What is your horse's horrible Registered name?

[LessIsMore17]

My OTTB's reg name is Little Bit Wet (http://community.webshots.com/photo/452711516PTdXmO).
His sire's name is NonWet. Huh?

No way that we were going to enter the show ring with that name, sounds like a porn flick http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_redface.gif

[LessIsMore17]

My OTTB's reg name is Little Bit Wet (http://community.webshots.com/photo/452711516PTdXmO).
His sire's name is NonWet. Huh?

No way that we were going to enter the show ring with that name, sounds like a porn flick http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_redface.gif

[*In Your Dreams*]

Continental Suit - WHAT? and no, neither of his parents names were anything close to that

[War Admiral]

Beano's True Level. Sounds like a QH doesn't it... He's a full TB... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[allicolls Aefvue Farms Deep South]

My QH's...

Cheyennesstarcommand (what?!) Always took the announcers a few classes to get it right.

Cinnamon N Sugar - please, sounds like a 30 year old pony.

[LSM1212]

I've been horse shopping (to replace my mare that I am selling).... found a nice Appendix QH... he's registered but current owners do not have the papers.... but they said his registered name was......... <drum roll please>

"Daddy Loves Trashy Women"

Geez.... what were these people thinking. The current owners promptly changed it to Special Investment ("Cash"). But I sure got a kick out of it.

[slave4tucker]

Mr Kentucky Bound. What were they thinking http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Cashela]

Eve's Miss Kitty is my mares registered name. I was NOT going to call her Kitty. So her name is Kit.

[Pokabout]

Lmao, Harmony's was Pokabout. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif No wonder she didn't win much of anything at the track with a name like that. ( Well, it is a combo of her parent's names, Dam was named 'About', but come on.)

Annie's is just Annie Pok, combination of her parent's names too.

[horsesourcetexas]

AQHA stallion Rumbo's Line because well, that's what he's from http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Also APHA geld Walkamgdarkclouds!

[Murphy's Mom]

Flipa Bar Jett *ICK*

[Timex]

Ima Smith

and

Why Me Toda

scary, they're so bad.

[PaulaM]

Rockinhost

that's my old gals reg. name. Her competition name is Canasta as is her barn name.

[fox]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by lsm1212:
I've been horse shopping (to replace my mare that I am selling).... found a nice Appendix QH... he's registered but current owners do not have the papers.... but they said his registered name was......... &lt;drum roll please&gt;

"Daddy Loves Trashy Women"

Geez.... what were these people thinking. The current owners promptly changed it to Special Investment ("Cash"). But I sure got a kick out of it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

hmm, wonder if the same owners also named my friend's mare..."Easy Girl at the Bar". She got the mare when she was just a young 'un so they changed it to Small Town Girl http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif sounds a bit classier

[Louise]

22 year old TB mare - Guilt Trip.

[Indy]

My old pony's name was "Audacious Playboy" --- keep in mind, he's 14hh, fat, & spotted. Needless to say, that name went out the window pretty darned quick!!

[Phaxxton]

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[Applesauce]

My QH is I'm A Quick Jax. What is a Jax??? Besides, he's not a quick anything.

[smilton]

He's a Miracle DK- TWH stallion- barn name DICK (lots of jokes with that one)
M&M's Cinnamon Supreme-AQHA stallion- Scooter(named by a pregnant lady)

[teal tea]

My OTTB- Awesome Cowboy. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Seahorsefarmtobe]

My OTTB was named First Money - ha ha - his TOTAL winnings on the track were...$48,000,000...er, no wait, $48,000...um, I mean $4,800...ah ha! it was $48. Yup $48 whole dollars - gave the owner a $50 and asked for $2 change and said "get him off the track": is the joke I've always told. He was the best horse I've ever had!

[caryledee]

The mare I just sold is named Rachel's Binky http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif
My other mare is Turkoman's Nancy. Not a horrible name, but not very original (by Turkoman and out of Nancy Jean)
I once saw a horse on the track named Leading BDH http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif
And then there was a broodmare I knew named Lawana Go Fast ... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[JustJump250]

Tejano's Sands. I think I have a speech disorder everytime I say it out loud. Her sire is Level Sands and dam is Tejano's Girl. Yeah, they were real original in naming her, I know. Phyllis changed it to Tejana before I bought her, which means "little Texan girl" or something like that. I thought the translation was cute so I kept it. Close enough to her registered name that I don't feel like I'm too drastic in changing it!

[poltroon]

Road Weary. No wonder she never won anything! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Smiles]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by caryledee:
The mare I just sold is named Rachel's Binky http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif
My other mare is Turkoman's Nancy. Not a horrible name, but not very original (by Turkoman and out of Nancy Jean)
I once saw a horse on the track named Leading BDH http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif
And then there was a broodmare I knew named Lawana Go Fast ... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well Caryles mare has the same Dam as my mare an her track name is Saucy Jean.

[Terrie]

Haha Vicki - I love that name 'Guilt Trip'.

My TB mare is Shesa a Basque Too - ick. She has a different name for shows (Fantasia) and for the barn (Fancy). My TB gelding is Mexican Warlord....it has now grown on me though. One time we were running late to a schooling show and I called to let them know, the woman said there was no way she would let me scratch b/c they had a little bet going on of what this Mexican Warlord horse looked like. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[dunlapl]

My old OTTB was Golden Prominade. Ug!

[caryledee]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Smiles:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by caryledee:
The mare I just sold is named Rachel's Binky http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif
My other mare is Turkoman's Nancy. Not a horrible name, but not very original (by Turkoman and out of Nancy Jean)
I once saw a horse on the track named Leading BDH http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif
And then there was a broodmare I knew named Lawana Go Fast ... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well Caryles mare has the same Dam as my mare an her track name is Saucy Jean. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh I forgot you have her 1/2 sister! She is by Sauceboat, right? The third TB sister (out of Nancy Jean) is named Nanski (by Peteski)...these people had NO creativity! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[Jodes, Aefvue Farms Bartender]

Jody's registered name is "Sundance Jody" but he's shown as Private Stock..thank god!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[*Southwinds*]

Mine are:

Tammy's Jet Target - WTF is that?!?

and

Rose's Gambler

Both are not in use anymore...the people I bought my first horse off tried to make him a barrel racer http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif Its crazy what some OTTB's second careers are.

[LessIsMore17]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JustJump250:
Tejano's Sands. I think I have a speech disorder everytime I say it out loud. Her sire is Level Sands and dam is Tejano's Girl. Yeah, they were real original in naming her, I know. Phyllis changed it to Tejana before I bought her, which means "little Texan girl" or something like that. I thought the translation was cute so I kept it. Close enough to her registered name that I don't feel like I'm too drastic in changing it! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

My first horse, unraced TB mare
Bell's Knowledge- Sire was Tree Of Knowledge and she was bred at Bell Bloodstock
(you can tell there was a lot of thought there).

[Teatime]

It's not horrible just kind of long.

My boy's name, as far as the American Morgan Horse Assoc is concerned, is Echo Bay Twilight Ash but I call him Bixby.

[TropicalStorm]

Red E On Time is my Irish Sport Horse's name, although I do believe it got legally changed to Bold Vantage Limerick right before I bought him.

One of my old standardbreds had the dubious pleasure of being called Snotwalker. (sire was Skywalker or something like that)

[amdfarm]

Cresco Machine (ICK!) OTTB mare I call Miya.

