Show Names!

[Natz88]

I need help with show names, as I am useless with names

I have rising 5yr old bay gelding who's name is Murphy, his breed is unknown. I plan to do showjumping & XC with him, but am just stuck on a show name... Any suggestions

 

[kerilli]

dam, sire? pictures?
what sort of names do you like? impressive? funny? not attention-seeking?

 

[Jesstickle]

Are you going to do mine too kerrilli?

I was just thinking I should sort them out this year!

Deffo need pics OP

 

[sandi_84]

We have a Murphey on our yard and his owner nicknamed him Smurf (he's a 17.2 Grey! ) So i'd go with Papa Smurf?

 

[Malibu_Stacy]

How about a pun on Murphy? Full of mirth?

or as UD says 'mirth: Meaning - joy, to be happy, laughter and general merriment' how about General Merriment?

 

[SamanthaUK]

Murphy Madness,
Magic Murphy,
AppleJack < Think it sounds cool!
Autumn Gold,
Mr M.

I'll think of some more in a while :}

UP: Mixed Up Madness,
-Kiss+Tell,
-Autumn's Desire,
-Shadow Of The Night

 

[Natz88]

Passport is at my mums, but I am pretty sure it hasn't got his dam & sire on it sorry got brain like a gold fish

Here is a few pics of him, he is about 14.2/3 & his breed is unknown.

 

[SamanthaUK]

- New Dawn Blaze.
-Moon Shiner,
- Mr Red Riding Hood,
- FireCracker
- Pegasus Wings,
- Murphy of England,
- Shout it out!
-Murphy likes Pie < Hehe sorry, felt the need.
- Mountain Rush
-Golddigga!

 

[sandi_84]

how about General Merriment?

Oooh I like this! ^

 

[Malibu_Stacy]

Are you going to do mine too kerrilli?

I was just thinking I should sort them out this year!

Deffo need pics OP

Which one? (or both?)

 

[kerilli]

ooh very nice.
well, if he was mine, i'd call him The Conkerer, because he's the colour of a fresh conker!

fwiw his face looks incredibly like my first horse, and she was Irish x TB. He's got the same lovely honest face.
Jess, i'm very happy doing Show Names for any apart from my own, then i'm utterly rubbish!

 

[Jesstickle]

Jess, i'm very happy doing Show Names for any apart from my own, then i'm utterly rubbish!

Knock yourself out! The best I can come up with is HMS Brown Horse which really isn't much kop and probably isn't allowed because he clearly isn't Her Majesty's anything. Her horses are much nicer

And Nitty is just Nitty. I haven't even thought about her yet!

I shouldn't be allowed to buy youngsters which aren't already named, I really shouldn't!

 

[Malibu_Stacy]

Knock yourself out! The best I can come up with is HMS Brown Horse which really isn't much kop and probably isn't allowed because he clearly isn't Her Majesty's anything. Her horses are much nicer

For BH (all ways of saying Brown Horse according to google translate):

donn capall (Irish)
brun cheval (French)
brunnea equum (Latin)
braunes Pferd (German)
caballo marrón (Spanish)
etc....

 

[wtdnh131]

oh wow he is so pretty im jealous!!! ive always liked that bright bay colour!

i remember a racehorse called finians rainbow, so maybe murphys rainbow or is that incredibly strange? probaly is!

 

[Kacey88]

He has indeed got an Irish head, very kind and wise. Murphy is an Irish name meaning "Sea Warrior". Depending on his personality, you could use Warrior in his show name?

I'd say something about his colour in his name, he is very bright red!

If you like the Irish theme, you could use "Red Branch Warrior" or just "Red Warrior". Cuchalainn was the most famous hero of Irish romance and the greatest "Red Branch Knight".

 

[Malibu_Stacy]

And Nitty is just Nitty. I haven't even thought about her yet!

Possibly slightly wrongly the first thing that springs to mind (after a quick check of wikipedia ) as you call her Nits is Pediculus or P. H.Capitis...

 

[Jesstickle]

Possibly slightly wrongly the first thing that springs to mind (after a quick check of wikipedia ) as you call her Nits is Pediculus or P. H.Capitis...

Weirdly Pediculus is quite a pretty name! No idea why nits should have such a nice name mind you!

Really she is called Swift and BH is called Bradley. I think Swift is nice but I hate Bradley.

 

[Malibu_Stacy]

Weirdly Pediculus is quite a pretty name! No idea why nits should have such a nice name mind you!

Really she is called Swift and BH is called Bradley. I think Swift is nice but I hate Bradley.

That's what I thought re: Pediculus, although could lead to some interesting conversations if people ask where you got it from

 

[humblepie]

Does the village or town where you live or your horse is kept fit in with Murphy. Years ago I had to register with the BSJA a horse with a single name and I put Craven (at the time she had just won the open jumping at the Vine and Craven hunt show) and Yatton (which is the village where she was kept when I bought her) in front of her name as options. As it was, her single name wasn't already registered so she just kept the single name.

 

[sophiebailey]

Has anyone got any ideas for me? My horses passport name is Alloween and his stable name is Bailey. He's a chestnut cob cross with 3 white socks and a white blaze. He has some gold running through his mane + tail. His dam\sire info isn't filled in on his passport any clues?? There should be pictures on my sig if it works!! Xx

 

[sophiebailey]

Oops just realised my sig didn't show because I posted via blackberry, so here it is