Now this was just plain mean :)

[Draftmare]

[QUOTE=furlong47;8827087]
And while it’s not a terrible name, consider the unfortunately misspelled American Pharoah. Even the first Triple Crown winner in decades doesn’t get to change his name, even just to switch two letters.[/QUOTE]

When asked about the misspell, I guess the owners thought it was cute and decided to keep it. AP was named via a contest where kids got to submit their choices.

[QUOTE=Where’sMyWhite;8826920]Most of these though you can at least say with just a bit of clear enunciation.

The Shesells Seashells still boggles me

I’ve always liked the hidden naughty names.[/QUOTE]

I keep trying, but I can’t say that name correctly. Maybe it is the hidden 16 year old in me, but I too really love the hidden naughty names.

[Madeline]

MY favorite was Flat Fleet Feet. She was a very good 2 year old and disappeared. I suspect she was bought by a consortium of track announcers

I actually own Keratoid Devil. (Look it up).

[Flypony]

[QUOTE=mht;8822637]
Our latest claim’s name is Piston Broke. :)[/QUOTE]
I had one with the same name in the early 2000’s I actually named him.

[Anonymoose]

[QUOTE=sk_pacer;8827005]
What about Deweycheatumandhowe? Or Albatross…who names a horse after a rather large and ungainly bird? Both odd names and both very famous.

Maybe jockey club is different but once a Standardbred has made a start, that name cannot be changed[/QUOTE]

An Albatross may take a long time to take off, but once airborne he can fly a long time. From Wikipedia:

Albatrosses are highly efficient in the air, using dynamic soaring and slope soaring to cover great distances with little exertion.

The Albatros was a German WWI fighter plane.

So maybe that is what the people were thinking of who named Albatross the horse.

[OldLadyYoungOTTB]

This thread is further proof that some people just do not grow up.

Including me, as I’m laughing hysterically reading through these.

[Classicgal]

I knew a gal that had an ex race horse named Wet Dog in the Mud. I always wondered how that sounded in a race.

[sk_pacer]

[QUOTE=Anonymoose;8827972]
An Albatross may take a long time to take off, but once airborne he can fly a long time. From Wikipedia:

The Albatros was a German WWI fighter plane.

So maybe that is what the people were thinking of who named Albatross the horse.[/QUOTE]

I don’t know what they named him after…Stoner Creek always had interesting names for their horses. The had a mare they called Hot Pants, one called Fried Egg…dozens with strange names. Might as well include the great Green Speed in the list as well. Gonna have to see if there is some kind of list

[sk_pacer]

[QUOTE=Anonymoose;8827972]
An Albatross may take a long time to take off, but once airborne he can fly a long time. From Wikipedia:

The Albatros was a German WWI fighter plane.

So maybe that is what the people were thinking of who named Albatross the horse.[/QUOTE]

I don’t know what they named him after…Stoner Creek always had interesting names for their horses. The had a mare they called Hot Pants, one called Fried Egg…dozens with strange names. Might as well include the great Green Speed in the list as well. Gonna have to see if there is some kind of list

[beaujolais]

Some may disagree, but I really dislike the risque names. Look at the big picture, racing has issues with integrity in the press and with some of the general public. Names such as that type will surely do nothing to further a positive image.

[mht]

[QUOTE=Flypony;8827928]
I had one with the same name in the early 2000’s I actually named him.[/QUOTE]
Ours is a Florida bred 2012 model.

[JJ_sLuckyTrain]

[QUOTE=sk_pacer;8827005]

Maybe jockey club is different but once a Standardbred has made a start, that name cannot be changed[/QUOTE]
Same with JC, once a horse has started, he or she is stuck with the name.

[RPM]

[QUOTE=beaujolais;8828338]
Some may disagree, but I really dislike the risque names. Look at the big picture, racing has issues with integrity in the press and with some of the general public. Names such as that type will surely do nothing to further a positive image.[/QUOTE]

I agree.

[RPM]

[QUOTE=Classicgal;8828136]
I knew a gal that had an ex race horse named Wet Dog in the Mud. I always wondered how that sounded in a race.[/QUOTE]

Was he a son of Gato Del Sol?

[JJ_sLuckyTrain]

[QUOTE=beaujolais;8828338]
Some may disagree, but I really dislike the risque names. Look at the big picture, racing has issues with integrity in the press and with some of the general public. Names such as that type will surely do nothing to further a positive image.[/QUOTE]
TB owners are not the only ones to give goofy names. There was a team of draft horses at a county fair in VA recently named “Weed” and “Reefer.” Needless to say they were not at the top of their class.

[beaujolais]

“TB owners are not the only ones to give goofy names.”

I know. I didn’t intend to imply that it is specific to tbs.

[Maythehorsebewithme]

How about Effinex, named after the owner’s apparently not-beloved former wife?

[Where_sMyWhite]

[QUOTE=Maythehorsebewithme;8829389]
How about Effinex, named after the owner’s apparently not-beloved former wife?[/QUOTE]

Now this I didn’t know and knowing it now, I can see it in his name and will think of it every time I see it :lol:

[jvanrens]

We have a STB named my Bestolexfriendray. The announcer at Flamboro said after Ray’s last race there that who ever named him must hate announcers but the man who calls the races at Rideau even knew what song the his name came from.

[SnicklefritzG]

[QUOTE=Maythehorsebewithme;8829389]
How about Effinex, named after the owner’s apparently not-beloved former wife?[/QUOTE]

oh snap! I just got this. :lol:

[poniesinthenight]

This is interesting https://www.flayrah.com/1561/big-tits-slips-past-racehorse-name-registry