Worst names (horses)!

[joeanne]

One of my new colts is called Stanley
Another has been nicknamed Lecter as he is a bit of a nibbler.

 

[Sol]

I have a pony called Dimples...

(has apparently had this name since being a yearling!)
And have a habit of giving out odd names - Koora & Dante are hardly normal, though there are a fair few Dante's around!

Have ridden a horse named... it was something -like- Rivita... but it wasn't quite (but that's what it got called as nobody knew the mares name! xD)
Also ridden a cob named Itchy :/ shame... and a shetland called Stumpy!

 

[DunRoamin]

I know a Gorgeous, Uranus, Sharon, and a Kevin! I knew a ja pony called Hopscotch toffeepop and another one called Roll Right Rough Diamond, my friend had ponies called upside down and inside out both grey and almost identical, we also had an Oops and a Running on empty

 

[Osiris]

Where i use to work we had three come in at once:
Daisy
Des
and



Seabiscuit - that soon got changed to fit with the 'D' theme to...


Dermot - short for dermatitis (sp)

poor thing was in a bit of a bad way when he came in.

 

[RuthnMeg]

Had a race mare on livery called ' In The Trees' - she was chestnut so I just called her Ginger!!
My first pony my mum rescued (way back in 1982) she was such a poorly pony that we called her Shambles.
Ive know;
Cuckoo - massive HW hunter!
Guilsbrough - AKA Gilbert (said with a very 'dim' accent!)
Hot Totty - it was Hot Toddy, but got changed cos we were being silly!
Noah - apparently he was born in a flooded field
Desmond
Dave!!! (another one)
Grey Boy - can you guess what colour he was??
Copper - apparently he was chestnut one day and suddenly lost his pigment and went white over night! - they thought he got hit by lightening but no proof was ever found why/how this happened.
C'est La Vie - AKA 'Horse' - RIP
Flump - an advanced event mare - she did have a better competition name.
Hilda - by Hill Farmer
Mini - 16.3hh mare - not quite so 'mini'!
Cardigan - got changed from Cardimon - another silly moment!!
Brute - yes, he really was!
Douglas
Apple Pie
Dorris
Piglet
Chops
And Iam sure there are many more 'oddities' .
A blind broodmare I once looked after was called 'In The Shade' - very good!

 

[irishdraftlover]

mmm-knew a poor horse with dredful confo called brian!!

 

[only_me]

I rather like Colin!

I want to rename my horse to Dougal - after father ted

 

[Pixxie]

Marley was supposedly named Sergio when i bought him
There is a teaser stallion at the national stud called roger and one called hector
my friend had a shettie called dennis
i once tried a horse out called Morag
and my friends chestnut is called (unimaginitvely) fanta

 

[CorvusCorax]

Doris, Frank, Lady (WENCH!) Flash and Pegasus (big hairy cobs

) and Buttercup, renamed Butterbitch

Shergar (little hairy sh!tland) and Saucepan, late of a trekking centre in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare.

 

[measles]

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A friend had an Appaloosa in for training livery its proper name was something like man o war ... it ending up being .. manure the crapaloosa.. it still turned out well and won some shows

... Ive been tempted to name something lou's horse as a show name

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Son's first pony was an apply called Measles!

 

[Boysy]

My friend of child-hood had a pony called 'Pony' and my last old man was called 'Boy'

Have also known

Crumpet
Sileage
Crunchie
Woggletoggle
LaLa
Twim ??
Donut
Kev
Mildred
Florence
Nunce

 

[golddustsara]

My horse is Orkan but I rather like it!

Horse at my yard is called Baby

and she's a big fat cob. There is also a 17.3 ex cavalry horse called Little Bear

 

[Quadro]

i had a horse who we bought at action who was called 118!!! cos they could never get hold of the owners!!! he became ziggy though!! have also encountered callum and ian (stabled next to each other ) poss after there husbands???? and a beryl and an ugly(yes it was !!)
did you see the horse in H&H a few months ago in the dressage reports called gaylord george micheal ?????????

 

[Onyxia]

Agh forgot one!
Tax-because she was bought with tax rebate money

 

[rockster]

I had a horse that I sold last year called Ralf. He was the sweetest little horse ever, bless him.

 

[numptynoelle]

There's a wee sh!teland at the Horse Trust called "Thuglet"

- not the best of names but really quite appropriate for a sh!teland I think!

 

[MerryMAL]

Beech Lawn Spencer
Giorgio Armani
Lolly

 

[nic85]

I knew a Kevin and a Becky...becky was Kevins mum, both Arabs

Lets see,

His-nibs
Rhona..twas a strawberry roan, funny that

known a few Garys
Big boy....Hmmm...he was a gelding!! lol
Simon
Bart..a little chestnut welshie..was a little Sh*t!!

pepe
Shannon...for a gorgeous dun gelding..I couldnt get used to it, he should have been called blaze or something...not Shannon!!

This one I dont think is bad, its very original! Wilmot...I have only met one horse called wilmot and he was fab..I loved him so much I named my first dog after him...and hes still here 13 years later...god knows about the original Wilmot...wish I knew

 

[miss_bird]

Used to ride a horse called ryan,
another called Big Chestnut yes you guess it he was a big chestnut.
Woman up road named all her horses after drinks, guiness, bailey, smirnoff, carling and so on

 

[Ellies_mum2]

I know a Fergus and he's a mule

 

[Dubsie]

The RS round the corner has a little skewbald pony with short legs, long body, and he has a brown front end, white middle and a brown rear end and tail, quite distinctive. He's called Harley, as he's long and low I presume.

 

[MagicMelon]

I bought a warmblood who's name was originally "David" which remained on his passport. Why on earth would you look at a horse and think David?!

Maybe it was fate though as my long term boyfriend is a David

I have renamed some others (I dont believe its bad luck!) who's names I didn't think suited.

 

[flips]

I've got Bruno (orginial name for a bay

) wasn't so bad till Bruno the film came out, espically as he can be a bit of a girl at times

Also got 'Highland Laddie' couldn't imagine standing out in the field calling Laadieee, Laaadie so changed his stable name to Galan - it's a long story

Had an ex-racer called 'Ever so Umble' Umble in the yard, loved it for it's orginality didn't know what Umble was till I googled it...

 

[rara007]

We have Fred, Brook, Rory, Richard, Bob. Have had a Wally and Doris too

Know a Rodney or 2

 

[nickslynn]

I had a Pele (yes the breeders son was football mad!) now known as Peeps!

 

[proctor]

My old horse was called Tarpoline (a big sheet of plastic) so I shortened it to Tarpy, some of the other odd names of horses I've worked with have been......

1, Murtal
2, Tolsa
3, Bimbo
4, Dave
5, Stanley
6, Doris
7, Poppit, and......
8, Moose

 

[Munchkin]

JM07 - Ardirection is genius

I once rode "Mywilly" interesting sentence for the commentary team

I've known a Gloria (she suited it - 12.3hh Welsh X, v stubborn) another Dave, Elmo (LOVE that name!), another Colin, and a stunning WB x TB gelding reg as Lovebird (known as LB!)

 

[loz9]

i worked at a yard with a Barney, Dann & DJ

 

[Annagain]

Archie was called Andy when I bought him - it didn't even last the journey home. He became Archie as it was different enough not to be naff but similar enough for him to answer to it.

My old (black) boy was called Ebony which I would never have chosen but as I only shared him at first I couldn't change it and I just got used to it.

The worst I've come across though has to be Baby.

 

[nickslynn]

Once looked after one called "Brown", and knew a black and white foal called Daisy.