Really, really wrong horse names...

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Does anyone like me enough to call their horse 'Steve'?

Years ago someone misheard when I called a horse in the yard 'Steed', at the time it caused much mirth and we added Marjorie, Kevin and Dave to the list of names that don't go with horses.

Are the any worse ones folk can think of?
 
My old instructor had a horse called sue. Bad enough you would think but one of her neighbours misheard and thought her name was shoe. She used to call her 'wee shoe' it absolutely cracked me up.

I also know a horse called Steve!
 
I was about to say I used to ride a Marjorie and a Dave, but that sounds very wrong! :eek: Have known a few Bobs and Franks in the past, but I would like to meet a horse called Derek. Just because. :)
 
When I was looking to buy there was a horse who sounded ideal... but his name was Clarke.
I ask you - who looks at a horse and thinks: you look like a Clarke??
 
FinkleyGladiator said:
Clive. Clive would just be wrong...
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Nope - had a lovely 11.2 Dartie in one spring - called Clive at home - he was a little cracker & such a gentleman that he went home with the nickname of 'Lord Clive' :D

I've had a (among other more usual horse names):
Victor
Herbert
Henry
Sarah (never suited her!)
Orange Pud - honestly!!
Treacle (she was as sour as anything!)
Harold - for a 12.2 grey show pony
Thomas - never Tom, his owner did not want it shortened
Corps (short for corporal)
Camilla - sorry to Camillas out there but it was just not right bellowing that across a field.
Ramon
Daemon
Dinosaur (named by owners 4 yr old son!)
Colin
Patrick

The list could go on, but these are prob the more eye-poppingly odd names to call a pony/horse when catching in.... :o
 
Nigel! It's got to have it so far... But then even if Steve, Clive, Kevin etc have been done, they're still worthy.

I owned a horse called Willy, we did all the Willy jokes, well you have to don't you?
 
When I was looking at horses, I pictured myself shouting their names across a field, I whittled my list down quickly doing that :D
 
I looked after a Roger.

When the Steve debacle happened at the yard we nearly wee'd ourselves laughing. Years later you'd think I'd been there done that but reading these names and imagining a sj'ing commentry I'm back there all over again. Two glasses of wine helps!
 
I had a dog called Derek.

I know someone with a Nigel. Lots of my horses have 'name' names, I like them :D

Two good ones were Jesus and Odlid.
 
I loaned a horse called Prodney....


He was imported from Russia and noone could translate the name on his passport so they just guessed at what each letter looked like and out came Prodney.. Poor thing!
 
i used to know a woman who had a horse called Muffin, sounds innocous, but was shortened to MUff, lots and lots of jokes from her v camp YOs -
given your muff a good workout
clipped your muff for you
:D:D:D:D:D

wrong but for very different reasons
Climax for tackle, its a horse at the race yard i work at, i cannot imagine what anyone was thinking:rolleyes:
 
My old riding school now have a Nigel :D they used to have a Jill, Ralph and Marcus too!
I loaned an Albert, then a Tasmin and a friend had a Derek :)
Another yard I used to work at had a Doris and the yard I rode at at uni had a Betty, Joy, Malcolm and Darius :confused: :o

When I win the lottery I will run a riding school where all the ponies have OAP names :D Dennis, Rodney, Ernie, Arthur, Doris, Edna, Joyce, Mavis... ;) :D
 
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