Bumps and Bruises (HA!) APHA gelding that was accident prone as a baby. His name is Bumper or Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers.... poor guy!

[Instant Karma]

Sun of a Queen http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif
By Sun War Dancer out of Great Queen. How original http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[DMK]

My first TB came with the name "Raveninthecavin" - spelled exactly like that. He was almost always in the money too, so I pitied the poor announcers at Hialeah! But his name was sort of fitting - he was solid black (technically dark brown/bay) without a lick of white on him anywhere. And from the days I tried to find him early in the morning before the sun came up, I could appreciate where his name came from!

My old QH mare was Erin O'Gates, kind of cute since she was born on St. Patrick's day and was by Bar None Gates. But her poor mother was "Hardtack's Wirecut". Poor old mare. No wonder her daughter was the most evil thing on the planet. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Sandy M]

I don't think it's horrible, but I'm not fond of my horse's registered name: VIKING GROG

Not so bad, huh? But for an APPALOOSA???

His sire is Viking Prince (Vikingson (TB) x Princess Dawn M (App)). His dame is Hard Bounce http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif by Bouncer (App) x Apple Swizzle (TB) by Grog (Seabiscuit's half-brother).

So the logic behind the name is clear, but still. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif I just call him "Erik" (Viking...he's chestnut(red)...)

I LOVED my previous horse's registered name: 16.3 of grouchy leopard App event horse named.... THUNDERBLAZER!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[LessIsMore17]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Teatime:
It's not horrible just kind of long.

My boy's name, as far as the American Morgan Horse Assoc is concerned, is Echo Bay Twilight Ash but I call him Bixby. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

You don't think Echo Bay Twilight Ash is horrible? LOL

[Smiles]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by caryledee:
Oh I forgot you have her 1/2 sister! She is by Sauceboat, right? The third TB sister (out of Nancy Jean) is named Nanski (by Peteski)...these people had NO creativity! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh I think our mares got the better name pick!
Nanski, poor horse. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

[buckinbailey]

PASHERFORASECRET.

Yep, all one word. "Pass" only has one S, but for the first six or so months after I recieved her papers, I thought to myself, "what the hell's a Pasher?" thinking that it was like "I'll give you a Pasher if you give me a secret". Yeah. Her barn name's Bailey.

[Leah A]

My old, retired guy's name is Cannington Manor....makes me think of "Packing House" which is horrible.

We have a broodmare named Meeting Lake...????Who are we meeting at the lake, I wonder?

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by slave4tucker:
Mr Kentucky Bound. What were they thinking http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Maybe that he was gonna go to the Kentucky Derby, they hope?

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Instant Karma:
Sun of a Queen http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif
By Sun War Dancer out of Great Queen. How original http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Very nice name. Clever pun.

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Teatime:
It's not horrible just kind of long.

My boy's name, as far as the American Morgan Horse Assoc is concerned, is Echo Bay Twilight Ash but I call him Bixby. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I don't think that calling a HORSE after the dregs of a natural disaster is good...

[Snap]

K T M Sparkler.
Her dame was Little Sparkler so I see where that comes from but the KTM, no idea. It has nothing to do with where she was bred but it has to be someone's initials, who I don't know. I changed it to Make it Snappy, barn name Snap and it fits her perfectly. She snaps at the air when you groom her.... the BO is saying at least once a week it is the perfect name for her. Though I started by calling her Ginger Snap (apparently I though she was sweeter than she is), I had no idea it would turn out to be perfect. Oh, and she isn't fast at all.

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Snap:
K T M Sparkler.
Her dame was Little Sparkler so I see where that comes from but the KTM, no idea. It has nothing to do with where she was bred but it has to be someone's initials, who I don't know. I changed it to Make it Snappy, barn name Snap and it fits her perfectly. She snaps at the air when you groom her.... the BO is saying at least once a week it is the perfect name for her. Though I started by calling her Ginger Snap (apparently I though she was sweeter than she is), I had no idea it would turn out to be perfect. Oh, and she isn't fast at all. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

When you name a horse something like "Biter" that's what you THINK OF when you're around her, they pick it up and, well, DO IT... so you're CAUSING the behavior...

[ponies123]

My large's name is Crimson RAPT .. not as bad as it could be but still makes me wonder. Yeah she's chestnut but really now.

[Snap]

Actually I named her Ginger Snap- barn name Snap before I ever brought her home or knew her much at all. We just found out after a few weeks of getting to know her how appropriate the name is. Believe me, she would snap (just bites air, never aimed AT anyone) no matter what her name is or how much you reprimand her. It is just something she does, I really don't think you can cause the behavior just by giving a horse a name. I also know a "Speedy" who certainly isn't.

[Mega Rock]

I knew of a Quarter Horse named Figgy Puddin... where is the barf smilie?

[mmaurer]

Had a registered Arab mare..her name Monday.
Her full sister was Gabbylou I mean come on people Monday?

Of course the fave joke was, why are you riding monday on a sunday..http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[BarbB]

Peaceful Skier

for a racehorse?!?!

do I have to say that it is not in use???

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Zen's Secret ReZen.

That's because his dam is out of Zen, a big TB sire in these here parts. His sire is Secret Counsel a never raced son of Secretariat. They called him Secret.

He only became Ted because someone decided adter a 30 second acquaintance, that he reminded her of Ted from the Mary Tyler Moore Show - whatever THAT means. But it stuck, and everyone called him Ted.

Beats Zen's Secret ReZen. His show name is Theodor, with an accent on the 'e' to make it look more continental. Theodor does mean gift from God, so even though I'm not religious, it turned out to be the right name.

Had I been naming him now, I would have called him Oberon ...sounds dark and brooding, but Oberon was King of the Fairies, and that describes my boy (not that I think he necessarily swings that way, just that he's elegantly boned, won't step in water, and is a big weenie).

[Velvet]

I had a sale horse that had a name I thought wasn't so bad. I thought it was "Primitive Road" when I bought him. I got the papers and it was "Primitive Roll". Made NO sense to me!

One of my favorites was on a TB that won some races in Canada. His name was "Won By Default". The media could never figure out that it was his name, they all thought the race was actually won by default, not a horse with that name. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[MSP]

My stb gelding had two registered names. First the breeders named him Justaplain Elf then the trainer named him A.C. Special. I call him Ace, I was always glad the trainer changed his name. He had a full sister named Justaplain Imp!

My filly's name is Poco Marie Gem, yes she is QH.

[Pokey]

Denero Nativo (barn name Magic)
renamed:Saving Grace (barn name Grace)
she was skinny when I got her. People suggested I call her "Kate Moss", or "Eukanuba"

Hot August Night (barn name Herbie)
renamed: Country Style. We sold him. They named him "Apollo" Poor bastard.

The Mayor (barn named: King)
but it always came out sounding like "the mare" but he was a gelding. Stupid regardless.

[Wild Oaks Farm]

Here are three bad ones for you:

Titan's Lil' Jack (Paint)
Clever Prospector (TB)
OK Marnie (Appy)

Seriously now. WHO NAMES these horses????

[mustangrider]

My filly's registered name is (are you ready?) "Bay Filly #6930" bequeathed by the BLM. Her mama is "Bay Mare #5850" so you can see where they got Bay Filly #6930. Classy isn't it? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Her name is now Desert Zephyr.

