Horse Name Generator
Mr Ed or Mr Bean – What would you name your horse if you had one?
I always find it intriguing how and why syndicates and deep-pocket owners come up with a name for their horses.
When you stop to think about it, the decision is a big one!
Naming your horse “The Knackers Yard” or “Second To Last” doesn’t send positive vibes out to potential punters, does it?
Horse names can be amusing. Ha Ha Ha is a classic, but so is Maythehorsebewithyou.
They can also be a bit close to the knuckle, such as Geespot or Wear The Fox Hat, which foaled in 2014 and is a name you need to say quickly to appreciate.
Without doubt some owners choose the name of their horse specifically to wind up the commentators.
Whoever the genius was who came up with the pirate-sounding “AAARRRRR” deserves a medal – the YouTube video on the link is an extremely funny watch by the way.
But it’s not all fun! Sometimes owners name horses after people they love, people who may have passed on and they want to keep their memory alive or pay homage to them.
For anyone who has bred dogs, cats or horses and needs to register them, coming up with a name can be a more cryptic affair.
Red Rum, for instance, that grand old national winner, was named by taking the last three letters of the names of his dam and sire, respectively.
Sometimes naming a horse is a question of persistence. The owners of the great American horse Secretariat submitted five different nominations to the jockey club before they finally accepted a name. It was coined by the yard’s secretary, Elizabeth Ham, from her previous official title when working in the United Nations.
Some horse names can remind their owners of happy places.
Three times Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Arkle was named after a mountain overlooking his new owner’s home.
Of course, naming your horses is as old as time. Bucephalas was the horse of Alexander the Great and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity.
Naming a horse is a lot of fun. Try it and then pop them into our Horse Spinner to see who would win.
Or, you could use it for what it was designed for. If you’re umming and ahhing over your horse selection and can’t decide, simply enter them into the spinner and leave it to a random spin.
