Spinoff: LEAST Popular Horse Names

[Chef Jade]

Anyone have a horse with an unusual barn name? Let's see how many truly unique names we can find.

The two most unusual names for horses I have owned are:

Chef
Donald

[Chef Jade]

Anyone have a horse with an unusual barn name? Let's see how many truly unique names we can find.

The two most unusual names for horses I have owned are:

Chef
Donald

[PuffyDo]

It's not that they aren't popular...they are just uncommon...

For example, the two horses that are turned out with my horse are named Sabby and Taj. If you way the two names fast, it sounds like "sabotage".

Other uncommon ones:
Siggy
Tickles
Dragon (maybe?)
Gunner
Funny (as in Funny Cide...btw, if you can get your hands on the book "Funny Cide", it's a good read...all about the horse and Sakatoga Stables)

[Lives2Jump]

http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif This one's for me. I can guarentee there is not another one! Bofey
B - Big O Ole Fey - Fatey

He is a very stout paint horse! He came from my trainer's dad's ranch out in Colorado where he named him

[Emryss]

Personally, I think my friend's horse has an unusual name: Cosa. It's Spanish for "thing". Her registered name is Cosa de Ver, which means "A Thing to See".

I dare you to name a horse "Thing".

[fullmoon fever]

We re-named my friend's 17.2 hh warmblood "Fluffy". http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

He did not suit his original name of Dragonfire.

I have two fillies named "Cali" and "Fifi". Also have a gelding named "Sparky".

[slow down]

My first horse was named Einar. He was a thoroughbred and that was his registered name. Kept it as it seemed to fit him.

[Brio]

Friend has a horse named Bolt.

Barn also has a Cora, Coo, Coy, Chapel, Whoopie, Viajante (local announcers call him Vigilante). Uncle's horse is Juice and we named his colt Twinkee. We have a gelding Tesoro, about a year after we bought and named him a new gas station moved into town. Yep, Tesoro stations. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[LoriO]

I knew someone that named their horse Derf. Yes Derf...that would be Fred spelled backwards.

[gf]

A woman at my old barn had a TB named Scary Monster. He was actually quite sweet.

[tbredrider]

I had a tb I named Pumbaa, as in the pig from the Lion King. Cause he was a PIG when I got him. He has sinced moved on to a young girl who events him training level. Lovely horse ...now! She kept his name. I also have had a LOVELY gorgeous beautious grey I named Swank, it so fit him he was such a snob. Can't think of any more original ones right now, my brain hurts.

[Little Indian]

just from friends or my barn:
Gomez
Monday!
Quan
Clint (as in Clint Black...he is a little black Mini)
Grami
Jus
Big
Permission
Donza
Monkey


Puffy-do: I actually know a "Funny" He got his name from a brand he has on his left hip. it spells out FUN

[Just My Style]

I remember a horse at the barn named "Rest In Peace" and they called him RIP (or "Ripper"). Not exactly a name that I would choose. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

[Reynard Ridge]

And I know another FiFi. Big ol' fancy french horse. What else would you call him (yes, he's a him!).

[Briggsie]

I hate the name Banjo, or Rockey, traveler.

[ChocoMare]

From a old camp horses:

-- "NB" (short for No Brains)

-- Radar (ugly pinto who had one ear that was short on cartilage. It drooped to the side and bounced when he moved http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif)

-- Decent (TWH mare; registered as Indecent Proposal...what else you gonna call her?)

-- Fish (old QH who paddled something awful)

[Rusty Stirrup]

As far as barn names, I'd have to say "Kibbles" (yeah, there was a "Bits" who passed away). Registered names-I once knew a "Fish Lips"...

[toomanymares]

I knew a pony called "Jungle Juice". He was a palamino paint and a saint.

Also, I used to ride one named "Amtrak".

Oh, almost forgot another one named "Rabbi".

There was also a "Vern". http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[mpeylin]

oh! I'll play. Someone dropped a standardbred off at our barn (literally, came home, she was in a stall with a note an papers tacked to the door). He registered name was quartland knockers.

My dad called her Knockers.

I was too young to get it. Years later, long after we found her a happy home, I had one of those "ohhhhhh" moments.

[WildBlue]

Grape (blue roan)
A La Mode (blanket appy)
Ony (he 'ony' had one ear)
Lurch (big, clumsy Perch)
Trash (because he used to do this to riders)
Smooch (big, droopy lips)
Oatmeal (freckled yellowish grey)
Twinkle Toes (kid's horse)
Goldilocks (palomino)

[shawnee_Acres]

Boysee (he came with it)
b*tch mare (for obvious reasons)

[Declaring]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Just My Style:
I remember a horse at the barn named "Rest In Peace" and they called him RIP (or "Ripper"). Not exactly a name that I would choose. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


Ummm he sounds... lovely....

Long queue to ride him then?

[Phaxxton]

Well, my arabian's barn name is "Phaxxton" (pronounced "Paxton").

My other guy is Joey - not an unusual name at all, but I never met another horse named Joey (I still don't think Joey counts as unusual).

