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  • #61
    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.
    All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to me any day.

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    • #62
      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.
      All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to me any day.

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      • #63
        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.
        "Life is too short to be a slave to the whims of others." -- RugBug, COTH

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        • #64
          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.
          Blugal

          You never know what kind of obsessive compulsive crazy person you are until another person imitates your behaviour at a three-day. --Gry2Yng

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          • #65
            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!

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            • #66
              Years back there was a gaming horse in the area called "Grubworm Joe".

              I had a TB whose reg. name was "Iksnabel". Saw the owner's name was "Lebanski". blech
              Founder of the Olde Farte Clique

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              • #67
                Ack! I forgot about a friend's giant, not-so-handsome hunter named "Festus". Not a great name, but somehow it fit him...
                Y'all ain't right!

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                  #68
                  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. Poor guy - we changed that one right away.

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                  • #69
                    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.

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                    • #70
                      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?
                      The Evil Chem Prof

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                      • #71
                        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.
                        In loving memory of Chutney (1977 - 2008)

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                        • #72
                          I had a friend who named her horse "Yeah, But.."
                          And then there was the pony "Alpo". He was a little tricky to ride.
                          Vermont - where winter riders are real riders.

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                          • #73
                            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.



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

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                            • #74
                              <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.

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                              • #75
                                Last post, I promise.

                                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

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                                • #76
                                  <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. </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.
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                                  • #77
                                    we have a horse at our stable whose registered name is Luke Snotwalker

                                    We also have a pony called Fluffy and a big hannoverian gelding called Fido *grins*
                                    In my opinion, a horse is the animal to have. 1300 pounds of raw muscle, power, grace, and sweat between your legs - it's something you just can't get from a pet hamster.

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                                    • #78
                                      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?

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                                      • #79
                                        Here's a website with a TON of names... gosh, I think it has them all!

                                        http://www.horses-and-horse-informat...enames/a.shtml
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                                        • #80
                                          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.

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