[Lionheart]

Lets see...

A friend had an OTTB named Crispy Critter. I liked it, she did not.

I got an OTTB gelding named The Lords Club. Yuck! I now call him Tipperary Sweet William

I also got an OTTB filly named MeowMeow. I called her Skinny Minnie (because she was), and my clients that bought her now call her Dakota.

My competition horse is papered as Chevy Chase, but I just couldnt show him as that so I call him The Coachman, barn name Chase, The Chaser, Moose, Mooser (said with a lisp because it sounds endearing to me), Mooseman...

His full brother is registered as Comedy Central, barn name Cody.

A client just bought a black/white paint gelding that was papered as something Candyland. They've now called him Beauregard, Beau for short. But Candyland for a gelding? Hmm...

Oh and I have a Connemara/QH mare that has temporary registration papers with the Connemara Pony Society as Heidi's Red Fury (not a good lesson horse name), They'd called her Ariel and then someone else bought her and called her Jasmine (what's with the Disney reference?) and now I call her Tipperary Fiona. And no I was not going for the Shrek thing, I was going for the Irish theme.

[Instant Karma]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nightsong:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Instant Karma:
Sun of a Queen http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif
By Sun War Dancer out of Great Queen. How original http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Very nice name. Clever pun. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

EEP! You can have it thenhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Instant Karma]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MSP:
He had a full sister named Justaplain Imp!

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I looked at that quickly and thought it said Justaplain Pimp LOLOL!

[rileyiscuter]

grey, the cool arab who is very slim of build: Sylver Salon
Simon, mellow QH: Screamin Wild Man (dam screamin mimi)
Charlie, big buckskin QH: The Copper Code

Iknow you have to name them when they are young but these guys don't fit their registered names at all.

[Avra]

My old pony is Northwest Singing Star Junior (Stormy). Try fitting that on a nameplate!

[dianad]

Great thread, horrible names!

My worst (both OTTB's) were

Tisab's Orphan and

Millstadt Express. Ick.

[Jaegermonster]

My mare's JC registered name is Klamara. I hate it, it sounds like a disease. All her sisters have cool names, her name sucks. But I call her Penny.

[Roney]

Gelding's JC registered name is "Awe Kitty Kitty" -- out of Awesome Cat.

I am superstitious; I won't change it. But it's terrible. I get all kinds of cr** for it - my trainer cracks up every time she hears it. Actually, everyone does. Poor Kitt. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Simone]

My Canadian Horse: Poirier Calypso Jonquil

Now, in fairness to the breeder who sold him to me, the naming conventions for Canadian Horses don't leave you a lot of leeway in some areas - the first name must be the breeder's farm name, the second must be the sire's given name, and the last name must start with the letter assigned to that year. But even so - you'd think they could have found something that started with a J other than "jonquil". My guy is 16:2, over 1400 pounds, with feet like dinner plates, and jet black. It's hard to imagine anything less like a daffodil.

His call name when I bought him was Justin, and I kept it - it suits him. I'll never know why they had to get fancy with the registered name.

[Tarheel Eventer]

Although they've already been shared on the icky name thread, I will say once again that our registered miniature horses have had the worst names ever. Although we only got to name one of them (see Bitsy, below) so I suppose we can escape the blame.

First we've got Majestic Princess Tigeen, and her two daughters Mystique Sierra Dawn Tigress and Justa Little Bit Rowdy. We had a stallion, Nicks Silver Dust Sandman, and another filly Trotting C Rowdy Prom Girl whose dad was NFCs Rowdys Litigator (WTF?) They are just too long and ridiculous for how small the horses are.

My old QH was registered as Snooty Stuff by the Impressive Bum out of Bostons Punkin. My mom used to call her Impressive Punkin or Boston Bum but all the options were about as gag-worthy as her real name. I just showed her under Savannah, which was what she was called in the barn.

[Alitiam]

I have a mare named Good Lookin Machine. Her sire is A Good Machine http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

Alitia

[Smigget]

The Morgan I ride is Westover Caribou Hill. Everyone calls him Rusty.

[equinelaundry]

My 25 1/2 y/o gelding's registered name is "Jimmy's Suntan Man". Wanna guess his breed?!!

[Calumet'sDream]

My OTT's registered name is Squaw's Tomahawk.. I show him as Tommy Boy.

[TBsRgr8]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Velvet:
I had a sale horse that had a name I thought wasn't so bad. I thought it was "Primitive Road" when I bought him. I got the papers and it was "Primitive Roll". Made NO sense to me! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hmmm.... could be a relation to my mare Roll with the Lady (foaled 1990) out of Lady on a Roll (foaled 1983) by High Roll (foaled 1973)

[Coreene]

Oy vey. Showed my friends QH in a dressage schooling show - his name is BA's Little Jazz Bo.

My old mare's registered name was My Sassy Snowflake.

Oliver's registered name is Loewenherz, which is German for Lionheart and which I just LOVE.

[Fessy's Mom]

These are all OTTB's. Jack's is Razorback Red. Abe's is Plainoleabe. The mare I had before Jack was Skippy P. A gelding I had a long time ago was Frosty Moon.

But the worst by FAR was my first horse. "Mr. Eugene Klinch". http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

[TBsRgr8]

My TB gelding: Hughunder (pronounced hue-wonder)

[grinanride]

Frosty Moon huh? May be related to my ottp bald face gelding named "Moon Me" -
R

[Emryss]

Heaven help me, it's "Wild Intimidator"....for a sweet, goofy, kind gelding. Ick.

[Gunnar]

Bodie the Hannoverian is Geldbote (German for what I do not know!!)

Gunnar was http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sadsmile.gif Angel's Hot Polish (he had some odd spots on his back when born into AQHA)

Yahoo.................

[onelanerode]

We had an OTTB at our barn whose registered name was Sacrifice Fly. His barn name was Cody, but I don't remember what he ended up showing under.
And we had an Arab whose registered name was something like Fendizon or Fendizara. She came to us with the barn name "Fendy" ... UGH. That got changed quickly too.

[hopashore1]

not ACTUALLY registered.

But my parents are threatening to start breeding horses.

And naming them all after Grateful Dead songs.

Actally, some of them aren't too bad. It's mostly the idea. They want me to marry a boy at the barn just because his horse is named "Shades of Gray" and they want to use her to get "Touch Of Gray".

[Emryss]

Gunnar - Geldbote means money messenger, in the literal translation. I have no idea if it is an idiom...hmmm, five years of German may come in handy yet!

[lelevic]

I have a full arab and his registered name is MA Sharem Jabask. That is a mouthful so his name is Popeye. (because he is "tough", but he is a big sissy, but I love him!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif) His mommy died when he was 5 weeks old and was very very depressed (understandably so!) and finally pulled through that trauma, then a few months later the person that bred him let him have the run of the barn and he fell on the concrete and got stuck underneath a utility sink. He is 6 years old now and is still not a fan of concrete.


http://photos.yahoo.com/lelevic

[Pandarus33]

Razberry (plain bay Tb GELDING!)
Phydeaux (Yes, it's pronounced Fido)
Caps Slo Gain (nothing slow about this mare)
Gold Tag Levi
Zips Plaudit Copy

[M.K.Smith]

My AQHA mare's name is Light My Redford... I think it sounds like a bad pickup line...

