best and lovely names

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I read through some of the threads and just love some of the names of the horses that people talk about, so just wondered what are the best names you have come across?

For me, my friend has a beautiful part bred arab and his name is Eden Gate Rainmaker, which I love, and by far the funniest was a lady at a show with her horse called Colin and her Jack Russell called Brian!!! Oh and my mate at college had a cat called Alan ....

Just a bit of fun, is all ....

 

[Bexx]

My old pony was called Jeeves which i loved and it suited him perfectly Friend of mine has a tb called Alan haha. Sure theres more but I can't think right now

 

[TelH]

My Forester's reg name is Mockbeggar Gonna Getcha. Mockbeggar is the line of ponies she is from, the rest of her name is because when I got her she had never been handled and was rather good at spinning her backside on you

My youngster's stable name is Harold, after my late grandfather

 

[Spiritedly]

Our ferret is called Colin!

 

[Mongoose11]

My Forester's reg name is Mockbeggar Gonna Getcha. Mockbeggar is the line of ponies she is from, the rest of her name is because when I got her she had never been handled and was rather good at spinning her backside on you

My youngster's stable name is Harold, after my late grandfather

Ooooh I was writing at Keysoe yesterday and we had a mock beggar in the ring. It was lovely!

 

[saalsk]

My lads posh name is " Really Badly "

Then, when I enter the ring/start box etc, they have to say " and now blah blah, riding Really Badly" and has me laughing the whole way round the course. And it is true !

 

[Lolo]

My old boy was called Cheeky, which suited him down to the ground. Aside from the fact it conjours up images of fuzzy little grey ponies, not smart 15.2hh bay TBs His show name was No Surrender, which was also absolutely perfect.

(aside from the very funny judge who commented that "he certainly didn't surrender today!" after a particularly awful dressage test!)

 

[Madam Min]

Not a true horses name but a local venue to us at competitions whether it'd be dressage, eventing, jumping or whatever they call people like this "Next in mrs bloggs on dobbin" then to give fair warning they read out the next couple of combinations followed by "stand by", after going to several comps at this yard, someone we knew said in genuine naiviety, "That Stand By is always here, competes at both affiliated and unaffiliated! We had to explain it wasnt a horse, it was just the organisers way of letting people know who was in next!

 

[Sprout]

My daughter's first pony was called Hilda, and my new pony is called Custard.

 

[charlimouse]

I used to have a horse called Colin! I actually think all my horses suit their names, but I love Pickle's posh name which is the stud prefix followed by Superstar. Really suits him, and sums him up well. He is a superstar!!!

 

[murphysmum123]

I have a little rescue called Clarence I don't love it but feel like i can't change it now!

 

[DabDab]

A mare called 'Surprise' had a colt that the owners called 'Sir Prize', that was quite sweet.

'Bob le Cob' - started out as joke because it looked like a bog pony when it first came from Ireland and it was supposed to be something special so was referred to as Bob. 'Bob the Cob' then became 'Bob le Cob' because it was by a horse called 'Le One'.

One of the most beautiful horses I have ever met (both to look at and temperament wise) was called 'Virtue', which I loved.

I've named horses all sorts of stupid things - like Clive, Jeff, Doris, Mavis... - most are not called these names now (understandably)

 

[RoughcutDiamond]

Well my Roughcut Diamond's stable name is Dave, derived from his passport name of Davidson (he arrived nameless at the yard I bought him from but with a horse named Harley....). We lost our lovely anglo-nubian goat, Elmo, at the yard recently but now have 2 new rescue goaties - Rosie and......................Nigel!!!

 

[Pinky94]

My collie is called colin haha.

At the stud I used to work at there was a gorgeous pure bred Arab called Brian

 

[tonitot]

My horse is called Ethel! I dont have a show name for her though, I keep finding ones I like and then changing my mind!

