What's in a horse name? Most registered horses have names that connect them back to famous sires and dams. Barn names on the other hand come from anywhere...
For instance Gunner is the name I chose for BB Duncan Dry shortly after he arrived. His barn name was Candyman. Imagine my face in a grimace. Yuck! He is sweet but - ewww.. His brand BB - made me think of BB Gun and Voila! Gunner. Which sounds much more masculine than Candyman right?
Classy's barn name came directly from her registered name Classy Peavy. She fits the barn name to a T.
Catfish? His registered name is Heza Easy Native. What a name for a horse...Catfish. Not the most beautiful of fish but interesting looking none the less. I guess in that respect it sort of fits him. I like to call him handsome when I can to help with his moral. Yea, I'm silly like that.
As we begin our search for the replacement of Kelzon, we have seen all sorts of names. The latest barn name that made S cringe was Cutie. She didn't care about the horse, she just wanted it known up front that it's name would change the minute it stepped hoof on our property. Yea. That's why she will not be as involved in the early process of picking a horse out!
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Names
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The lady who owns the barn where I ride gives all her animals ridiculously cutesy names and I can't stand it! Beautiful colts have named like Peanut and Junior. Ugh.
Our stallion is officially named Glinka. I don't like it, but we haven't been able to come up with something better yet. Sinan calls him The Baron von Glinkenstein. I call him Tilki Bey (Mr. Fox in Turkish).
KatieK
Candyman makes me think of that horror movie. I wouldn't like that one. I need to ask Martin again what Ruby's registered or real name is again. He's told me but I forgot. Poor Spirit is just Spirit....his father was a registered Paint but his mother was a plain old Morgan...my sweetie is a mutt, but I love him anyway!
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