I had a painted who's barn name was "Bash" - for Sebastian.

I also used to ride a mare named Castano (Spanish for "brown").

[linneyd]

Went to look at a sale horse a few years ago, got to the barn and the owner brought him out. Nice looking, etc. His name was TROUBLE - needless to say passed on him.

[Snap]

So my BM breaks race horse babies so they don't really have names when they come to her. Recently she has named some only in the past few months:

Snerd
Moose
Dorf
Red Rat
Bessie

Poor horses are probably looking forward to their registered names!

[DeLapp512]

snap i think i like your trainer!

some old ones from camp:
why not (purchased from a slaughter auction, camp director said 'why not')
waldo (which isn't funny in itself, but waldo and why not are best friends, and are never w/out each other, so you'd get used to saying waldo and why not, and one day linzi, a girl i worked with, called them wydo and wal-nuts...which stuck...)

my best friend when i was younger had a palomino gelding whos name was Dam#it...yep...so she'd go out the the field and yell "come here ...."

we had a colt at my barn a few years ago and he was, well, a little 'slow'...and crooked when he came out (which turned out to be because he's HUGE now) - but i started calling him Tardo...and it stuck...oops

[souvenir]

I recall showing against a rider who was atop a horse named "Read The Will."
Also during the 70s when Neil Sedaka was big, a gal showed her horse, "Laughter In The Rain." People rolled their eyes on that one.

[shakeytails]

Can I play too?

L'il Evil (She was an independent little cuss and rotten to her dam)

E-2 (L'il Evil's sister, and I couldn't think of anything to call her)

Tink (He came with the name- he wore a bell as a foal because his dam was blind)

Vanna Banana (Had a banana shaped star as a baby, and Vanna rhymed)

Glow in the Dark (Palomino - Vanna Banana was scared of the "Glow in the Dark" baby- the name stuck)

Pony Thing (Grade mare I never liked well enough to give a real name)

Homer (Kinda short for Homely- he wasn't a pretty baby)

All the rest have "normal" names.

[Dusty]

Friends of mine have a gorgeous qh named "Really Nice Leggs" and call her "Leggs" for short. WTF kinda name is that!!!

[CrazyDog]

A friend of mine bought a young TB by the name of Kuller Teevee...quickly changed to Nottingham.

[Janet]

My friend, Patty Peckham, had a horse that she kept at our house when we were both teenagers.

His name was Neibon, which is Japanese for "Second".

He came with that name, an nobody knoew WHY. She tried several times to change it, but the new name never "stuck" and he stayed Neibon.

I have never heard of another one.

[tbtula]

A friend of mind named her dales pony Shetan (devil) and boy oh boy did it suit him!

Another was a little palamino pony, short stubby legs and as fat as a barrell, his name is Tubby http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I love that one!

[onelanerode]

We had Snap, Leggs, Misstep, Miss Lil, Toye, CG (who used to be Fendi!), Bodi and Bird. My trainer didn't want any confusion in her barn! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Snap]

Well of course Snap is a unique name!....but it does fit my girl because she does Snap when you touch her belly.

[GrayTbred]

I new a nasty-tempered old TB gelding called Quasi, short for Quasimodo -- his withers were so high he looked like the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[DKL]

Too funny I as well have a horse named Chef! I purchased him from Canada where Chef is french for "Chief"; thus "Chef" being an english word I kept it! He is a big dark Percheron so I always think of him as the the character on South Park - Chef... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Chef:
Anyone have a horse with an unusual barn name? Let's see how many truly unique names we can find.

The two most unusual names for horses I have owned are:

Chef
Donald </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[CanterQueen]

Zimmer - big grey TB

Perhaps - Warmblood filly (the owner named her this for her daughter, as in Perhaps I'll let you keep her)

Handy - QH mare. Her owner is the "Handy Horsewoman"

A string of Rudolph wannabes -- Donner, Comet, Cupid, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, etc.

Wicker
Wahtoosi
Windwalker
Can-Can
Unica

[LostFarmer]

Rojo (a red roan filly)
Boogie
Scooter
Nipper
Turbo and Charger (a pulling team)
Power and Stroke (A pulling team)
Briggs and Stratton (A pony pulling team)

[GT's Filly]

My mom named my TB (without my approval) Simon Sez, and called him Simon. Fine for a pony, not a Junior Hunter prospect. So I started calling him Goose and it stuck. He'd only respond to Goose, that really got back at her.

Other unique but not bad:
Yale (Gorgeous bay Arabian)
Cru (reg. Grand Cru)
Very (I have no idea where it came from)
Mariah
Lollipop (TWH mix the sweetest old thing)
Binkie (His original name was Rocky, but since my horse was Rocky and mine was at the barn longer my trainer made his owners switch it... to Binkie)
Mutant (ugh... he was a freak of nature)
T-Two (no idea)
Scandal
Touche
Greystroke

[ise@ssl]

Oh this one is easy.
The stallion in Germany - Pik As

[Freebird!]