On her bottomside she goes back to the Redford lines, so that is where that came from... How they came up with Light My is beyond me...

I use her registered name when I show her...I figure there was a reason that she was given it and if anybody is interested they can link up her pedigree through her name.

[BasqueMom]

My one OTTB is Arc Tangent. We call him Cash
because I bought with a cash advance on a credit card until I get money out of my stash fund.

[jenarby]

I think the worst one I had as a resale was a TB mare named "La Vagena" with a strong "EEE" sound. Still, each person I told her name to or showed her papers too gave me funny looks.
A friend has a racehorse named "Flying Pickle."
Used to have a racehorse named, "Brendaswhinybrat"...well, I think THAT one is just mean. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
There used to be a huge gelding at the track named "IfIneedyaillcallya" I don't know why but I always liked that one.
My eventer is "Lord Hansel." I haven't decided if I'm going to show him uder that or not. Previous owner showed him as "Kentucky Spirit."

[Gracious]

Tiger Grunk Again. Barn name? Grunk. What is a grunk?

[maxiford812]

My registered paint came with "Tiger's Top Gun". Guess what movie came out the year he was foaled? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

The OTTB I used to have was "Leads Well". Guess he didn't lead too well or he'd still have been ON the track.

[Jo]

"Splendid Love."

Pretty good so that's what I showed her as back in the day. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

[stfatpony]

I knew a racehorse named BigdaddytotheresQ.

[furlong47]

We have an OTTB mare with the unfortunate name of Dee Dee Dum. Who does that to a horse, really? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Her sire's dam was named Dumtadumtadum. Most of the rest of ours actually have decent names.

[crackerjack]

Casey's registered name was Biter's Choice (and yes he did bite!)

BB's registered name is Chaos http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

[Uberraschung]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BasqueMom:
My one OTTB is Arc Tangent. We call him Cash
because I bought with a cash advance on a credit card until I get money out of my stash fund. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I actually like that lol....you could put tan^-1 on all his stuff http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[LefT * of * CenteR!]

the registered QH mare I had was Triple Thrill Lil, I thought it sounded like she was a prostitute, that was quickly changed! My OTTB's registered name is Mr. Seldon, I hated that too, I'm still trying to figure out what his new show name will be.

[DMK]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Wild Oaks Farm:

Seriously now. WHO NAMES these horses???? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Since I am persoally responsible for one of the worst TB names ever (or at least in my opinion it was right up there), I can tell you that desperate people with too many babies and a few they really don't like all that much may have contributed to the problem. Especially if they don't think there is any way in hell the foal in question will ever make it to the races. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

I admit it. I am responsible for Loose and Leaky.

It's awful, I know it. I take the blame.

His dam was an useless POS who couldn't run her way out of a wet paper bag. Her 3 year old had just about killed me from falling on me (he was a wobbler, only certain people weren't about to admit it), this one was shaping up to be just about as useless. And unlike every other foal on the property he just couldn't get the hang of the basic butt rope leading philosophy that even the dummy foal grasped. He would just stop and plant himself and then when his momma got too far away (10 yards), he'd bawl and pee! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Loose and Leaky. How could we not succumb to temptation?

So your horse might have the world's stupidest name, but there might be a story behind it that you will never know. Unless of course you happen to own a TB gelding named Loose and Leaky... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[LSM1212]

I still say my all time favorite was when I was at a show and saw a very cute, pudgy pony standing in a stall with his head poking out... did a quick look at his halter plate but had to do a double take......

Fatty McButterpants

I thought it was a joke... but ran into the owners as I was re-looking at it just to be sure and they said, yes, that's his registered name when they bought him... they decided to keep it. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I ask them what his barn name is..... Fatty. LOL

I about lost it... will never forget it.

[TB or not TB?]

lol these are all great. I think *I* want a horse named Flying Pickle.

I had a QH who's registered name was "A Dandy Date." I first heard it and thought it unfit for a gelding, but it grew on me http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Hmm.. another QH named "Reward's Jet Deck." Blah.

[erroneous]

Fred Biletnikoff - must have been named by a football fan.

[DMK]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by jenarby:
A friend has a racehorse named "Flying Pickle."
</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

OK, its'not a great name, but it really does have great meaning (just ask all the folks sitting on the Group W bench - they will fill you in!)

And he is by AP Jet out of Its a Gherkin.

http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[Jay-N-Jete']

J Egger Hoofer (TB) http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

At our last show the announcer actually giggled on the loudspeaker and then had to say it again to see if it really was "J Edgar Hoover"...

[Little Indian]

My Quarter Horse, Viper, has a registered name of Viper Too which I really like. He is by Blushing Bug (by Bugs Alive In 75) and out of Surely Humble (by Humbolt).

Indy is Brindaro. By Banbury Errol and out of Mendul

Gomie is Gralshuter's Erbe. by Gralshuter and out of Gomessa who is by Gomez.

[Little Indian]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by mmaurer:
Had a registered Arab mare..her name Monday.
Her full sister was Gabbylou I mean come on people Monday?
</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

My four month's old name is Monday (we are still trying to find a name for him to be reg'd as...we are thinking either Manic Monday or Monday In London). He went for four weeks without a name and dad named him Monday because he was born on a monday, kind of as a joke. It stuck! It isn't all that bad

[RNHorsemom]

My QH gelding's registered name is "On The Boulevard"...WTF? And he is solid black and his barn name used to be "Flurry" before we got him...we now call him "Brother" as he acts like the big brother to all the other horses...on bad days though he has a whole slew of names I cannot print here, LOL!!!
Lynn

[HorseProtectionLeague]

I used to ride a horse whose registered name was Sandy Beans.

[Crooked Horse]

Lombard Street.

Yuck, but I can't change it - he knows his name and won't respond to anything else.

[ItsMeBri2]

One of my current horses came named as Court's View. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif Definitely changed it.

His dad's name was Nocturnal View...so I suppose that's where they got it.

[hasahorse]

My junior hunter, a QH, was given the fabulous name of "Mr Chip Win". Ok, so his sire was named "Sir Arnie Win", which is just as bad.

The worst name I have heard, however, is a TB that was racing over at Fairmont Park. Her name? "Swampmonkey"

[Beezer]

Rusty Gun. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

Although one that has always made me laugh was that of a WB stallion named Weiner Wald.

Heheheheheheh ... Beezer said "weiner." http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Pocket Pony]

Paddy's is "Sheath the Sword". WTF??? His sire is Truce Maker so I guess they were playing off that. But, hello?!

[nhwr]

Years ago, I owned a lovely TB mare named Aunt Patty http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

[Nikita]

I read the whole darn thread to make sure nothing that I bred and named was on here! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

I haven't liked too many of my TB's names...

Doima's Lady - http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif
Special Lady - very catchy http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif
Elmer's Pride - for a mare http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif
Ronald Junior - for the most elegant gorgeous gelding http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Chef Jade]

Ceasar's Squealer http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif No joke.

[spacely]

Imgonnagetcha - TB mare
Tuff Mutt http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif - drop dead gorgeous gray TB mare
Susie Certain - TB mare

What are people thinking? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

My gelding's barn name is Shrimp (http://community.webshots.com/photo/147013651/347312568hwIpiu#). His star is the shape of a cocktail shrimp (or a crescent moon if you prefer). When he was born we though he was going to die he was so sick, so I just started calling him Shrimp since I really didn't think he was going to make it. Well, it stuck & he lived. He's now 4.5, 16.2 & growing & easily weighs 1300 lbs. Not such a shrimp, but it fits, so he & his name are here to stay. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Arwen]

My mare's breeders were real orginal to she was bred in Louisana,her dams name was Zarb's Queen and they named her Bayou Queen well no way was I calling her Queen or Queenie http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif so I call her Apple now because she really is the apple of my eye http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif.

