz of the ys

Nowt wrong with those names?

 

[Birker2020]

I have a barry and Judy ? you think it was planned they nearly rhyme cuz of the ys

funny you saying that

6 out of 7 of mine have all ended with the sound 'Y'. I actually joked this time around that I wanted a horse with the same sounding 'y' and got him too!
Goldie
Billy
Mikki
Rommy
Bailey
Lari

 

[Barton Bounty]

funny you saying that

6 out of 7 of mine have all ended with the sound 'Y'. I actually joked this time around that I wanted a horse with the same sounding 'y' and got him too!
Goldie
Billy
Mikki
Rommy
Bailey
Lari

Ive had a silver, lundy,poppy, lucky, lucy, cherokee, barnaby, will and BB beebs for short ?

 

[Spotherisk]

I think Harvey Smiths were the winners on this really - Sanyo Video, I think there was a Sanyo Music centre too. I knew a local horse called The Sausage Maker, owned by a butcher..

 

[SashaBabe]

Riding school ponies called Spider, Mouse, Dick, Apple.
Spider was a lovely little skewbald.
Mouse was a little bay gelding.
Dick was a blue road, which reminded me very much of a Thelwell pony.
Apple was a big black gelding who was also known as El Diablo.

 

[smolmaus]

We briefly had a Spider at the RS as well and I was the only one liked the name!

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Ive had a silver, lundy,poppy, lucky, lucy, cherokee, barnaby, will and BB beebs for short ?

I've owned Jake, Jacob and Jacob - completely by accident! ?

 

[MissTyc]

I know several foals born between March and May 2020 called Corona, Covid, Rona, etc ...

 

[Barton Bounty]

I've owned Jake, Jacob and Jacob - completely by accident! ?

I didnt name any of mine either but whats the point in changing it lol ?

same with my dogs, harry was 2 and called harry when we got him from the sspca.
Gixx was deaf and I named her the sspca called her wee witch ?cause she was a naughty puppy, she wasnt really she just wasnt loved till I got her. but no point with names i guess she cant hear you to shout on her lol

 

[smolmaus]

I know several foals born between March and May 2020 called Corona, Covid, Rona, etc ...

I rescued a hamster someone had named Corona around then too. Three from the same person actually and all in a terrible state. I took the name as an additional level of disrespect to the poor wee dote, I was quite annoyed. Renamed her Corazón which is the same root word but less rude!

 

[eggs]

I've had a Heidi and a Dusty in the past. I also had a pony called Chocolate Mint Lover.

I did make the mistake of letting my step-daughter name one of our home breds. We live near Bicester (pronounced Bister) so I now have a horse called Mister Bicester (Bisto to his friends).

 

[luckyoldme]

At an agricultural show I attended a few weeks ago, the commentator was having great fun chatting about a pony called Knickers, who was part of the pony club games team. ?

I looked after a mare called knickers in the 80s. She was a big boned tb with huge floppy ears. I absolutely adored her.

 

[suestowford]

I came across one called Bolter once.

 

[HorseyTee]

I knew 2 little cobs called Derek and Kieth.

Mine have quite nice names, one is named after where he was born in Wales but it's a nice name and the other is a human name but a nice name.

The tb is called Pants because he was a crap racer lol.

 

[Mouse19]

There’s a pony for sale on Facebook called Lisa which I think is an odd name for a pony.
I rode a horse years ago that had a posh prefix name of Octo something, so that then got changed to Octopussy after the James Bond film and then they dropped the Octo…. ?‍

 

[Barton Bounty]

I came across one called Bolter once.

There was a 30 year old pony at my riding school when I was 11 , he was called flash! Literally cause he tanked off and he was gone in a flash ?

 

[maya2008]

Lollipop - luckily she didn’t answer to it, so I gave her a new stable name and she happily went by that for the rest of her life.

 

[maggiestar]

After Dusty Springfield?

Oh, could be! I didn't think of Dusty Springfield

 

[fankino04]

Wow at some of these, I thought my first horse was unlucky with the name Gertie.

 

[Fluffypiglet]

I really dislike the name Dandy for some reason. There was a nice horse at the riding school I went to many moons ago called Dandy who used to suck polos. I liked him but his name really offended me for some reason. I also dislike (sorry to anyone who has any of the following…) misty, blackie, goldie etc. no idea why but urgh. I would have to change a name if any of those came up.

I do quite like human names for horses, they amuse me, probably the more ridiculous the better. At the aforementioned RS we also had a miniature pony called MegaPo…. another pony was called Sweet Augusta and she was anything but sweet….

 

[SEL]

I worked in Australia for a bit and if you didn't get in quickly and name a new horse it would just get stuck with 'bay thing' or 'creamy pony'.

They took delivery of Steady - reared upright with me on the first ride but thankfully did live up to his name in the end
Skitzo - actually not that bad although I did hold my breath taking him out for his first ride
Bonkers - quiet as a lamb
Squeak - was a roarer so sort of suited that

One of mine should be called Shiloh, which means bringer of peace. We tried to call her that when we found out what her real name was but it never stuck. She's more bringer of chaos to be fair

 

[dorsetladette]

as a child I had Shetlands called Gladys and Fred. I've only recently found out that was Charles and Camilla's pet names.

My sister bred a welsh part bred and called him gizmo.

As kids we (parents) shared a yard with a farm who bred welsh Ds he had a filly with no name that was a cow bag. On entering the stable most people would call her a #itch - us kids started chanting it running round the yard so her name was change to witch and she was registered as ###### flying witch. she's still going and still a bit of a #itch from what I've heard.

At a show I was at last weekend there was a Shetland called Alan - it really suited him too.

I'm sure I have many more. I mentioned a welsh A I used to own called Gisselle (the persons name not the animal) which we shortened and never realised it was rude until she went on loan in her senior years ooopppss. I've been shouting about seamen alot as she was a witch to catch. In fact she was often referred to as G#ss witch.

 

[Esmae]

Malcolm..........why???? No idea. He was a really nice chap, but Malcolm. FHS!!!

 

[smolmaus]

Alan the shetland reminded me, we have a little black pony called Al (short for Albert) at the sanctuary as well and I start humming "You Can Call me Al" almost every time I say hello to him. VERY irritating that my brain does that. Its doing it again now!!

 

[Barton Bounty]

Malcolm..........why???? No idea. He was a really nice chap, but Malcolm. FHS!!!

I heard of a tb called malcolm too

 

[scats]

My friends horse is called Martin.