Well, the name Bodacious just hasn’t stuck on this one and she has somehow become Butternut instead. I’m rolling with it.
Meanwhile, the kiddo has taken to calling Nosie “Nostrils”. 
Which is actually kind of adorable in person, more so than when written.
I bet Butternut morphs into “Squash!”
Or “Nut” depending on the day 
(I have a Pea"Nut" and he’s called “Nut” more often than not.)
I actually LOVE Butternut. It’s warmer and more welcoming than Bodacious. It makes me think that a pony with that name will have a lovely temperament.
Butternut is perfect!
Agreed. So unique!
I love her “new” name. It fits her beautifully.
My Hackney pony’s registered name was Get Crackin’. I called him Crackers, but on a day that he was being particularly difficult (he was a bolter), it was Crackhead. Some of my neighbors were horrified when they heard me call him that.
Our pony Salt, who was too smart for his own good, probably thought his name was “Salt, QUIT!” for the first year he lived with us. Interestingly, he became a solid citizen when he figured out we wouldn’t beat him. I may have shared this in this thread before; if so, sorry!
Rebecca
That’s hysterical!
I used to take care of a young pony stallion called Blue, who could be a bit of a jackass. If you went to catch him and called to him by his government name, he would ignore you. But if you hollered “Hey Jackass! Come here!” he would come running to you. I always had to remind myself when there was polite company or children visiting not to call him Jackass.
I had a bad habit of not looking to see who was behind us when we were out driving. So I’d call him names with children nearby. Most of my neighbors would witness my ongoing conversations with my ponies when I was out driving them, and invariably I’d be asked to whom I was talking, was I on the phone? No, I was talking to the pony, who is clearly the only other person present.
Rebecca
I think Butternut is much more fitting. I mean, look at that face! That’s a “Butters” to me.
Or Nutterbutter for a show name. 
Butternut is a nice name. But I remember a Butternut who arrived at the barn in the fall with a cute barn name I can’t recall, something to do with pastries. Anyhoo, young kid says “oooohhh,
Butternut like the squash?”
She was forever more known as Squash. Just remembered there was munchkin who could not say Squash, it came out Squish.
butterhorn? (yummmmmm!)
“Outrunning the Fat Aunties”, a short film about finding one’s true avocation.
Notice who makes a winning surge in the final stretch.
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Looking SO good!!
We need another side-on conformation shot next time you get a chance. Us side-by-side addicts are going through withdrawal. 
I love your horses but am really drooling over your farm!
Same. Talk about real estate porn! 
Agree. I now know Horse Heaven really exists.
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