Still looking for a show name for the new mare.I think I may have come up with something but tell me. Do you think an announcer will totally mess this up? All along I have said we’d never get a chestnut …nope… no way… no chestnuts, especially not a chestnut mare… with white stockings… nope…no…chest…n.u.t.s. So,guess who is living in the barn now. Yup, Miss Redheaded mare (you know the one with the white stockings)I thought of the calling her Nothing Red, but then we thought, hmmm, something more exotic ,so I came up with Rien de Rouge (nothing red in french)It has been suggested no one will get this right. An alternate spelling might be Rienne de Rouge. (it should be pronounced Ree-en).
Of course her name now is Nena (which we will keep as her barn name) and the announcer at Culpeper misprounced that (should sound like Nina).What do you guys think. (By the way , she’s living up to the redhead image already. Last week busted out of her pasture, ran over barn manager,galloped across future grand prix field, hit hard top of parking area and went down like a ton of bricks. We are now treating roadrash,cuts,puncture wound and a humungous hematoma on her butt.The thing though is she is just charming most of the time… except when she’s peeved or wants her on way… is that redhead or just mare 
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Is probably a more accurate description of what announcers will do to that name (which I really like, BTW). I can hear “Ren the Rogue” already.
“The optimist fell ten stories,
And at each window bar,
He shouted to the folks inside,
‘Doing alright so far!’”
--AnonymousHow about “No Chestnuts”? (If you are not using the registered name - which I think would be best…) No Chestnuts is kind of funny - and reminds me of the great little A/A jumper - Instead of Tennis…
oops… When she wants her OWN way.
I always loved going to the Grand National Horse Show, because the announcer their NEVER messed up my name, but he did once managed to transpose “Thunderblazer” into “Trailblazer.” Whatever.
I like “Rien de Rouge” but they WILL mess it up. I like the suggestion of Moulin Rouge (“Red Mill”). Then she’d have her own theme song (from the OLD movie, not the new one!)
Heck, my present horse is registered as “Viking Grog,” but one announcer managed to get it out as “Viking FROG!”
Why not Lucille Ball or I Love Lucy? No more popular example of a red head.
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
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We have not recieved any papers from Holland and are not sure what her registered name really is.Turns out someone saw the name “Nena” on her halter (written in marker) and so that’s what they called her in quarentine. All we know for sure is that she is out of “Gabor”.
I can only see a few talented announcers getting that one right. My horses name is Tin Can Cody and you wouldn’t belive the screw ups on that name, sure it’s ugly but how much simpler can you get?
<It’s all part of my ninja training 
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I love love love love that name!!! Like someone told me when I was trying to decide on a name- just tell the back gate person who tells the announcer how to say it.
I am going with Elevage so I will be right there with ya. I really love Rien de Rouge though, it sounds so cool and has a great story.
I loved the beginning of your post when you called her
“Miss Redhead” (Ok. Maybe it’s not chic, but it sure is cute!)
Or, you could give it a French spin:
“Mademoiselle Tete de Rouge” (ok… that’s a bit of a stretch LOL)
but maybe Mademoiselle Rouge (Miss Red)?
Just a thought…
KT
P.S. Ok.Ok.Ok. My cat’s name Tigger. What do you expect? I’m not the greatest namer in the world.
Well Red! I love that name for a chestnut and i have been saving it for my future chestnut horse…lol…but…seeing as how a new horse isn’t in my furure…I’ll cough up the name!
Sarah Beth
How about Moulin Rouge? Since the movie was so popular, I would think the announcer could pronounce it.
I announce at many horse shows locally and try very hard not to completely mis pronounce horse or rider name. It is not always easy. AT the local shows, class sheets are often handwritten. There may be several people who work on them, some print and some use cursive and I often get the 2nd or 3rd copy which is difficult to read. I have no problem with someone telling the starter or even telling me that I am saying the name wrong (as long as it is nicely). Bottom line, pick the name you want then either laugh at the announcer struggle or let someone know how it should be said.
I had a small pony named Miss Firecracker. She was too. that might be fitting. In any case, I actually really like the name Rien de Rouge (could you put “pronunciation” beside it when filling out entry forms?
Behind every good woman lies a trail of men
lol, Chanda, I can just see the announcer calling you “Cleavage”. 
It will get butchered and probably different at every show.
How about Lady in Red? - I love that song.
I had to laugh at the description of what you wanted and what you got.
I bought a new horse last winter. I shopped all summer and fall. I did not want green, I did not want an OTTB and I did not want another big horse (my other horse is 17h). I was looking for something med. size, with a good start in life.
I bought a 17+h, 7year old, just off the track TB.
No steering, no brakes, knew nothing except run fast.
He is my dream horse, I adore him.
Jumps everything, doing well at dressage, wonderful personality.
Ya just never know.
Barb
charter member BEQS Clique & Invisible Poster Clique
I think Rien de Rouge is a pretty name, but I can already hear announcers transposing the vowels in the first word to Rein de Rouge, since presumable they’re familiar with reins.
By the way, someone suggested the name Moulin Rouge, since after the movie, everyone knows how to pronounce it. All the commercials for that movie pronounced the word Moulin wrong, so I don’t think you’d be gaining much. 
That’s what I did!
My TB’s registered name was Aly Rouge, but I didn’t know it until recently. I went to give her a new show name becuase I didn’t like hers and I picked “Lady In Red”
When I found out her registerd name, I realized how perfect it was.
Valerie
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It’s easy to announce the National because the announcer already knows all the horses and has announced them all year. Even if you tell the gate person the announcer may be doing multiple rings and will not be able to keep up. Moulin Rouge is well known and may come out odd but not as bad as Renny the Rogue (hard G).
I Love Lucy myself. Oh those crazy redheads
From Allergy Valley USA
Still looking for a show name for the new mare.I think I may have come up with something but tell me. Do you think an announcer will totally mess this up? All along I have said we’d never get a chestnut …nope… no way… no chestnuts, especially not a chestnut mare… with white stockings… nope…no…chest…n.u.t.s. So,guess who is living in the barn now. Yup, Miss Redheaded mare (you know the one with the white stockings)I thought of the calling her Nothing Red, but then we thought, hmmm, something more exotic ,so I came up with Rien de Rouge (nothing red in french)It has been suggested no one will get this right. An alternate spelling might be Rienne de Rouge. (it should be pronounced Ree-en).
Of course her name now is Nena (which we will keep as her barn name) and the announcer at Culpeper misprounced that (should sound like Nina).What do you guys think. (By the way , she’s living up to the redhead image already. Last week busted out of her pasture, ran over barn manager,galloped across future grand prix field, hit hard top of parking area and went down like a ton of bricks. We are now treating roadrash,cuts,puncture wound and a humungous hematoma on her butt.The thing though is she is just charming most of the time… except when she’s peeved or wants her on way… is that redhead or just mare )