Well, my old show hunter, that I have leased out is named Thistle. It's the name he came with, and I have NO idea how he got it.

When I went to camp at Valley View Ranch, there was this pony named Taco. he was, well...had the colors of a Taco, lol.

My pony is named Happy Anniversary - Happy for short - because we found her in our front yard just a few days before our first wedding anniversary.

Some of the barn names we gave the Racehorses were pretty funny:

Strawberry - by Strawberry Road
Yum-Yum
Turkey
(those were all during our "food" theme)

Paycheck

Mr. Brady - his owner was, yup - Mr. Brady

John Boy - he was a BIG 17.2 hands and very clumsy.

LuAnne - my husband named that one, after the ditsy girl on King Of The Hill.

Otis - another one of my husband named horses, lol.

Bubba Doo - was really his reg. named, lol.

Waffles - I think his Reg. name was Leggo My Eggo or something like it.

Sing Moon - was her Reg. name, so thats what we called her.

My trainer's daughter has a pony - just went to the pony finals in the smalls - who's barn name is Pookie (his show name is Check Me Out)

[KimPeterson]

New foal's nickname "Stinky" and he comes when you call him - so it's a keeper...his name is Stinky...registered name Clasico Z

TB nicknamed Turtle, Trak nicknamed Stretch, Uni and Cav stallions, Happy Morning nickname is "Dutchie" -

Andalusian Colt is Booger - his real name is Falcao

[RugBug]

Haven't met another horse named "Show" in all my years. Maybe because people were smart enough to think of how idiotic you sound saying "Show did well at the show" and such. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

But then again, I think I get the benefits of some positive self-talk when I always call him "Show pony." He certainly can't be confused on what he is supposed to be. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Chief2]

My husband thinks it would be a hoot to name a thoroughbred racehorse, FleaMarket.

[witherbee]

We've had some barn names for the TB race babies too:
* The Good
* The Bad
* The Ugly - 3 2 year olds who came in together to be backed - matched their names)
* Twisted Sisters (same situation as above - MAN they were crazy!)
A lot of them are called by their owners name (often not in front of the owners though http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif. We've had Oscar and Oscarina because of that. Tommy Boy, Bobby etc.

* Linus - an orphan foal
* Guillotine - ended up being his registered name - he would slam you into walls and flip over on a dime. Scary black colt.
* Chester the Molester - a chestnut weanling colt who was always trying to strike and bite
* Doors - a filly who spooked everytime you went by a door
* Bert - a nickname of one of the stallions
* Chubby Hubby - registered name of one of the stallions
* Flying Porker - registered name of a very skinny TB gelding (dam was Miss Piggy). Never did gain weight. He is now a 20+ school/show horse and the name stuck.
* Funny Bunny - a TB I remember from when I was a kid. He could really jump!
* Toodles - our 10h pony who came with that nuckname. Registered name is August Suncatcher
* Jeffrey - my Irish Draught who was nicknamed Jeffrey (or Geoffrey which is a pain to spell) because he looked like a giraffe as a yearling. i also call him Forest Gump at times. His registered name is O.H. Diamond Drop.

[sprucie]

Just about everyone on my farm has an "s" name, and in that tradition, I've given the babies barn names that fit that tradition.

Squeaky-2005 1/2 Welsh filly who does "squeak" when she runs around.
Shorty-2005 WB/TB cross colt that is going to be huge.
Stump-2004 TB gelding who wasn't too bright when he was born, but is very cute and loveable.

[relocatedTXjumpr]

I rode gelding names Greta once. His new owners promply renamed him to Lightening..show nam White Lightening. Yes, he was white.

And, of course there was the chestnut gelding named Fran.

Or the big boned WB mare I did my first jumper course on...Jevity.

Had these at my barn:

A pony name Easter
A horse named Ears...suppodley part of the tips of his ears were removed from frost bite.
A pony named Peter...Peter Rabitt
A horse named Arkansas
A pair of twins named Sonny and Cher
A BIG horse named Shaska

I'm sure theres more.

[zedcadjna]

names of horses I know unusual..

Bullet
gun
ding dong


dont know how they came up w/ these names..

[ika]

We have a few rare names as well.
Wolf - my coach's huge dark bay irish draght cross
Millie (Millicent) - grey large pony mare
Disco - chestnut/roan gelding named by his 12 year old owner
Nightcap (Cappy for short) - my friends big dark bay TB
Augie - one of our school horses

[Chef Jade]

I've known a taco and a goose. And Chef was knicknamed "Chefster the Molester" as he had some urges that no gelding should have. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[vxf111]

I knew a horse named "What"

And yes, that was also his papered name. Just "What."

[just_me]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by vxf111:
I knew a horse named "What"

And yes, that was also his papered name. Just "What." </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
The horse I rode in my first riding lesson over 30 years ago at Claremont was named Why Not?

I named my first horse Pooka.

[JumperFun]

When I was a junior, I used to show a horse for some people that was named "Bucket" because the previous owner had him in a field, and when they wanted to catch him they'd get a bucket with some grain and got out and say "Bucket!" Well, the horse learned to come to the name Bucket, so it stuck. They even showed him as Bucket in A shows.