[Peggy]

General Putnam - Cool, a TB bred by the newscaster of the same name.

[Luvinfoofy]

Wellll when I got him his name was Magic... and there are SO MANY grey horses named that. So next in line was Mr. Ummm, lots of QH's named that too. Lastly: Okie.

Yep, you got it.

Mr. Okie Magic

I have NO idea where that came from except that he was bred in Oklahoma. Who knows about the rest!

Some of my favorite &lt;horrible&gt; names that show up in his pedigree are: Miss Tontaboom (What?), Tonto Bars Gill (huh?), Super Sence Amillion(Thats a QH name for ya) and Thundering Heart(Children's book anyone?)

I used to lease an appy named Joker's Snow Hoss. Who actually names a horse HOSS? C'mon now, let's be serious!

[Luvinfoofy]

I completely forgot the horse on the H/J circuit... "Hot Sex".

WHY???

[TBsRgr8]

Wishful thinking perhaps?

[HorseProtectionLeague]

I hear there was a Backstreet Boy showing around here a while ago.

[Slewdledo]

There's a TB gelding currently racing in southern Cal. Gelding. gelding. Gelding. His name is Sex Machine. He's an Australian-bred.

One raced at Emerald this year named Fuzzyheadedlizard. And Bargoonski. And the kicker for worst. name. ever. in my book goes to the racehorse named Fuzznuggets. Yes. Fuzznuggets.

Most any TBs from Texas and Oregon are guaranteed to have awful, unimaginative names. Don't know why- maybe because the people are hicks, ergo no creativity. There's one racing at Portland Meadows named Throphy Wife. That is the way it is spelled.

[Sansena]

Current horse: Doc's Kid Bruce
Past horse: Doc's Little Tom

Other fun QHs I've known:
Shewearspyjamas
Break the rules & By the book (siblings)

[BelladonnaLily]

My Grace's registered name is Sheza Leggy Lady...or wait, is it Miss Leggy Lady? Oh, I forget and I'm too lazy to look at her papers...either way its hideous. The stallion I owned way back when (and the father to my Lily) was Cant I Lope Cody. When you say it sounds like Cantalope Cody. We always joked we would name a baby Watermelon Crawl. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[OldLadyOnATB]

My OTTB is JG Money....Don't have a clue about that one....we just call him JG or Jeeps or Jughead or JuJu or....

Whatever!

Elizabeth

[OldLadyOnATB]

I also knew an ASB named Daddy's Money....loved that name. Also knew an ASB mare named Silly Sally. Very fitting!

Elizabeth

[OldLadyOnATB]

There was a horse at Lamar Dixon that we rescued. He was a terrible biter and we labled his stall...."Caution, Will Bite".


Today his name is Will Bite. I call him William!

Elizabeth

[arabhorse2]

Conny's registered name is Bay Conquest. I guess uh, because he was a bay, and his father was SX Conquistador. They probably had a whole bunch of foals to name that year, so he got the stoopid name! That's why I call him Conny. Couldn't think of anything else that sounded remotely like his registered name. Of course, I also call him Killer, which he likes much better! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Casper's registered name is DMD Casper, so nothing to change there.

[Briggsie]

Briggs' name is:

Voleras O' Win PIK.

WTF?
I thought of it too. What was I thinking?

[chism]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Cashela:
Eve's Miss Kitty is my mares registered name. I was NOT going to call her Kitty. So her name is Kit. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hehe...I have a mare named Kitty. Her registered name is "Badger Super Kitty". gotta love those QH names. She was 13 when I bought her so I don't feel it's fair to change it. I call her Kitty or Kit Kat.

[Kim]

Chutney's registered name is Arcapple - pretty bad! I do love her dam's name though - Appleaday (so much so that I used a variation of the name as the title of one of my books).

Grace's registered name is Confetti Crossing, which would be cute for a spotted horse - but not for a solid dark bay TB. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Teatime]

"I don't think that calling a HORSE after the dregs of a natural disaster is good..."

The Ash part is a very common part of traditional Morgan names (Nathan Ash, Ethan Ash the list is large) it doesn' t refer to a natural disaster. While I wouldn't select this name it is much better than many Morgan names I have seen.
T

[tle]

Char was Tippateena. Hated it until I found out what it means. Tippateena's is a fairly well known jazz club (in a rough part of New Orleans). char was by Sing Sing (by Stop the Music) out of Fun Lover (by Speak John). So it made sense. I didn't know this when I started showing her -- I was told her name was Lady Chardinan so we kept that.

Frankie is Hey Baby Hey. No clue where it came from. She's by Exetera out of Mighty Emy (by Mighty Adversary). It's not *hateful* so I'm probably keeping it.

I was announcing several years ago and a horse was doing Training level and I had to keep saying "X Rider with Death Sentence" Ugh!!

[GE]

My registered POA (crossed with Appy) is R Shinin Image To A Te. Yeah, how do you shorten that? He was called Imagine before I got him which we shortened to Magic. Mostly we just call him Butthead because he's 2 and into everything.

[Ashley Frost]

Zipp To M'Rhythm, gotta love those App names.

I call him Rhythm and Romance, and his barn name is Jazz. I wanted something to do with his lineage (bred by Rhythm Road Farms, out of Mizzizzippi Rhythm). I may change that though.

*Ash

[Inyureye]

TB Here's Suds by Inyureye. (Here's suds in your eye, heh heh). Called her Suds.

Had another, Eromdiks. That's "Skidmore" backwards. Maybe he raced at Saratoga. Called him Dixie, or Dix. Sometimes Dickweed.

Who knows. Sigh.

[Ski Bum]

my TB's registered name is Steel Helmet. yuck!!!!

[libgrrl]

My friend's horse's name with the Jockey Club is "Shark Is Stuck."

http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[2DogsFarm]

OTTB was registered as Cat Creek Delight
(out of a Mr Prospector Mare, Seattle Slew grandbaby)
dropped the "delight" part - I liked the rest http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[TBsRgr8]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Briggsie:
Briggs' name is:

Voleras O' Win PIK.

WTF?
I thought of it too. What was I thinking? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sleep deprivation during foal watch perhaps?

[Darkstar]

My old TB - Mighty Fine Fig. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Some racing names are just crazy. We called him Fig for short, but he went by Fig Newton alot w/me.

When I was looking at horses to buy a couple years ago we almost bought an OTTB named Timetodust'em *the mare was slow as dirt*. Like I said...gotta luv those racing names.

My first pony's name was Diamond Jehu...which to this day I don't get. I know Jehu was some obscure character in the bible...but w/ a diamond in front of it ??? wtf ?

[Skeezix]

We have had a QH mare for a lot of years with the barn name Sunshine who we showed as "Islands in the Stream," since we use song titles for a lot of our show names. My sister did some quarter horse showing for a short while, and at the first show they announced that "Stonewall Blaze" had won. Somone slapped my father on the back and congratulated him because his horse won. He made a face and stated he didn't have a horse with that awful name--he had never stopped to look at her papers http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[alabama]

Used to ride an appendix QH whose name was Wild and Silly. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

My filly's name is Buck Naught. My sister bred her and was looking for a buckskin and didn't get it. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Plus she's by Patch the Buck.

