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Horse Names Anonymous
This is my horse. He is an OTTB (ex race horse - Thorougbred). They named him Financial Line, and called him Finance for short. I've had him since December and still can't come up with a name that fits him. And I am not keeping the name he has now. I was thinking Ganon, from Legend of Zelda. I would name him Link, but I already know about 3 horses with that name.
He's really timid and shy in appearance, but his personality is the opposite. He's really spooky and tries to get away with acting bad a lot. We're going to start showing this summer, so he HAS to have a name other than Financial Line.
>> Anonymous
Ganon's too cool to name a horse after. How about Vaati?
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and here's another picture of him
>> Anonymous
bump
>> dr. strings
why wouldn't you just name it Epona if you were considering Ganon?

other options:
Robert Goulet
Oliver
Moose
Rafiki
Puddles
Bear
Hiro Nakamura
Mayor Bee
>> Anonymous
>>102391
Probably because everyone would see it coming from a mile away.
>> Anonymous
It's a horse. Name it "Horse".

I did that to my hamster, oh "Hamster" was a brilliant name for it, and it stuck for his entire life.

I miss Hamster.
>> Anonymous
>>102394
Exactly, thanks.
>>102407
I'm looking for an original name. I already named my cat Kitten, and one of my dogs is Dog.
>> Tyma
he's very pretty. I'd call him Peter, maybe with Pan.
>> Anonymous
Guilty.
>> Anonymous
Peanut
Gulliver
Ludwick
Buck
Harold
Penis Face
>> Anonymous
Horse
Hoarse
Whores
Hors
Hoers
Hearse
>> Anonymous
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Agro.
>> Anonymous
>>102452
I like the way you think...
>> Me
if ur thinking LoZ, then you should go with Epona, even though it`s a male.
>> Anonymous
>>102470
Doesn't Epona mean "Divine Mare"? He's a gelding. It just seems like too much a female name.
>> Anonymous
>>102461

I second this name.
>> Anonymous
Divine Intervention.
>> Anonymous
She's the Fastest
>> Anonymous
>>102461
>>102498

Thirded.
>> Anonymous
Spaceman Spiff would be an epic name :P

>>102461
That name would rock too.
>> That Gomez
why do racehorses have such dumb names? What kind of name is "Financial Line"? That's something you name a street.
>> Anonymous
Gunnabeglue
>> Anonymous
Might I recommend Fido
>> Fruity McGaygay
Luke would be a cute name.
>> Syd2K !yHzbaFtyPA
Good on you taking an ex-racehorse. Racehorses have the most wretched of lives. There are only a few champions, but so many horses that don't make the grade, and most of them end up as dog food. Some horses do make it to retirement ranches, but they're the exceptions that prove the rule.
>> Anonymous
>>102524
Fourthed?
>> Anonymous
TROGDOR!!!!!!!!!!
>> Anonymous
>>102587
>>why do racehorses have such dumb names?

The standard naming process involves taking part of the sire and dam's names to form the resulting foal's name. (Sometimes they just take a bit from one and not from the other) This is how we end up seeing so many weird names. Ex: Man O' War sired War Admiral. It was an easy way of tracking a horse's parentage. Of course, this isn't a hard and fast rule.

Additionally, the owners don't get the final say in their horses' names - the Jockey Club does. The owner will submit the names they'd like to use, and the Jockey Club will have a final ruling and tell the owner what the name will be.

So, ultimately, blame the Jockey Club.
>> Anonymous
Thunderhorse.
>> Anonymous
>>102391
I SECOND THIS ANON WITH ROBERT GOULET! HE EVEN LOOKS LIKE A ROBERT GOULET!!
>> Anonymous
How bout Spaghetti cat?
>> Anonymous
Name him Pig.
>> Anonymous
With those paterns he has on the second pic. If those are real I would have to say something Native American. Something like Cherokee.