When I taught in Santa Barbara, one of the kids had a horse named "Barfly" -- not a normal name for a kids horse...

[buff4948]

Wick- short for Wicked Good Dream

Sippy Cup- my daughters horse reg name Zip N Roll Joe

Training Wheels - called her wheeler or wheelie

Pepsi Da Ponay - daughter (when she was 3) named her called her Pepsi

my very hunter looking eventer/hunter call name Stetson (like the western hat)

Ed not unsually but short for Special Ed LOL http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Krallen]

A grey TB named Stark Naked - so at a show it was announced - So and so riding Stark Naked.
As for me, everything is called Mare or Filly, and the geldings are all Pumpkin. The best mare gained her very own name - Mare-inator.

[BeastieSlave]

When I was a kid doing saddleseat, I rode an old schoolmaster named "Dingbat". He was a saint and didn't deserve that name.

My recently departed old TB was named "Catch A Plenty". What kind of name is that? We called her "Plenty". According to my hubby that was as in 'Plenty of horses'!

Had a TB as a kid who went by "Piglet" for obvious reasons.

The big guy was known as "Stupie"....that's the affectionate version of 'stupid'. We called his crocheted earnet that kept those pesky bugs out of his ears, his stupie hat!

Of coures, "The Heifer" has a real name, but "Heifer" suits her. She's such a cow!

I love "Stark Naked"!! That's too funny http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[GottaRide]

Turd.

Yep, I met a cowboy that named his horse Turd.

[kewpalace]

At the stable I rode at as a kid there were these horses:

Cletus - poor ol Cletus had "issues" - maybe due to his name, lol.

Eg -- a big ol' drafty type paint

Tanto

Mouse - he was the color of barn mouse.

And we also had a Taco!

[billdinva]

At the lesson barn, my daughter rides a horse named Don't Know. She won a bunch of ribbons with him at the 4H horse show a couple of weeks ago.

[KellyS]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Briggsie:
I hate the name Banjo, or Rockey, traveler. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Accckkk! My horse's names are Rocky and Traveler! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[OverOxers]

Well we have a 2 year old filly at our barn taht one of the other boarders named Jailbird. A new lady bought her and tried to change her name to Scarlett but most of us still call her jailbird. My old trainer had a school pony named Bubble Gum and one named Nick. Plus at one point we had Callie and Kallie Kay and yes she was always called Kallie Kay. It was the only way for someone to know which horse you were talking about.

[OverOxers]

I also leased a horse named Soliel (french for sun pronounced SoLay). And we had a whole slew of ponies come in named after food, Fresca, RC Cola, Marshmellow, Caremel.

[janedoe726]

We had a pony named Ducky (as in Ugly Duckling), which actually turned out kinda cute.

Then there was the long stirrup horse in our barn named Neckstrap. I'm not kidding. The woman who had him before us used to ride with a strap around his neck to hang on to. I was a teenager at the time and piped up, "Let's call him Neckstrap." It stuck... poor horse. Of course, there were times when it was shortened to Strap.

[Blugal]

I've heard legendary stories from our old-time horse friends who had named one Double Ugly (barn name - he was nicknamed at 2 y.o.). 2 years later, he was the nicest looking horse on the place - a very nice backyard breeding/training facility whose horses usually ended up competing in Open Jumpers. They still called him Ugly.

[LUVMYQH]

We had an Appaloosa stallion in the 80's named Tee-Nee-Tee that we called Teeny - not a nice name for a stud boy!

[fullmoon fever]

Years back there was a gaming horse in the area called "Grubworm Joe". http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

I had a TB whose reg. name was "Iksnabel". Saw the owner's name was "Lebanski". blech

[BeastieSlave]

Ack! I forgot about a friend's giant, not-so-handsome hunter named "Festus". Not a great name, but somehow it fit him...

[Chef Jade]

We had one come to the barn one time with the name "Birdman" He was so name because his stripe looked like someone was giving you the finger. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Poor guy - we changed that one right away.

[icicle333]

i know a bunch of wierd ones

a few from work
Ping
Primus
Radar...Biggest ears on a horse, ever!

my old trainer's mare is named Pungo (her breeder named all her foals after small towns in virginia).
I also had a pony named "Crispi" who we would affectionatly call "Crusty"

at school we had one named Pirate...he was missing a front tooth so they wanted to change his name to "Hick" but i don't think it ever happened.

[Peggy]

My mom bought a horse named Sid. We renamed him Heffalump, or Heff for short--not much of an improvement but it did kind of fit him (think large, large-headed, mostly grey appy). She subsequently bought a Sadat, a name we kept.

One of our student workers owned a stallion named Wanker.

I've never met another Cool, but it seems like that it would be more common.

Some of the German names are just plain long and too hard to pronounce on a daily basis; fortunately, most of them get shortened. Lichtblick (sp?) is one that hasn't, as of yet.

And why is it that the smallest child with the smallest pony will give said pony the longest name?