[maxiford812]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Crooked Horse:
Lombard Street </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Is he REALLY good at serpentines?

[blueboo]

My Appendix, Blueboo's name is Minstrel's Tune http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif. He goes to Tune the Band (sire line) and the Minstrel (dam line). I HATE the name but whatcha gonna do. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

My TB mare iss registered as Pirates n' Dreams, by Pirateer out of Dream Feather - much better, and I call her Princess - cause she is (and knows it), from the tip of her whiskers to the bottom of her tootsies.

[Gunnar]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Emryss:
Gunnar - Geldbote means money messenger, in the literal translation. I have no idea if it is an idiom...hmmm, five years of German may come in handy yet! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


Hey Emryss, thanks for the translation and he is my money messenger, whatever that is, but he can spend money with the best of them! How funny!

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by tle:
Hated it until I found out what it means.
Ugh!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Isn't that the COMMON problem?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's IGNORANCE, people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Darkstar:
My old TB - Mighty Fine Fig. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Some racing names are just crazy. wtf ? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

There's a common phrase "mighty fine figure of a man (or woman)." Means he's VERY handsome and has a prsence aboaut him. So it's a COMPLIMENT... not a piece of fruit... and aren't Thoroughbred Jockey Club names restricted to 17 letters and spaces? Had to shorten it to make it fit....

[captain]

Dr. Geo. Adams and Security Systems gave me my "Elagant Nurse" mare...... wouldn't have been my first choice. i changed her name to Merrilight (tho not officially, she will never be sold), and she is affectionately referred to as the prinCESSS here at home.

some very interesting names here, the history behind them, the origins.... cool thread.

[FoxChaser]

I know a Wedlock and own a Bootjack and Spectacular Kite (all OTTBs). My Bootjack gelding was out of a mare named I Forgot (no, I'm not kidding!). Poor girl!!

[monday]

I used to ride a horse named Hickey, and she would bite!

[saddleup]

O What a Straw.

Nice horse, dumb name. But all the "Straw" babies included it in their names, and I guess people just ran out of creative ways to use it.

[Darkstar]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nightsong:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Darkstar:
My old TB - Mighty Fine Fig. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Some racing names are just crazy. wtf ? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

There's a common phrase "mighty fine figure of a man (or woman)." Means he's VERY handsome and has a prsence aboaut him. So it's a COMPLIMENT... not a piece of fruit... and aren't Thoroughbred Jockey Club names restricted to 17 letters and spaces? Had to shorten it to make it fit.... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey that was actually cool to hear....Fig was my childrens hunter...and he did have presence. He was a total TB - very dramatic...very pretty mover.......icky attitude though. Thanks so much.

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Darkstar:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nightsong:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Darkstar:
My old TB - Mighty Fine Fig. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Some racing names are just crazy. wtf ? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

There's a common phrase "mighty fine figure of a man (or woman)." Means he's VERY handsome and has a prsence aboaut him. So it's a COMPLIMENT... not a piece of fruit... and aren't Thoroughbred Jockey Club names restricted to 17 letters and spaces? Had to shorten it to make it fit.... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey that was actually cool to hear....Fig was my childrens hunter...and he did have presence. He was a total TB - very dramatic...very pretty mover.......icky attitude though. Thanks so much. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Glad to makae the connection. Honestly, though, only someone OLD as me who reads a LOT of British literature would KNOW this sort of thing -- you probably only thought of Fig Newtons, w hich is the ONLY thing most people associate with fig. And THAT reminds me of the oldl Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon series joke, where Rocky the Flying Squirrel says to Bullwinkle the dimwitted moose, "It's just a figment of your imagination"; Bullwinkle indignantly replies, "WHO'S a Fig Newton!!!"

[Fluffie]

How about "Iron Rube"? http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif He is a grey and naive, but really!

His sire is Fabled Fortress and his dam is Iron Michele.

[alabama]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by saddleup:
O What a Straw.

Nice horse, dumb name. But all the "Straw" babies included it in their names, and I guess people just ran out of creative ways to use it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hey, can I ask if Jack Straw or Jack Straw Jr. is somewhere in that horse's pedigree? My gelding's grandaddy was Jack Straw Jr. (and of course his g-granddaddy was Jack Straw). My gelding is a crop out QH so I've never registered him even though I could now that the white rule has changed.

[nightsong]

My chestnt mare's registered name is "Gypsy's Tinker." I guess they never said it out loud... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif... reminds me of the oldsoftware package named PublishIt -- guess htey never said THAT one out loud EITHER...

[Renn/aissance]

John's registered name isn't too bad: Intrepid John. Shame that that whole "intrepid" part is wishful thinking. He's a bit of a chicken.

Gotta ran under the name "Gottagetouttahere." He did, too. Got right off the track, right into our barn, and most of the barn wishes he would get right out. His personality is an acquired taste.

The worst names I've ever heard are all horses that John ran against. There was a "My Favorite Scrub" and a "Fourleggedybeastie."

[HorseProtectionLeague]

Payne Reality. My horse's cousin I've been working with for two years- and surprise, he's been in PAIN most of that time.

[Bugaboo]

My Pinto mare's registered name is FL BUG. WTF? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif Poor girl!

Thankfully, I picked the show name Sunset Boulevard. Much more her personality and sounds way better!

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bugaboo:
My Pinto mare's registered name is FL BUG. WTF? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif ! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Maybe they went to Florida and caught a cold???

[saddleup]

Alabama,

Yes, he's related to Jack Straw. His sire's Hes a Straw, by Lucky Straw, who's a Jack Straw grandson.

[alabama]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by saddleup:
Alabama,

Yes, he's related to Jack Straw. His sire's Hes a Straw, by Lucky Straw, who's a Jack Straw grandson. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Cool. Distant cousins. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[alabama]

BTW, have you ever seen picture of Jack Straw and Jack Straw Jr? They are interesting looking horses. Even though they're TB's, they don't look like it.

Straw Bandit, my horse's sire, was supposed to be a mean SOB. I hear from one bunch that it was man made, and hear from another that it was just nature. My gelding is sweet. Opinionated but sweet. He takes care of me on the trail. That's what he sees as his job and he does it - and damn me, if my idea of taking care of me and his idea differ. He's pretty much going to do the thing he thinks is safe.

He's pulled me out of enough scrapes that I give him his due. He can be a monster but he's an ok boy. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[spacely]

TB mare at my barn - NoFasta. No wonder she didn't do anything on the track. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Iron Horse Farm]

17 hand, grey TB hunter gelding was "Slew's Prancer". I very quickly made it "Clean Slate".

17 hand TB mare was "Gentle Wolf". Also very quickly changed to "Dutchess" or "Duechessa".

Big red TB mare was "Reel Proper". I made that "Top Secret".

And....just when I thought that it was only TB people.......I bought the nearly 18 hand Oldenburg Mare named WONDER WOMAN!

