changing a horse's name - is it really bad luck?

[atot]

Oh I like Castana, and Cassie is a nice short name.

 

[atot]

I don't mind brownie, its a sweet but she IS brown, so I just see it as her colour rather than a nice choccie brownie, which would be a far better association

 

[f_s_]

Don't believe that it is bad luck to change a name!

Have changed some of ours, and some we've left as they are

I would hate to have an animal with a name I didn't like, or didn't suit them

We tend to have a bit of a theme going on names at the minute, and I don't "do" human names for animals!!

 

[welshchick]

Just look at Mary King's King Solomon - he used to be called Oliver....

 

[Puddock]

A brownie is also supposedly a type of elf:

Brownie

• noun (pl. Brownies) 1 (Brit. also Brownie Guide) a member of the junior branch of the Guides Association. 2 (brownie) a small square of rich chocolate cake. 3 (brownie) a benevolent elf supposedly doing housework secretly.

 

[Angua2]

I changed Ru's name, but only very slightly. She originally was called Rusty, I didn't think it suited and Since I tended to call her Ru changed the last bit of the name so she became Ruby. (I didn't think I would get away with Rubarb!)

I like the name bronwyn by the way!

 

[traceyell]

the only time ive changed a horses name was one that eventualy had to be put down at 6 never dared do it again

 

[miss_c]

Genie's previous owners changed her name (from Scooter, which is more of a boy's name), and I think it brought them bad luck, as they sold her to me and she's turned into a cracker!

However I assume it is just a superstition, although I dunno if I personally would do it... We have an Eric and a Bruce on the yard, and it the names actually do kinda suit them...

 

[Ranyhyn]

I changed my old horses name. When I bought him he was called Maverick, which I didn't like, so changed to Murphy. Never had any bad luck with him.

Bought a horse called Jester,changed to it Chester, never had any bad luck with him either.

Bought a horse called Charlie, left it at Charlie - had lots of bad luck with him!! LOL

My current horse called Ed, kept as Ed. He's the best horse I have ever owned.

I think the moral of my story is, luck (good or bad) is just that. Luck.

 

[Sarah Sum1]

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Oh so if a horse has a passport and a dodgy name in it, do you have to use that as it's show name? or can you have what stable name and what show name you like anyway?

Confuses me

ETA coz all horses should have passports now, isn't that the law?

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Does anyone know the answer to this please?

 

[Donkeymad]

Of course it is not bad luck, that is just an old wives tail. And yes, I have done it