[Kim]

When I was young, there was a kid at the barn who had a pony named "Jesus Loves Me" - his barn name was "Christian." The pony was then purchased by a Jewish family, who promptly changed the name!

Some other unusual names of barn-mates were: Rhino, Fling, Marmaduke, and Whatchamacallit.

[Remi and me]

I had a friend who named her horse "Yeah, But.."
And then there was the pony "Alpo". He was a little tricky to ride. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[LSM1212]

My mare's name is Ivanna. She's a Trakehner... Never heard that one before... and yes, it's her registered name. And it fits her so well... she is very much a Diva and Prima Donna... so of course, we have Ivanna the Prima Donna. LOL But the reason behind her name is that the baby has to be named with the first letter of the dam's name. Ivanna's dam is Incantation. But I call her "V" to help incorporate her sire in there... his name was Veneziano.

My first horse (gelding) as a teen was Whistle. His registered name was Whistle on By. He was a TB cross.

An old boyfriend of mine when I was in high school... his grandfather had a cat named Cat. He said, why bother naming something that doesn't come when you call it... and he was right, the cat never came to you no matter what you called him. LOL

In college, some of our school horses were:

Nelson (Dapple QH)
Wolf (OTTB) ~ Horse I had the accident on.
Creamy Chocolate (aka CC) (TB Cross)
Fred (Draft Cross) ~ I think every barn needs a Fred... LOL My current barn has one.

just to name a few.

My dogs (Border Collies) have different names too. Ice, Brynne & Neo. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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Almost forgot... my trainer is training and showing a Warmblood mare (Hanovarian, I believe) named Dondi.

[LSM1212]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by OverOxers:
I also leased a horse named Soliel (french for sun pronounced SoLay). And we had a whole slew of ponies come in named after food, Fresca, RC Cola, Marshmellow, Caremel. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

We have an Arabian Stallion at my barn named Soliel too... that's how it's spelled but it's pronounced differently than yours... it's SO-LEEL.

[LSM1212]

Last post, I promise. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Some horses at my boarding barn:

Carlos
Willa
Roomy
Lovey
Burgandy
Doodlebug
Panda
Kelte
Sonari
Judy
Classy
Buster
Fred
Soliel
Bullet
Red
Go Baby Go (aka Baby)
Ivanna (my mare)
Dondi

[Late Night Journey]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Remi and me:
I had a friend who named her horse "Yeah, But.."
And then there was the pony "Alpo". He was a little tricky to ride. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Love the "Yeah, But.." TOO funny!

I had a horse named Alpo that I rescued about 6 years ago. I changed his name to "Freedom" when I got him... poor thing.

Now I have Raven and Journey.

[TropicalStorm]

we have a horse at our stable whose registered name is Luke Snotwalker http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif

We also have a pony called Fluffy and a big hannoverian gelding called Fido *grins*

[chai]

I went to a show last year where there was a horse named "Tighty Whities". I felt so sorry for the announcer every time he had to say that name.
My mare's registered name is "Squig's Impudence". How could someone have looked at a cute little filly and given her such a hideous name?

[Late Night Journey]

Here's a website with a TON of names... gosh, I think it has them all!

http://www.horses-and-horse-information.com/horsenames/a.shtml

[blueskye]

The Children's Hunter that I leased as a junior came with the barn name of "Squash" and the show name "Calavares". Squash possibly because of his funny brown/green dunn color like the inside of the vegetable (I kid you not almost the color of TS breeches for his summer coat) or maybe because he was big enough to squish his riders if he felt like it. I was told that Calavares is Spanish for "bones" or skeleton" (he was supposedly an Argentinian TB).

Strange barn/show names, but a very cool horse.

[reppy]

My friends horse is named Puff.. his show name is Puff Dragon.. It grows on you though and it does fit him. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif


My trainer also wants to change some horse's show name to "Oh thats just wrong." lol

[Samrdr1]

This has gotta be the all time winner. In the Arab registry name changes are not allowed. Once a horse is named, that's it. A stallion was imported from Poland whose registered name in Poland was FART! The potential foal names boggles the mind!
Tom N

[Lildunhorse]

The folks up the road are pretty sure my Fjord's name is "Whoa, Dammit". It's not. It's Willowpotamus. Started out as Willow, but it didn't suit her. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[county]

Lildunhorse, I have a freind that when shes riding we call Whoadamitwhoa, when the dogs are around shes Downdamitdown, and when the kids are buggin her shes Nodamnitno. LOL

[Opie]

I have a 2 yo filly called "Fuji"...short for Fuiyama. That is the first time I heard that one.


Liz

[hiddenlake]

We have a horse whose first barn name was "Bumbles." Dropped that name before we even got him off the trailer. I'm sure he was humiliated by the name anyway, since he's convinced he's royalty. I'm not sure he would have liked my choice any better---I wanted to call him Mongo (he's HUGE) but I got outvoted. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

[LoriO]

Almost forgot about this one. I once rode an appy with the most unfortunate name of Hemmherroid (sp?). I felt so bad for that horse!

