My horse is called Bailey. When I bought him his previous owner in belgium called him usa (pronounced 'you sir') but I wanted to call him something a bit more masculine. As he was belgian stamped (but dutch bred) I went on both a beglium and dutch boys name site to try and find a name for him. The only name I liked which sounded 'foreign' was Hanze but I'd already tried out a horse called Hanze and didn't like him so didn't like the name. Someone suggested Bailey and I really liked the name. People have asked me if he is Irish in the past as its such an irish name but he's obviously not!
Banjo - that's his racing name and we call him that at home.
Chance - registered name Charlies Chance, just known as chance and absolutely never charlie!
Nemo - my ickle baby, couldn't decide what to call him when he arrived as a foal, so being a clever dick i called him Nemo whish is latin for 'without name' then they brought out finding nemo, know i get 'oh after the fish?' all the time.
Proper name: Averlline,
on a good day: Avey,
on a bad day: Chavy,
on a really bad day: A whole host of 4 letter words that would probabally get this thread deleted!
I absolutely hate it! it doesnt suit her at all, wouldnt be so bad if she was a gelding,
I thought of changing it first but its bad luck + she recognises her name so I call her goff or goffy but people call her goth or goofy which send me mad!