albeg
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My guy is Bob day-to-day.
Odd horse names
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My guy is Bob day-to-day.
AShetlandBitMeOnce
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Derek.
buddylove
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Nope, I had an uncle Derek, bit creepy and fingernails too long for a man, makes me feel queasy!!!
DabDab
Ah mud, splendid
Archer
Elf On A Shelf
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We have also had Itstimeforapint, Spark Of Madness (who I wanted to call Suggs - Scu got it, took LVR a while to get it, no one else did because they are all too young! The owners called him Sox instead because he has 4 huge white socks and a big blaze) Methodtothemadness, Imjoeking, Catch The Moonlight, Settledoutofcourt, Near To Tears, Well Above Par (who is distinctly average ...) Haul Us In, Amonit, Make It Happen, Drop A Gear Hey Listen, Nuts N Bolts, Silver By Nature, No Deal, Long Distance, Outrageous Request, Legbeforewicket, Bobble Hat Bob, See You There, etc
These all seem normal to me though because racehorse names are mostly unique.
DabDab
Ah mud, splendid
Yeah tbh I always thought the whole point of buying/breeding a racehorse was to give it a ridiculous name....
Same applies to show dogs
Same applies to show dogs
ITPersonnage
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Dougie gets my vote.
tiahatti
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I knew a Colin, a Banana and a Saddam. The first two are ok but the third is dreadful.
oldie48
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TBH I think you get used to any name once you've been using it for a while. We had a Sid many years ago and Bisto felt odd initially. The only think I would say is choose something that people can pronounce and write legibly when making entries. One of our ponies was called An Buachaille Liath Bertie, he was announced as "An something something Bertie" ridden by Lyola, pony got into the jump off and won the class so this was announced three times in total by which time we were in fits of laughter, fortunately so was Lydia!
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I do pitty announcers when you get the Welsh names! Or indeed most of the arab names for their racehorses where there are M's, H's and T's than should be allowed in a word!
All bar one racecourse pronounced Jeff's name Jefer-teetee. Uttoxeter pronounced it Jefer-tit-ee.
Mule
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While at a one day event, I heard the name 'Mr Spook' announced. I had a giggle when I saw the horse had the same sire as my spooky gelding.
J&S
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Do you remember Rollajoint, my ex always put money on him!
Dwyran_gold
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I once met someone with a horse called teefa who’s actual name was teefatwat ??
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
I once met someone with a horse called teefa who’s actual name was teefatwat ??
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jumbyjack
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I had a black horse with silver flecks all over her, the now obsolete term for that colour was starling so I named her Obsolete Starling. It did cause a lot of interest!
P.forpony
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I once met someone with a horse called teefa who’s actual name was teefatwat ??
Definitely not as good as yours but always being the smallest on a yard of enormous warmbloods mine ended up as Peafa
Peafapony ?
Meredith
riding reluctantly into the sunset
If ever I owned a race horse I would have used cricket names
Caughtatslip. Thirdman, Droppedatgully, Rampedovercover, Bailsoff, Sixtocowcorner etc
I expect a lot of them have been used or wouldn’t be allowed.
Sussexbythesea
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My gingers passported name is Euribor which I think is really ugly. His previous owners called him Euri but I changed it to Eddy as similar sounding but more often I now called him Edward. I think that suits him.
A friend bought a HiPo whose stable name was Wally (play on his registered name) but she hated it so changed it to Mac.
I knew a Thunderpants, one I owned was Teabag. Also known a Robert in the past.
A friend bought a HiPo whose stable name was Wally (play on his registered name) but she hated it so changed it to Mac.
I knew a Thunderpants, one I owned was Teabag. Also known a Robert in the past.
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Michael Scu had one called The Wicket Keeper.
Lego (Legbeforewicket) was a nasty bitch of a horse. She truly was evil incarnate. And a useless racehorse. She was horrible to lead up and I had drawn the short straw to take her at Perth instead of one of my own nice to deal with horses so I was in a bad mood about it all. As I walked, or rather was slammed about the paddock, a woman in a huge flowery dress tried to pat her over the railings and said she was delighted to see her and she looked after her as a foal. So ever being the professional I am when angry I shot back - so we have you to thank for this evil bitch then. Great. She ran away crying. The broke a leg on the gallops not long after that too actually come to think of it.
Lego (Legbeforewicket) was a nasty bitch of a horse. She truly was evil incarnate. And a useless racehorse. She was horrible to lead up and I had drawn the short straw to take her at Perth instead of one of my own nice to deal with horses so I was in a bad mood about it all. As I walked, or rather was slammed about the paddock, a woman in a huge flowery dress tried to pat her over the railings and said she was delighted to see her and she looked after her as a foal. So ever being the professional I am when angry I shot back - so we have you to thank for this evil bitch then. Great. She ran away crying. The broke a leg on the gallops not long after that too actually come to think of it.
Rosemary28
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P is called Danebridge Connor in his passport. Definitely one of the easiest Welsh pony names I've come across... although with a name like Connor you'd think he would be Irish! Other names he goes by include, Rollo, Pony, P, Beast, Hairy Thing, Thing and many others along those lines.
Cortez
Tough but Fair
It's funny how much trouble you all have with "foreign" names, but not surprising I suppose in a largely mono-phone country. Some of the Irish names mentioned above are actually beautifully descriptive.
I once trained a horse named Alpo, which is a brand of dog food in America; he was a lovely lad.
I once trained a horse named Alpo, which is a brand of dog food in America; he was a lovely lad.
Jill's Gym Karma
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If I ever become a millionaire I would breed racehorses and give them the rudest names I could get past Weatherbys.
My non-horsey partner is being trained up, but insists if I'm allowed a horse (which will most likely be of the hairy cob/native persuasion, it be named...…Groovejet….
My non-horsey partner is being trained up, but insists if I'm allowed a horse (which will most likely be of the hairy cob/native persuasion, it be named...…Groovejet….
blitznbobs
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it kind of is — his name was Fred when he arrived my surname was west, it was only when I got a bill from the vets I realised what he was now known as ... but given he would bite you or kick you he’s quite well named I suppose
Cortez
Tough but Fair
I used to ride a camel in Morocco, he was named Lufthansa.....
Pinkvboots
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Bless him it does sound like his name fits! It's one if those things nothing you can do I imagine it happens quite a bit.
Shilasdair
Patting her thylacine
Some vaguely Scottish ideas - Fergus, Bruce, Archie, Murdo, Granite.
Pinkvboots
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I knew a Dave where I worked it really suited him.
Some kids had a horse called Grosvenor and they changed it Groovy as they didn't like it.
Some kids had a horse called Grosvenor and they changed it Groovy as they didn't like it.
oldie48
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Yes indeed, our dun connie was Woodstock Cuilin Bui (may have spelt that incorrectly) but translates to yellow girl, I believe, An Buachaille Liiath Bertie was the Grey Lad and Donnrua Rebel was a chestnut horse. we were on a bit of a roll with the Gaelic names and they were all Irish horses or ponies.
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We had one called Beidh Tine Anseo - We're On Fire. He was called Rocky in the box as he was by Rock Of Gibraltar.