[chism]

How about a bad karma name? When I got my 4 (now 5) year old OTTB, his barn name was Spooky. I hate to change their names so he still has it.. I certainly do feel like I'm tempting fate.
I just sold a chestnut Trakehner gelding last month. His registered name was Vermillion, his previous owner nicknamed him "Vermicelli" or Celli for short. I think his new name is "Red.

[Lildunhorse]

Too funny!
My youngest boy was sure his name was "Christopherno!"
We still joke about that.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by county:
Lildunhorse, I have a freind that when shes riding we call Whoadamitwhoa, when the dogs are around shes Downdamitdown, and when the kids are buggin her shes Nodamnitno. LOL </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[farmergirl]

I think I can beat all of these names. My horse is called T-Bone. His stripe on his face looks like a T-Bone out of a T-Bone steak. And becuase I am one that believes changing names is bad (the last horse whose name I changed, bucked me off the next day), I've shortened his name to Bones. However, when grocery store ads come on advertising steaks for sale, my horse's price is calculated on the hoof http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif And no, the name on his papers is nowhere close to T-Bone. Poor guy, I really think the only thing worse could be Alpo. I also used to know a very ugly appy school horse named Plugsly.

[martysgirl]

Came home from a farm with a 2 year old called "Boner". This will truly teach me not to ask questions of people who are trying to speak quietly. While we were horse shopping at that farm, I heard them saying to get that 2 year old out. The groom said, "Who, Bon" very quick interuption from barn owner and quiet conversation between BO and groom. Dummy me, had to ask. Seems the colt used to mount the round bales of hay in the field and they gave him the nickname of Boner. We really try not to still call him that, but the more you say it, the less dirty it sounds.

[mcm7780]

I rode a horse whose registered name was Sir Termite. He was called Woody for short. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

[ThreeHorseNight]

I knew a woman with a horse named "Dial 911" That's comforting.

I've got one whose show name is Blame Canada.....

[DarcDarc]

I know someone with 3 arabians. One named Celebration, her colt Atlas (more commonly referred to as Bobo), and Thelia.

[Jewels]

Satan (pony at a trail barn http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif)
Gi-Gi

[neutral milk hotel]

My medium pony was named Mr. Bill
My large is Chili (as in the food, she's chestnut)

[Wanderluster]

Chef how about "Z" just the letter nothing more. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[asbjockey]

My guy's barn name is "Kramer" (as in Seinfeld's Kramer) because his Saddlebred ears stick straight up like Kramer's hair!

[Thoroughbred1201]

My favorite is one in our barn. The horse's name is Karrot. It's an orange chesnut with the show name 24 Karet.

The little girl who bought her wanted to name her 'Angel'! She was convinced to keep Karrot, as everybody loved it.

[Iron Horse Farm]

It seems my TBs have always come with awlful names......17 hand grey gelding came as "Slew's Prancer" uugggg. THis was quickly changed to Clean Slate.

17 hand grey mare came with "Gentle Wolf" more uuugggg. She is now the very unoriginal Dutchess.

At the barn where I worked years ago we had a Sebastion. He was such a jerk to handle....reared, jerked you around, bolted through doors and gates (the owner thought it was cute)we called him Sebastard behind her back.

Holly
http://www.ironhorsefrm.com

[Iron Horse Farm]

Almost forgot.....had a barn owner who showed her horse as "In the Nude". When she would show the announcer would say "next on course, Jane Doe riding in the nude". You should have seen the heads snap around on that one!

Holly
http://www.ironhorsefrm.com

[Equit8tor]

My all time favourite- Hoof Hearted! (Every time the pony was announced we all broke out laughing!).

[dressagelover]

I have never met another Oshi. That is her barn and show name. Right now there is a filly at my barn that we call whiner or cry baby (3yr shetland/arab), her reg. name is Golden Expressions.
We also have ZuZu (Pluto Ciara is his reg. name)

Dressagelover

[Chef Jade]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Wanderluster:
Chef how about "Z" just the letter nothing more. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

LOL! I thought was was being so original with my horse "Z" - especially since it was branded right there on his side.

Unfortunately a couple years later Megan Johnstone started showing a horse named Z. Not so original, I guess. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

[apachepony]

My most recent horse was named Ticklish. I'm ashamed it stuck, but it did fit him.

I've known:
Shasta
Daisy Mae
Winchester (like the guns)
Socks
Bonanza
Patsy D
Diablo
Smokealina
Spongebob
Eliza (as in Eliza Thornberry)
Bikini Bottom (who let the kids name the horses??)
Dekker
M+M
Tequila
Gormet

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

There used to be a lesson pony at a barn where I rode years ago named Squish. There was a boarder at my barn with a horse named Snort... PERFECT name for him. One of the horses I leased as a youngster was named Conya, I can't say I have ever heard that name before or since.

My mare's registered name is pretty original, I think... It is Cute As A Bugsear. I did not name her, that is her Jockey Club registered name.

