Really, really wrong horse names...

An old friend I worked with used to name all her horses with slightly odd choices, Derek, baby Dave and phillipa Jane being some :D

We also used to rename the race horse that came in for the week for performance testing, said friend would generally play apart in naming them and we would frequently end up with bob's and bert's and even the odd film themed weeks with names such as harry, Ron, frodo and bilbo making the cut :D :D

We would occasionly have showjumpers in ridden by a well known rider the most handsome of which had the stable name of Jerome, suited him thou if he'd been human he would be agent 007! :D :D
 
The yard we were at when I was a kid had a Mabel, Norma, Bernie, Ed, George! I keep thinking of more as I think of the yard!

And my 3yo is called Jemima... Puddle duck!
 
I've known a few with names like william, ted, bob, Jim, rosamund, portia, Amy etc. Knew one that had been registered as something forest, or forest something (can't remember) & called forest as a yard name. Unfortunately it happened to be just before forest gump was released, so we had lots of fun shouting 'run forest run' when he was rode. And he was mainly referred to as gump ever after. Worst however was a very fluffy lady who's big aggressive homebred was called cuddlekins. And someone who had a bs, short for bar steward, except he was a lovely thing. I did once have a project pony I really wanted to call cartman (as in south park) because it so suited him, but knew it might not be popular with new owners.
 
Some of these are hilarious! The riding school I used to go to years ago had one called Dick! There were Becky and Ben too.. not quite so amusing though!
 
When I was a kid we went pony trekking for a week with my family in Dartmoor,
My dad rode 'Trousers'
My mum rode 'Pacer'
My brother rode 'Apples'
and I rode 'Granite' - she came home ;o)
 
I've known several horses with odd names. Just too 'human'...
Emma, Kim, Neville, Melanie, Jackie, Kate, Robert, Donna and Debbie to name a few. Makes me wonder really - who looks at a lovely little foal and decides to call it Robert??! Its like folk who have a tiny brand new baby and decide to give it a really grown up sounding name, something like Derek, or Wayne. There are no words.
 
Oh yes, I also used to ride a Doris, and hunted a Frank.

And I have told the story about the kids who asked the horses names as we hacked past, no doubt expecting Dobbin and Neddy, and getting 'er...Ronaldo and Donatella'
 
Alibheg - my youngsters passported name is Benny. There was a mix up when I bought him - he came with the wrong passport, and I've never known him by that name, thank god! Lol
 
CaveCanem said:
And I have told the story about the kids who asked the horses names as we hacked past, no doubt expecting Dobbin and Neddy, and getting 'er...Ronaldo and Donatella'
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I was riding out on one and leading another, Id put fly fringes on both of them. a group of kids asked me if the writing on them was their names.

Um, no. They arent both called NAF OFF :D
 
Sabastian was a stallion standing at stud when I was growing up. Think they used his picture in a dewormer advert? But having grown up with it I think it's a perfectly normal name for a horse. Also grew up with a Gilbert, but he was an odd horse with big touching ears and it suited him somehow.

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Flymo :-)
Gary, Jason, Ethel, Adam, Trevor, Tina, Invasion, & The Pig!! Great names and suited all of them!!
 
Friends horse is Ken and I also know a Brian. We had a cat called Cat and (with apologies to the poster) a dog called Jesstickles.
 
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