Holly
http://www.ironhorsefrm.com

[CarrieK]

About a dozen years ago I was at a paint farm looking at one horse when a beautiful black and white colt caught my eye. I was thisclose to making an offer until the owner, very apologetically with a firm reminder that he didn't breed the horse and he bought it from a southern breeder, told me the horse's registered name, which I'll decline to repeat here but was, at best, racially insensitive. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

I recall a very successfull Saddlebred of some years back who was named Onion.

[Adelita]

My ASB mare's name is: Adelita, Spirit of Denmark. Ick.

I have had: Slick Ridge (a mare), Walter TwoEagles (coolest name EVER), Zippy Gambler, Whirlaway Hank, Bronze Avril, Timber Reynolds (QH).

[meanmom]

Drain's Marlo Tommy
http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif

[lelevic]

A TB gelding where I ride name thru JC is Illegally Frisked. His barn name is Frisky but "frisky" he is not! Quite the opposite actually.


http://photos.yahoo.com/lelevic

[Sancudo]

Funny names!

I've acutally lucked out with good names in the past, Paladine and Lakota Breeze.

My new TB is "A Chocolate Rascal" by Raise a Rascal and Ringers Reward. What's a Chocolate Rascal? It's kinda warming up to me, because he is such a choclatey brown color. And Rascal is just a cute name for him, as the ever inquisitive 3 year old. We call him Little Rascal, b/c even at 16hh he looks tiny compared to the 17.2 Riley.

[joycesgrooming]

Great thread! My Morgan who died at 32 years old was named Kindarhaz. It was his breeders last name spelled backwards!! The best horse that ever lived!!!!!

[Jewels]

I can't think of anything bad, just original
http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif
The 3 year old I work with is Painted Lady&lt;----guess what colour she is http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Oh there was a horse at the barn named Diamond One, and the baby of course was Diamond Two, bleh!

[tennygirl]

Piner Luck

I just don't understand http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[SBT]

As a kid I showed a QH (polo pony turned eq. horse!) named "Remote Control." Funny because he was anything BUT. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[helen elizabeth]

I've been blessed!

Day Before Easter (dogwood days x i'm a whitesburg)

Artful Danzer (artful move x dancing doreen)

I had no idea my AM filly's dam had the word "dance" when I sent in the papers. I just saw her move and thought to myself, "She's not trotting, she's dancing!"
Buuuuut now the still growing almost 5yo is stuck downhill. Not so much of a dancer right now. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

For the little number I am riding NOW....

Grades of Honor- this is a MARE we are talking about.

[username]

Rio de Suenos (YUCK GAG!) apparently because his young owner was taking first year Spanish!

we call him "george" (aka curious george, because he is forever getting into trouble, like the time he climbed the stairs into the loft and it took unimaginable trouble to get him back DOWN those stairs!)

[TBsRgr8]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by username:
we call him "george" (aka curious george, because he is forever getting into trouble, like the time he climbed the stairs into the loft and it took unimaginable trouble to get him back DOWN those stairs!) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

There is a reason that those older fire stations that stabled their pulling "vehicles" had a small spiral staircase leading upstairs and a pole to slide down.

[chai]

How on earth could someone look at a pretty little TB foal whose sire, Star Spruce, has such a nice name and come up with (gag):
Squig's Impudence.

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by chai:
How on earth could someone look at a pretty little TB foal whose sire, Star Spruce, has such a nice name and come up with (gag):
Squig's Impudence. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think "Impudence" probably pretty much sums up her personality (at taht time, anyway) and I bet Squig was THRILLED with the honor!!!

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by username:
Rio de Suenos (YUCK GAG!) apparently because his young owner was taking first year Spanish!

we call him "george" (aka curious george, because he is forever getting into trouble, like the time he climbed the stairs into the loft and it took unimaginable trouble to get him back DOWN those stairs!) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think "River of Dreams" (the TRANSLATION) is a BEAUTIFUL name!!! Maybe it just didn't match the horse???

[WhiteRain821]

Not my horse, but I've heard these names come out of an announcer's mouth....

Justin Tyme Jack----u guessed it....a QH!!

Tommy's Two Sox....idk

[MistyBlue]

My APHA gelding's name is Ima Cool Skippa. Poor guy. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif He's only ever called Max or Moo though. One thing you can say about the APHA and the AQHA names is: when you hear them you can pretty much figure out most of it's breeding. They just sound odd to me.
But then the JC isn't much better. Had a horse where I first grew up riding who came off the track. The poor guy's name was Appliance Man...or The Appliance Man. One of those. Everyone called him Ricky, LOL!

[Tiffany01]

My for sale horse is named Beanie Bop.

How do you get Beanie Bop out of Give Me Rivals (mom) and sanill (dad) ?????

[just_me]

B B Sineni. Don't ask me, I have no idea what it means. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Kiwayu]

My OTTB is Kiwayu (aka Kiwi). I like it because it's different.

[just_me]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nightsong:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bugaboo:
My Pinto mare's registered name is FL BUG. WTF? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif ! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Maybe they went to Florida and caught a cold??? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Or saw one of our world renowned palmetto bugs (super large flying roaches). http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[4cornersfarm]

My new OTTB is named Aggressive Brass. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif I suppose it's not horrible, but I don't care for it. I think I'm going to call him Clifford (as in the big red dog.) I had one TB named Free Info, which I liked, and one named Docquickfixmynose. (He had a crooked stripe running down into his upper lip.)

[PinkPonies]

Dixie Miller http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[nightsong]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by just_me:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by nightsong:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bugaboo:
My Pinto mare's registered name is FL BUG. WTF? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif ! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Maybe they went to Florida and caught a cold??? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Or saw one of our world renowned palmetto bugs (super large flying roaches). http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh, I FORGOT about those!!! Where it doesn't get cold much, the bugs don't die off in the winter. They just get bigger... So it's a name of magnificent proportions!!!

[souvenir]

Nick's is "Nicky's Music Man." I changed his show name to "Must Be St. Nick."

[MGA828]

My OTTB is Pure T Luck, I actually really like his name as it is different and not awful. I even use his registered name at the shows. Though ever since I bought him I have been trying to figure out where his name came from being that his sire is Mystery Storm and his Dam is Distinctly Red. Even if you go further down his pedigree not a thing. LOL.

My Irish Sport Horse is Bally Gowan and I actually sent in the papers and named him. I like it and it's meaning.

[Feenikks]

Charms Dream.

Parents are Live Wire and Hot Rods Dream

[NowThatsATrot]

I don't mind my guy's registered name -- From One to Sixty. If anything I might drop the "From" next year to make it a little shorter. It's a good name for timed events, anyway, lol.

But I like showing him under his racing name for a few reasons. One, he DID race, and I'm proud of that. (As they say around here, "Gotta represent!" http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif) Two, I like to think that if his old connections saw/heard the results anywhere, they would know it was him. In fact his old owner and trainers found us at the STB show this past weekend because they heard his name called over the loudspeakers. (I still keep in touch with the owner, but until then he hadn't been sure we were at the show.)

I'm not sure I would feel the same way if he still had the name USTA lists as his previous one -- The Flying Dentist. I don't even get that one... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif


Both names seem to have been pulled from the air. Niles Hanover x Lotta Honey doesn't really fit in to either.

[blue02]

Mine aren't too bad... by comparison! I have an Air Forbes Won grandson named "Intrepid Air" and one with Count Fleet lines named "Four Fleet Feet"... which, for a racehorse, isn't a bad name. Kinda cute.