[furlong47]

We have a pony named Squeakers... he's a little hackney guy, it fits him http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

One of our STB goes by his full registered name, Feather Bret. Another named Bedondaine is known around the barn as BeDawn.

We have a TB known affectionately as Conrad... his registered name is Commander Hall and when we got him my friend could not remember his name and kept calling him Conrad, so it stuck...

We leased a camp horse in the winter who was called P-Bar after his brand... I think it sounds like a place you would go to drink urine http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

We have also had a Burrito, Walter, Pet, and Adrienne, all of which I think are rather unique.

We also have bred a few families of horses with strange thematic names: Breaker (his dam is Wired, his grandam is Circuit, and her last foal is Relay http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif ) The mare Greek Dish has three foals called Ambrosia, Ouzo, and Olive.

I have known camp horses called Stickman (for a brand shaped like a stick person), Loverboy, Burnadette, and Chickadee.

[domino]

What A Disaster, aka Disaster
Puppy Chow
Poopsey
China
Hooter

I'm sure I will think of more later

[Perfect Pony]

I named my filly "Lalita" (she didn't come with a barn name). I've never heard it before on a horse or a person actually. I typically call her just "Lita" or "La La".

I know a horse name "Xilef". I actaully love the name. Not real fond of the horse.

Actually the woman with Xilef gets a lot of horses with bizzare names. Her prelim horse's name is "Mango".

I think "Z" would be a cool name - as long as you pronouced it the British way "Zed"

[2DogsFarm]

Back in the Dark Ages, I showed H/J with:

Plain Brown Wrapper - liver chestnut, NO chrome

Daddy's Paycheck - self-explanatory

My Affair - TMI?

Cheesecake on Ash Wednesday - Huh?

ETA - TB jumper

Sophocles - announcer's nightmare

Two Moon Junction - jumper shown by a {cough} "fluffy" rider - imagine the rearview going over - what was she thinking?

Last but not least:
Last place I boarded was a boarder named Esroh
Am I just slow? It took me a while to get it...

[Equinetech]

Oh let's see. I used to board right next to a reining stallion named "Bimbo Two". I kinda wanted to breed to him just so I could name the foal "My Dad's A Bimbo" But thankfully, good judgement won out. Also, there was a TB racer named Dirty Old Man (I think he was a stakes winner too) I rode a school horse named Bonkers. And then there was my favorite (person's name changed to protect the not so innocent) "Shelly's Fat Ass" Who was a skinny rescue donkey that we lovingly named shelly's fat ass after my friend shelly the owner tried EVERYTHING to make him gain weight (shelly not her real name)

[Jumpers21]

I had a little Arab colt who's barn name was "Abs", short for Absolut.

Over the years at various barns, I've heard plenty of strange names:
"Ed" (gee, that's not a cliche)
Stalker
Devil (I used to lease him)
Hello (one of my all time favorite horses)
Newman (named after the fat guy on Seinfeld)

[Cashew4ever]

My pony's name is Chad. I think I have the only Chad...

[HHG-N]

I tried a horse named Blizzard of Oz and they called him Ozzie. Hated the horse but he went to a fellow BBer.

[Equit8tor]

2DogsFarm- when did you show "Plain Brown Wrapper"? I remember a horse by that name showing in Ontario on the Trillium Circuit (by Janet Hall) many years ago...........

[kelo]

I know a horse named Amen (which may possibly counteract all those horses named "Satan") and have also known Fonzee ("Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey..."), Boo (she was the sleepiest creature ever), Dondee and Legs (a Saddlebred).

[Pandarus33]

I was at an event and saw a horse named Suicide Run. Can't say I'd want to ride him! Weird barn names...

Cuando
Phydeaux (also his reg. name)
Marshmallow (fat white Shetland)
Fidget (no attention span)
Slo (she's anything but)

[royal1]

my horses have been named (by me)
Royal (after a dear friend)
Naia (had a perfect sea horse on her head and drank a ton of water!! name fit her perfectly)
Mya
Tristen
Envy
Solstice
George..(my hottie sabino tb stallion)lol came with that name
Rein
Nial (named after his momma Naia-called him demon most of the time bad little orphan..)
Sharky (she was soo skinny that she had a dorse fin when I got her!)
(the rest are all more common or derived from their reg. names)

[Mad Mission]

A few:
Roo
Elvis
SBC (Saddle Breed Colt, his actual name)
Shouldabeenshot (registered name)
Po (short for Pony)
Pickles (true story!)

[Whiskey Lullaby]

A little Quarter pony who went by the name of "Tampoco" (sorry , I forgot the meaning of it in Spanish) named by I believe one of the kid's show grooms. The name evolved into "Tampax" and all of the kids started to call the little GELDING "Tampax". The name stuck. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

[two sticks]

My old tb mare was registered as "Grazin in Da Grasz" http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif yuck.
I rode a big lug of a holstiener for a few years named Dante, which quickly evolved into Dantesourous. It was very fitting.
we have a pony simply named "pony" (affectionately known as yoush*thead)
My best friends morgan gelding is Moonbeam (his registered name is moonbeam's adonis).

