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nagblagger
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I know a new forest, on his passport (prefix) FIG, short for F### i'm gorgeous...
Snowfilly
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Uncle had a stallion named Colt, who was still called Colt when he was grey and creaky and doing veteran classes. He was the only Colt foal born at the stud that year and it stuck.
Rosie the gelding was another; he was called Ambrose but the riding school already had an Amber and didn’t want to change his name so he became Rosie. A few years later, a mare called Rosie arrived and she in turn became Red Rosie as she was roan.
Patch who was snowy white seemed odd until you knew he’d been born piebald.
Rosie the gelding was another; he was called Ambrose but the riding school already had an Amber and didn’t want to change his name so he became Rosie. A few years later, a mare called Rosie arrived and she in turn became Red Rosie as she was roan.
Patch who was snowy white seemed odd until you knew he’d been born piebald.
PaulineW
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Highland mare I looked after till this summer is passported Rita of xxxx.
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
When I was looking at Icelandics there were several whose names I couldn't say, never mind spell.
Rowreach
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It's short for Patrick over here - is it an Irish TB?
ETS I've just seen Arklepig's post sorry
fiwen30
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A homebred, over-handled, spoilt rotten, 16hh, 2 year old gelding with bullish manners and a mean streak, very unironically is called ‘Handsome’ by his oblivious owner ?
Elf On A Shelf
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It's short for Patrick over here - is it an Irish TB?
ETS I've just seen Arklepig's post sorry
Yeah he started his career in Ireland.
Pr1nce
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My new purchase is called Bigfoot, I’m trialling changing it to Ben as he doesn’t seem to know his name anyway.
His passport name will remain Bigfoot ?
His passport name will remain Bigfoot ?
Rowreach
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We had one whose passport name was Bigfoot and his stable name was Yeti - which wasn't a whole lot better.
Floofball
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The name that stands out for me as the one I disliked most on first hearing it was Richard - it never grew on me ?
BronsonNutter
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When I used to ride out we had a Brian, Kevin, Phil and Grant on the yard. The racing names of two of them weren't much better!
palo1
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Elf On A Shelf
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We used to have a Brian. But as human names go these days we have a Kenny, Lou, Thomas, Henry, Hugo, Mary, Jess, Myles, Humphrey and Jeremy.
We had 3 siblings - Crumbs, Toastie and Ugs. The mare was called Granary House hence the first 2 names and Ugs was because he was ugly according to the people who handed him over so I changed it to Lugs because he had big ears.
At one point we had a Thomas, Tom, Tam, Tommy, Tim and Timmy in the yard at the same time. All of their owners wanted their horses to be called Tom or Tommy as we had to change few slightly ?
Dave's Mam
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Dave's a great name.
humblepie
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. Sorry not relevant to thread but Dave’s Mam. Was it Dave who qualified for Your Horse Live? We did the class so not sure if you were there?
chaps89
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I worked at a riding school for a while that had Killur, it was apt, he wasn’t for our novices!
nagblagger
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Unfortunately this one is my fault! Bought a mare in lockdown, (i probably wouldn't have if it hadn't been for covid) she's called Blue lady, found to be in foal, work colleagues decided it had to be 'corona blue' (blue was the infectious area in dept + from mare), unhorsey partner called him Bertie.. so now he is called Coronabluebertie on his passport. i was unable to separate the names as the prefixes are already registered. Oops
MotherOfChickens
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I knew a stunning chestnut TB called Norman. He looked like something out of a Munnings painted, acted like a right headbanger.
Celtic Fringe
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I know a Derek and a Barry - both lovely horses. My little cob had 'Perfection' as part of his passport name which I then changed - too much for a little chap to live up to, although he come fairly close!
I know someone who had a stallion called Saddam which was quite an innocuous beast.
I know someone who had a stallion called Saddam which was quite an innocuous beast.
Dave's Mam
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We didn't qualify, although we were a mind blowing 2nd in the first stage. We got a gorgeous sash & rosette.
Rowreach
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I once bought a horse who'd come out of training and been sent to a let-down yard. The head lad told me the horses was called Reg, and when I asked why he said "Well they're all called Reg ... or Norman."
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humblepie
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Yes fab sashes and rosettes weren’t they. Huge class.We didn't qualify, although we were a mind blowing 2nd in the first stage. We got a gorgeous sash & rosette.
millikins
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Trouble is by the time I've faffed around thinking of a better name I've got used to calling them whatever they came with. So I have Declan, which is a ridiculous name, came from a dealer who had another one similar called, you've guessed it. Ant.
And Bunny, who apparently was born at Easter but is the most unbunnyish animal imaginable. Unless you count the Killer Bunny in Holy Grail which she did rather resemble when she first arrived.
And Bunny, who apparently was born at Easter but is the most unbunnyish animal imaginable. Unless you count the Killer Bunny in Holy Grail which she did rather resemble when she first arrived.
Velcrobum
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I have one whose passport name is Bloody Nose. He is a very gentle giant certainly no bruiser!!
Cherryblossom
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There once once a woman on my livery yard who bought her first horse and was very excited to give it a show name. She was somewhat less thrilled after being eliminated at her first event and hearing the commentator announce “Well it looks like ‘Mummyslittlehelper’ doesn’t want to come out to play today” ?
Maryann
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If he's a small dark bay pony I may have met him. He was fine but I was a bit scared when I saw his name on the list of competitors at a riding club show.
palo1
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There was a rather influential Welsh D mare in the stud book rather a long time ago - she rejoiced in the name 'Brown'. I quite like the fact that my mare also has 'Broccoli' and 'Sprouts' in her pedigree...
spacefaer
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Thoroughbreds called Dave, Simon and Colin
Fabulous hwt show hunter called Turnip
I had so many human named horses on the yard at one point, it sounded more like I was running a prep school - William (twice) Edward, Justin, Rufus, Hatty, Bobby, Justin and an Isobel (big shire cross mare)
Not a fan of human names for horses either!
Fabulous hwt show hunter called Turnip
I had so many human named horses on the yard at one point, it sounded more like I was running a prep school - William (twice) Edward, Justin, Rufus, Hatty, Bobby, Justin and an Isobel (big shire cross mare)
Not a fan of human names for horses either!
spacefaer
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Current horse is a 17.2hh hwt RID called Buttercup. And just to make sure he's always called that, his breeder named him Buttercup in irish on his passport ??
Had a Dutch horse whose passported name was Tiet Over - I believe that tiet means teat ? which seemed odd!
Had a Dutch horse whose passported name was Tiet Over - I believe that tiet means teat ? which seemed odd!