[StellaTMK]

Current OTTB - Runnin'Robbo , of course they called him Bo and jinxed him with one. Unfortunately he answers to it so his barn name is Beau. Promptly gave him another showname http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Knew a QH once "Zip's Super Scooter"

Couldn't get to the papers in enough time to stop my boss from naming a TB "PETA" http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[IndysMom]

I had an OTTB years ago. His name was Satanic Flush (always reminded me of a demonic toilet). His sire was Crimson Satan and the dam was Miss Fourflusher.

He was a really nice horse and his barn name was Cy.

[kcmel]

Al n' Lisa On Tour. By Tour D'Or out of Valdelisa by Valdez. Not much you can do with it; he came as Calvin and before we could come up with a new name it stuck.

[rtrules]

Whiterain, I would have loved to see the lines on that QH Justin Tyme that you mentioned. I have a QH mare that was a broodie before I bought her. Registered name is Enid Justin, show name was Justin Time because I bought her the day before she was to step on a trailer to New Holland. She is the best mare and trail horse.She's 27 now.
Other 2
Banjon- out of Johnny's Jury by Banquet Table. She is a RoundTable grandbaby ( hence my name) and one spoiled girl.Barn name is Twoser.
The Male Mystique-(QH) he is a chestnut with roaning so we call him Red.

[myhorsefaith]

my Ottb's name is Delta Shade (i call her Faith)...sire is Delineator, dam is Fancy Birthday.

my paint's name is kinda cute...Impress Yer Socks Off. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif We call him "Frank" around the barn.

[At Liberty]

My old schoolmaster is registered as Gordon, but we all call him Geister.

[FindersKeepers]

My first horse was a QH, Eternal Avatar, blech.

I kept her barn name (ava) and called her Field Day

My OTTB was named Oka No Marker. She's Japanese bred. Her mother was Miss Marker, but her sire was Grey Bucket??? what the...???

Her barn name was Princess, which had to go

I named her Bailey and show her as Finders Keepers.

We also once had a QH that was a schoolie, registered name: Catfish

[jenny86]

I once had a lovely TB filly named

Infirmary Ball http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

How Awful! We just called her Lucy!

[Hidden]

I like this.. my new guy is a really lazy TB who has never spooked at anything that I've seen over the last year. Very quiet.. His registered name is

WILD HARTED PRINCE

What a dream that is..

[KateB]

My friend bought a yearling that was originally registered as Leaky Faucet. No bladder issues but an inside joke for the breeder.

[Dusty]

ShoBarPokeyBreeze - now that's a mouthful!

[MEH180]

my old paint horses reg. name was JJ's enterprise yea hated that name lol.

And my current OTTB's name was Matt the Cat not too horrible just a very silly name (but he's by Sir Cat so i guess they were just keeping that in the name)

[Sebastian]

The worst I've seen is "Feisty Tanthum" -- poor pony.

My favorite is my broodmare, "Purtysmartferagirl" -- it suited her. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

Seb

[jaybird]

I have 2 TBs.

One is Grey Dog (son of Deerhound)

The other is J. Lackey D. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

He's by Swoon, out of Summer Gold.
He has a full brother named Summer Gold Rush.
So why does MY horse get stuck with the crappy name???

[GottaRide]

My TB mare's registered name is: TABYCAIT JEWEL.

Huh?

[genevieveg17]

TB mares - Little Big Moe, Half Feline, Devil's Sis (sounds like Cyst when said to fast!)
Quarter Horse mare - Mini Mini HaHa Wiggle
Warmblood mare - Warm Hearted Esther

Genevieve

[Tara]

Timberwolf's registered name (Jockey club) is Mr. Idea. Considering the name of his sire (Lil Fappy) and his dam (Faffy G), it could have been much, much worse.

Timber's second owner, of Timber Run Stables in NJ, gave him a much nicer name I think -- which I used.

A friend of mine renamed her Arabian, Baku. She's never, ever will show her horse in a breed show. Baku's registered name is Iceviper. (Yes, he's a grey.) My friend can't bother to say the registered name without great difficulty and gagging sounds.

[nightsong]

I thought this would be an entertaining thread, with a few laughs. But it's just you NASTY folks INSULTING your horses and the (probably VERRRRY INTELLIGENT) people who named them. I can't read it.

[EqTrainer]

Oh my goodness.. let's see how many of them I can remember.

My first pony: BobbySox. Who knows what his registered name was? I don't remember.

First horse: Donnybrook. Ugh.

One of my rescues, body condition of *1* - Buzzards Bay. OMG!

Will's registered name is "Our Only Legacy". Yuck.

Folie's registered name is.. drumroll please..
"Shy April One". Yes, he is an April Fools day baby. How appropriate!

[Shelbylou]

My paint mare is "Hanks Maiden Cloud"

Had TB's with these names: "Trail"
"Painted Wagon"
"Big Dually"
"Bag Lady"
A Arab "Flashingle"

Makes ya wonder if these people are sober when they name these horses!

[eventrider]

Corn Off The Cob. No joking!!!!

[Ishi]

Eqtrainer, I'm guessing the Buzzard's Bay you have is not an tb, or if he is, that's not his JC name?

[Harvey Danger]

Northern Wolf. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif
Named for Northern Dancer who was his grand sire, but WOLF?

Also rode a bay mare named "String Of Pearls" Haven't a clue where that one came from.

[YoTambien]

One of The Exceller Fund's horse's registered name is....

Superhappycombo

[smartypants]

OTTB, Ebony Queen.
Not too bad I suppose.

[Flash44]

I think Corn Off the Cob and Superhappycombo belonged to restaurant owners!!!

My mare is Ellen's Meadow. Not too bad, cut bad enough that I changed it to Mirror Mirror.

[in_the_zone]

My Hanoverian dressage prospect's registered name is:

Won Speed

I just cringe thinking about the scores being called out over the loud speaker or even the ring steward calling me for my test...

[JEN22]

Ha Ha!!!!!!
Oh my, some of these are so funny!
But, try this one.
Mighty Bar Gem

So tacky, but she thinks it makes her a super hero!

[tarragon]

(the real) Tarragon's name is "White Oak's Apollo Creed". Apollo Creed is the boxer Sylvester Stallone fights in the movie "Rocky". Tarragon is a mare. WTF?

[perpetual_novice]

My late QH mare's full sister has the registered name "Florence Louise". I have no idea where the name came from. Seems to have nothing to do with any names of other horse relatives. Perhaps she's named after a relative of the people who bred her.

What's even better was that she raced and I understand she wasn't bad -- it just seems a very unusual name for a race horse. I wonder if they call her "Flo"?

[Perfect Storm]

Gallstorm

Named after a gall stone attack..? Who does that?

[Hero]

"Truckin Along" tb/app who was the best mover I ever had. The name didn't do him justice.

My appendix gelding is registered as "Hullbert Hustler." We call him Hustler and one of my friends likes to sing "I'm a hustler baby" when we ride together.

[Al-Bury00]

my standardbred (past horse) was named : Money on Roy's Mare
most people didnt know what i was saying, unless i spoke really really slow, it just doesnt sound right when said aloud

[Carried Away]

my OTTB is Hagen's Mug...by Mugatea out of Hagen's Nurse...awful!

[azeventer]

Sir Bigun is his Jockey Club name.....ugghh.
We also had an OTTB at our barn named Flathead. And another named Sheep Camp. So I guess it could be worse......