[JoZ]

When I first started taking riding lessons, I rotated among the four beginner-level horses:

- Brownie (yawn)
- Freckles (also yawn)
but also
- Elizabeth Taylor, a big stout hairy homely sorrel tobiano
- Porkchop, a smaller fatter pinto

[Hajik]

We have the following at our barn:

A Little Extra (Extra) didn't know his dam was pregnant when bought

Shiloh
Cody
Skip
Dr. Watson (Watson,DW,Wally)
Ian
Bailey
Zoe
Evening Star (Star)
Abby (Absolutely Irish)
Cocoa (Count Chocula)
Kyler
Pony Boy
Daisy
Hershey (Midnight Expresso)
Tremendous
Flower (38 year old pony) Flower Child
Marvin as in Starvin' Marvin the way he was when we rescued him. Not so starvin' now.

Have also had Mo, Justin, Lovey, Jazz, Tucker, Tyler, Everest, Noel, Jael, Taylor Made. The list goes on, but I'll stop.

[missgrey]

Chip and Dip-they were best friends.
I knew a racehorse named Lil' Starvin Marvin!

[Molly Sorge]

A TB broodmare who lost the top half of her ears to frostbite as a foal--Don't Laugh At Me. We called her Laugh..

The jumper named Gettin' Some Tail who had a 4-inch tail....

I broke a race yearling once--a very fat chestnut filly. We called her Tomato...

A 21-year-old TB broodmare, registered name Old Maid...

I had a horse who's name included the word "Lune"--his barn name was Looney, and it fit.

[2DogsFarm]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Equit8tor:
2DogsFarm- when did you show "Plain Brown Wrapper"? I remember a horse by that name showing in Ontario on the Trillium Circuit (by Janet Hall) many years ago........... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nope - wrong Wrapper - this was in the late '80s in the Midwest, I showed against Wrapper on my horse Hey Vern! - we even had a jumpoff together once http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[eventersmom]

In our barn we have a Nibbles and a Buck, both appropriately named I'm afraid!

We used to have Pog and we have a huge draft mare named Shortcake. I think her owner has a warped sense of humor.

One of our mares is named Murphy. The kids started calling her Murph which has unfortunately turned into Smurf. I hate it but admit I use it too.

I almost forgot the worst of all...my friend has a horse who's barn name is Fugly. As in "effin ugly". Poor guy.

[PlusTax]

My friend used to ride a small pony for our trainer named Kermit and his show name was Once I was a Tadpole http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

My old mare was named Pavielle, to this day I have no idea what it means or even what language it is http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif

[lisa]

My horse's barn name is Bonaire.
A few years ago, one of the then-teenagers christened him "Boner". It stuck. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

*I* prefer "Bon-Bon". http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[bhrunner06]

we have a Grey, Freebie, 14, Stinky, Smore( black and white paint), hopper, lanoo, landman, and sebastian

[neVar]

Smack

[vxf111]

Kelsey, do you know Pavi's lineage? Pavielle is a name, a kabaala name oddly enough. But I tend to think that's not how she got her name. "Elle" is she/female in french. I'd bet her sire has Pavi or something similar, and since she was a filly they were relatively uncreative and added elle to the end. Just guessing.

[RoyalTRider]

Don't Know.

[rideswithlyme]

Okay

Gorgeous line of Hessons but there registered names are

Ravioli
Vitamina

you get the picture...

Ravioli has a new name but some how Ravioli is a term of affection for him now.

[Bluesy]

We also have at our barn (where I work)"

Turbo (Grey arab who's dead quiet)
Banjo http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif
Stinky - Westphalian mare (full name Distinctive)

There's also
"Mort"
"Andy"
"Bucky"(and boy he used to!)
"Jagger"
"Vinnie" TB mare. She suits the name though
"Granum"
"Lola" (Registered name Graffiti)
"Dino" (Registered name Dynamic)
"Buzz" (Shetland pony)
"Tigger" (Pinto Warmblood)
"Po" (show name Love's Potion )
"Meggie" (Show name The Meganator http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif)
"Pepper"
"Fletcher"

One girl calls her grey TB "Squid" (Showname Washington) http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

There was a horse Spruce Meadows gave to us as a school horse (conformationally he's...well...not well built - they'd never be able to sell him)- "Frolic" http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif We changed his name to Felix

"Esteem" was another Spruce horse, he was a school horse over the North American/National/Continental for us.

We also had a "Kramer" but that was his registered name. Was from Spruce.

[AmityBee]

the new barn owners old OTTB name's
"Birthday girl" (bad enough) but they call her
"Zwiebel" (which is onion in german)

...it's terrible, but I have to admit *I* love it !!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[gonepostal]

I knew a horse named Onion. they also had one named Hellcat.

[ComingAttraction]

Names I have heard:
Beavelmente or Bevis
Mooker
Muley
Fotie (sire is Budweiser).....As in a forty oz beer, pronounced "fo tee"
Death Wish, shortened to DW
Crabby (real name Abby)