Or Ahiga It means "He fights" in Navajo
>> Anonymous
Mr Ed
>> Anonymous
>>102687
Thanks :D Both my horses are OTTBs. Finance never won anything, so he was neglected. When I got him he was really underweight.
My other horse, Journey, actually won one race. He retired b/c he's seven yrs old.

>>102718
Thanks for explaining it. I feel like I have to explain "Why race horses have such dumb names" every single day. Financial Line's dam's name was Angel's Fancy, and his sire's name was Line in the Sand.

>>102767
I don't know if you're talking about the patterns on his back, or the markings on his legs. The ones on his legs are real. The ones on his back aren't - it's just darker b/c of the way he's clipped. We left the top with more hair b/c that's where the saddle will go :)
>> Anonymous
For God's sake, name the horse Agro.
>> Anonymous
>>For God's sake, name the horse Agro.

Win. Thread over
>> Imari-Chan
HAHA!!! someone thought those were 'markings'
damn horse n00bs XD ANYWAYS!
magnificent creature. No doubt.
As for a name, i'd have to hear things YOU'RE interested in. That's how i name my anamals.
I prefer the mythical sense of things.
My fav. name is Kay'lar, or just Kaylar.
Al'hatal. hmm...a ex racer soon to be showing.
ok, after reading the bit about him 'acting bad' i think maybe Tyrant would suit =P or maybe even Ace?
just some ideas ^_^
if you want to be really creative, find a website that has translations of words in other languages. Arabic, japanese...things like this.
Elfen names are often rather interesting.
>> Anonymous
Lawrence
>> Anonymous
>>102374
GALACTUS NAME IT GALATUS!
>> Anonymous
Call him Fin. It´s short and easy and more or less derived from its real name. Though I wonder if a horse as old as he is going to get used and listen to a new name. Also, I personally only have experience with friesians, but aren´t the names horses are given by their breeders registered by the studbook and can never be officialy changed anymore?
>> Anonymous
Chesta
Gatti
Miguel
Dalet
>> Anonymous
anon votes GALACTUS as well. Or Mr. Al Sharpten.

And because i'm an ass, i'll throw in Gluestick as well
>> Anonymous
>>103459
Its not likely that they really cooed his name at him much, being as he was a loser. :/
>> Anonymous
Lol just fucking name him Megatron
>> Anonymous
Name him Lightning :P
>> Anonymous
moot is fine too
>> Anonymous
Woofass Wofflestomper. That should be his new name
>> Anonymous
Mr. Horse
>> Anonymous
George Leiberman
>> Anonymous
So OP, have you decided on a name yet?
>> Anonymous
Eponia
>> Anonymous
>>103459
I want to say you can change their registered name, but it's a pain in the ass...and as for their call name, you can call them whatever the heck you want though gnerally it's a variation on their call name. one of my mom's horses is "A fine storm" and they just call him "storm" were as he other horse's technical name is "Missy Toehold" but her normal call to name is Yankee
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For god's sake, name it MR. ED!

also, change your name to WILBUR.
>> Anonymous
>>104059
Yeah, it is a pain in the ass. My other horse's registered name is Fappiano's R. Journey, but we call him Journey. And he's going to be showing under Journey. So it's going to be his barn name and his show name. But his registered name is going to stay the same. It's kind of hard to explain to people who aren't familiar with the horse world, or w/e.

I haven't decided on a name for Finance. I like to try a few names out, to see if they fit him or not. I'm actually looking at a few Elven names, such as Raegbund (Ryge-bund [hard G]), because his blade is crooked where it meets his nose. You can probably tell better in this picture.

Thanks again for all the suggestions!
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oooops I meant to say blaze, not blade. AND I forgot the picture.
>> Anonymous
My horse's names are Pass, Technical, Gypsy, Beau, Rockette, and we call one Tuesday because her registered name is too long to remember. A lot of our show names are just plays on words, like Pass's is "Que Pasa". I say don't name him something from a video game; you'll get over it. For some reason, "Bandit" came to me as I looked at him. Good luck!
>> Anonymous
Name it Concord after Dennis Moore's horse in the Monty Python sketch.