How did your horse get his name?

Love this thread!!

Little mare was born Castana - pronounced Castania. Which is her show name now. Sounds lovely but the Spanish breeder named her so as it means brown....shame she's now Roany!

Her stable name was mini as she is small for the breed but i couldn't use that as I was informed of the words other use.

So stable name is now cassie - making the Spanish one English really.

Trainer referred to her as princess once and that has stuck - mainly as a bit of banter but also as she is a diva and high maintenance!

So she is referred to as cassie, princess or little pony/mare!

Sorry realised I've waffled!
 
Charlie is registered Charging but I'd love to know how they came up with Charging, he's out of Alphabatim and Gleann Ard so it cant be anything taken from them!

My first was Profluent, out of Proflare who in turn was out of Mr Prospector so i assume it was a Pro thing!
 
I have a Kevin. Somewhere he got it and it suits him to the ground. I wouldn't change it and I have had him 8 years. He has a posh name too, but he only gets to hear it in the ring and when he is naughty.

I have his sister who is called Una, but somehow we have changed her pet name to Big Fat Fanny. She has had a baby for us and is due in 10 weeks for the next.

Her yearling is called Super. After his father, and because he really is Super x
 
Lots of great stories! :)

I can say, never name a horse "Colin"! All the Colins I know are cursed. :(

And as an aside, I think this is the most sustainable thread I have EVER started on any forum, anywhere! Usually either no one plays at all or it dies a quick death. I must be getting soft in my old age. ;)
 
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Lots of great stories! :)

I can say, never name a horse "Colin"! All the Colins I know are cursed. :(

And as an aside, I think this is the most sustainable thread I have EVER started on any forum, anywhere! Usually either no one plays at all or it dies a quick death. I must be getting soft in my old age. ;)
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It's cos we all like talking about our ponies, innit? ;) ;)
Getting back to your usual analytical stance ;) ;) I do wonder whether that phenomenon where a person's name can affect their life choices (can't think what it's called, something determinism?) applies to naming horses. I tried a pony once called Dragon somethingorother and it was the worst slug i have ever sat on, and have heard of other similar stories.
Maybe a lot of naming is wishful thinking, subconscious or otherwise. *goes out to saddle up WorldBeater Megastar* ;) ;)
 
K, please, and I mean this is the nicest possible way STEP AWAY FROM MY FLUFFY THREAD! ;)

I think firewell's horse might win the "tempting fate" award for the racing name "Hi Hopes"! Honestly, who thought that was going to be lucky?

I know someone who inadvertently got a porn star's name for her racehorse last year. :eek: After it was accepted she googled it and was horrified. Apparently someone at Wetherby's (or whoever looks after that here) was sleeping on the job that day.
 
^ But you do have a horse named after a Hobbit. That's not something you see every day. :) (There is probably a potential thesis topic - or at least a ven diagram - analysing the overlap between horsey people and Tolkein fans.)

Okay, now I'M stepping away from the thread . . . ;)
 
My mare got her name from Sade song smooth operator which the breeder loved.


my pony CUI SEREN DWNN after the river cui in wales seren her family line and dwnn being her colour

HER PET NAME IS BISCUIT No 3 AKA BICKY



donkey well it suited her Melody


my gelding HOLLYWOODS GOLDEN AURORA


hollywoods his blood line after VERY FAMOUS qh horse Hollywoods Gold

http://www.cnrquarterhorses.com/hollywood-gold.htm
and Aurora after a group of stars in the sky

HIs stable name is also BISCUIT N0 2 after my late mare The BUtter Biscuit

Its hard with 2 Biscuits thats why one is Bicky

Moscatel [AKA Mossy ]dont know its what she came with
 
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My mates stable name is poppy, it really suits her but she gets called alsorts!!! He passport name begins with a C as she is a Belgium wb and born in 2002, so it's clever girl VD Cumul, I hate it it sounds like a sexually transmitted disease!!
 
My gelding is called Andy, don't know the history around that as he came with it! His posh name is Grey Murmur, grey as he is! And murmur as he failed the vetting with a heart murmur.. Was having a hard time coming up with a posh name for him and my OH at the time came up with it and I thought it was good enough!!

The old mare is called Kiana. She had no name when I got her (back in early 1997) so I had to come up with something.. Someone suggested looking in the back of an atlas, so as my name begins with K I started there and decided on Kiana! It's a place in Alaska.. Her posh name was Double K - as we both have names that begin with K!! :)

(the dog is called Bailey as he is brown and I like Bailey's Irish Creme!!) :D
 
He's called Uno after his sire 'Numero Uno'. A bit lazy, but I couldn't think of anything I liked, or was relevant to him, so it kinda stuck. Although, the names he often go by are 'Goon', 'Goonbobs' or 'Uniboo'.

Depending on his behaviour it's 'Dude' or 'Knob'!

His registered name is Amaretto S, which I quite like, as he's spirited and fun! :-)
 
Through both my pregnancies we had the name 'Ellie' planned for a girl but had two boys. When we went to view 'Ellie' she was called Nutmeg - which is the sort of name i associate with a dumpy riding school ponynot a huge gangly TB 2yo (no offense to any Nutmeg owners whos horses dont meet this description!) and for days we couldn't decide what to call her ut then it struck us... 'Ellie'. We are not having any more children so the name has not gone to waste and now our 'little girl' has got the name our never arriving daughter would have had! :)
 
Ferdie came with his nickname, but I named him Ferdinand when I registered him with BE/BD, because that was a fictional horse in my favourite kids pony book, 'The pony club Triology' by josephine pullein thompson!

Pete is called Pete because it begins with a 'p', his racing name was 'prime number' and he is just a bit of a dude!

Tia is just a short version of her racing name. Kind of wish now that I had ignored other people and nicknamed her Morag instead as I wanted to!!
 
Mine just had his pet name, Barney. He was nicknamed the yard 'goat' as he had some pretty bad cob manners. I had to get him a posh name as was showing him and doing dressage, so researched the word goat in different languages. His show name is The Oryx 1, which is latin for wild goat, and oddly enough my ID on here.

Mini TX's horse is a real showgirl. She is a stunner who loves to show off. Her posh name is Fine Feathers, which I gather is showbiz slang for a showgirl, particularly an old fashioned line up girl who wore a feathered hairdress, like a Tiller Girl or one of the Moulin Rouge dancers. YO, who bred her really chose well. Her stable name, Bonnie is also totally right as she is really 'Bonnie'.
 
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