We have a horse at work who is huge and looks more like a police horse than a racehorse, so his owner's called him Crowd Control which I love

 

[Bexx]

My instructor had a lovely mare called Miss Fortunate which I really liked. Stable name was Mary though

 

[Charmin]

I had an ex-racer TB that I evented purely for fun (used to get a cricket score SJing but boy did that horse go XC) called In The Nude. So it was So-and-so riding In The Nude, which caused much hilarity

 

[Love]

Kenny was going to be a Colin Eden Gate Rainmaker is beautiful!

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I really like my gelding's name - Taj Amir - it means The Prince's Crown.

 

[CountryStar]

the stables that I learnt to ride at when I was little had a pony called Norman which I liked, there was also a horse called Elvis and a huge horse called Tiny. Sisters friend had a pony called Spider but I've always loved the name Pickle for a horse

 

[Leam_Carrie]

My mare is Spirit or properly Negev Spirit of Aswan. Spirit definitely suits her (she's an arab!).

 

[Qru]

My brothers gf has Winston and Jerry, which I love!
My boys show name is Ricardo FX - given by his previous owner who, at the time, had Leonardo FX and Ricardo FX - sounds kinda fancy until you realise that FX stands for Fatty Express

 

[littleladylou]

My forrester is called Wayland Sawn Song which I love. Makes her appear sweeter than she is!

 

[Tobiano]

OMG i love 'Really Badly' and 'In The Nude' !!

Got to think of one of those for my new boy!

 

[mandwhy]

I love names like Colin, Alan, Paul, I just never get tired of it haha!

The winner of Crufts years ago was called Mark, if I recall rightly he was a tiny black papillon!

 

[Cluny]

Some great names here!

Many years ago I had a New Forest gelding who's registered name was Limekiln About Time Too! He was a very late foal.

 

[HeresHoping]

<Dons boastful hat and swiftly takes it off again as not polite>

I love creating horse names, the old fashioned way, drawing from lineage.

I have a friend/client who has a stud farm and sometimes when I've been very good she lets me name a foal or two. My best was La Rondine - opera fans will know that means 'the swallow' - who is by United but also has Rigoletto in her blood lines.

One of last year's colts was Royal Blue, born on the Queen's Jubilee, but by Royal Diamond and out of Barracuda - (fish, sea, deep blue, see what I did there?). We also have a Union Black, by Uthopia, born a couple of days before. I think we were on 'B's last year.

My favourite names were Charlie Bubbles (my first pony), an OTTB called Talatala (which is a sunbird), Inshallah, Indamood, Vat 69 and my own more recent TB, Myboyspook. He was a Silver Patriarch boy, and I thought it was a great concoction.

My all time favourite dog name, however, I felt was absolutely inspired. A JRT called Vernon.

 

[Mongoose11]

^^ lovely names, love Union Black particularly!

I have a JRT called... Barry

 

[AdorableAlice]

Ted From Tipton. My feral half Shire 2 year old.

 

[Cluny]

<Dons boastful hat and swiftly takes it off again as not polite>

I love creating horse names, the old fashioned way, drawing from lineage.

I have a friend/client who has a stud farm and sometimes when I've been very good she lets me name a foal or two. My best was La Rondine - opera fans will know that means 'the swallow' - who is by United but also has Rigoletto in her blood lines.

One of last year's colts was Royal Blue, born on the Queen's Jubilee, but by Royal Diamond and out of Barracuda - (fish, sea, deep blue, see what I did there?). We also have a Union Black, by Uthopia, born a couple of days before. I think we were on 'B's last year.

My favourite names were Charlie Bubbles (my first pony), an OTTB called Talatala (which is a sunbird), Inshallah, Indamood, Vat 69 and my own more recent TB, Myboyspook. He was a Silver Patriarch boy, and I thought it was a great concoction.

My all time favourite dog name, however, I felt was absolutely inspired. A JRT called Vernon.

Ooh Hereshoping, I might have to ask you nicely for name suggestions in a years time as my Dutch WB mare (Kimberley x Adonius x Lysander) is hopefully going to be having a foal by Serano Gold (Sandro Hit x Grundstein II x Futuro). I'm useless at names!