Spin Off: What's your horse's Show name?

Well the Princess Lissell (pronounced like Liesl in the Sound of Music) is registered with the JC and USEA as Mythical. I looooved her name.

The Harrymonster is Wild About Harry. When I bought him his trainer made me promise to keep his name … so there is it.

Others have included:
Sir Maxwell – Willy
Noblest Roman – Roman
Tuckahoe – Tuck
Rockfish Willy – Jack (aka the bested horse) :slight_smile:

Black TB, JC name Friday Feeling (stupid) Show name Up For Parole
White Anglo Arab, Barn name Loosey, show name Over Easy
BS Chestnut Paint, Reg. name I Love Loot, show name Twisted Sister
Arab Percheron, Reg. name KM Jester, Barn name Chet, Show name will probably remain his Reg. Name.

Young Perch/TB, barn name Junior, will be shown as Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Two young Perch/TBs will be shown as Pray For Rain and Run For Cover.

Somebody jokingly suggested Drunk Again or Naked Again so that the announcer would have to say, “Here’s Barbie Smith riding Naked Again!”

Toby “Shudda Beena Cowboy” - 9y/o Paint x
Peterbilt “Class Pays” - 3y/o reg paint/ TB

My daughters horse’s barn name is Rhett which he came with and it fits. He think he is all that with the ladies. His show name is Hometown Favorite.

Her pony’s barn name is Nikki and her show name is Deep Dark Secret. We bought her unintentionally at the Breeder’s Select Sale a couple of year ago. Yes I need to sit on my hands because I was not aware that I was bidding. When I went to see her for the first time she looked very unsure of herself. She was cute enough that I thought if she did not fit into our program she would make a great momma. She was in the beginning our deep dark secret hence the name. She has turned out to be the best mistake I have ever made. We do plan to breed her one day and call her baby The Secrets Out.:wink:

My guy is registered as “Patrickswell Stonehaven”. We were lucky that we bought him when we did because the farm he came from automatically tacks the farm name onto the beginning as soon as they take the horse out and compete it. If we had showed up a few weeks later, he would have been “Sportsfield Patrickswell Stonehaven” :eek: Around the barn, I call him Declan though.

Past Horses:
What a Surprise- Prize
Tregeare Boy- Conker
Blind Faith- Trey
Lucy in the Sky- Lucy
Traveling Soldier- Scottie
Sportsfield Teddy- Teddy
The Big Easy- Jasper

My new horse’s Jockey Club name is “Amber Daddy” BLAH. I hate it. When I went to go see him at the track his trainer told me on the phone he was about 16 hands. He’s about 15.1 on his tip toes! he got the nick name Shorty and it sort of stuck. He’s also my second horse and Jay is my #1 (my wifey) so the new horse would be my “shawty”.

His show name is “Short Man” because when my younger sister was little she would go up to my mom and try to be funny and crouch down and say “lets dance, i’ll be your short man” and they would walz around with Allison pretending to be a short man. Random I know but it fits his personality!

Well…

obviously I compete “Lose That”, better known as Copper, Third Charm’s TB stallion. That’s his JC name, apparently in his early jumper career with Jen he did a stint as “Livewire” (which I think is quite appropriate actually) but nothing else ever stuck.

My own horse, Revi, is “Vanity’s Revenge”. When I bought her as a 2 yr old she was “Tina Turner”, but I renamed her after her mom, “Vanity Fair” (JC name “Casey’s Revenge”).

We just decided to name our new foal “'Nuff Said” (barn name Splash) which I think is really cute. Think of the song Tessie by Dropkick Murphy’s and you’ll understand the reference. Hey, I’m from Mass. Go Red Sox!

Strider= Studs Hooligan
(He came with the registered name, though very appropriate, since he is a hooligan 99.9% of the time! I gave him the barn name of Strider due to his huge trot stride and my infatuation with the LOTR series- books, not movies! His previous owners called him Studsy, but I though that was mean b/c he was gelded.)

Flutter= Madame Flutterby
(Madame Butterfly was already taken in the registry, and her previous owners hoped she would simply “flutter by” the other racehorses… instead she took it to mean that she should watch all the other horses flutter by her…)

Matto= Matto of Fact
(Bought by owners originally called Hoosier’s Matto. Kinda boring, and we convinced them for a better name! Now we own him after being a flop on the track, too.)

Gus= Ship To Glory
(Have no history on this one, except to say his attitude is very much what you would imagine a “gus” to be like".)

My daughter’s QH mare’s registered name is Pistol Dun Smokin but we call her Camryn. My daughter was told that Cam would never be anything but a trail horse, so her show name is Yes I Can.:slight_smile:

Current one, came with barn name Keebler. I gave him show name Elven Chant (elves after the cookies, Chant for his sire)

My Tobe (spelled like Kobe Bryant) was JC registered as To Be Announced and his USEA name is To Be Announced II

Gizmo is Special Device (He came with Gizmo, but his JC name was Jin’s Mad Money, which just wasn’t doing it for me)

Tempo is On the Beat (he came with no name “that black horse” so I gave him both)

Trio was JC registered as Three O’Clock Rock, so kept that

Tux came as Tux and I gave him the USEA name After Eight

Red came with JC name CJ King. I gave him the USEA name Red Sky at Night and intended to call him Sailor, but he became Red at the barn and then current owner shortened USEA name to Red Sky

Skye came with JC name Rare Count. We named him Starry Skye after the white spots in his grey coat

Guinness came as Tux (oops, already had a Tux), so he became Guinness for a brit friend who appreciated the beer, with the show name Special Dark (although later owners used Guinness with appropriate USEA suffix for however many others there had been)

My horses in the past

  1. Tango Man (Fred).
  2. Mt Colebrook (Mickey).
  3. Punch Landed (Punch).
  4. L. Ratt, changed to Elfin Magic (Ratt).
  5. Lazer Sword (Lance).
  6. Reigal Kali Ko Var (Kali).

Edited to add that I kept all JC names except Tango Man (not sure what his JC name was) and L. Ratt when I decided to sell him I changed his name.

9 year old Grey OTTB mare by Two Punch- Savannah Punch “Savannah”.
8 year old bay Holsteiner gelding -Landenburg “Linus”. He didn’t have a barn name when I bought him in Feb so I just made one up on the spot. I wanted it to be short and sweet and start with an “L”. And I bought a blue blanket for him :wink:

Spot - JC: “Spot the Power” which I just couldn’t deal with so I changed his USEA name to “Strange Attractor”
Heidi - AQHA: “Hedis Destiny” again, not a fan, so I registered her with the USEA as “Miss Ann Thrope”

I haven’t owned my own horse for awhile, but my last eventer was an OTTB who was named Soes Ahead. I about puked when I heard his name, but he already had the barn name of “Riley.” I had to beg my dad to front me the money to purchase Riley, so when it came time to name him, I had to do something to honor my dad (who never really “got” my horsey addiction, but became really supportive in the end). My old tack trunk in the barn was my dad’s footlocker in the military, and his name and rank when he enlisted is painted on the top (A2/C Downard–he was an Airman 2nd Class, and his last name is Downard). So, Riley’s show name became A2/C Riley. Some of the announcers must have had military backgrounds, as some of them called him Airman 2nd Class Riley, whereas others just said the letters and number outloud.

I ran into Nikko (the announcer) at a competitor’s party one winter and he asked me about the name (he thought it was a dressagey connection, like we were traveling from A to C–down center line). After I explained, he announced him using the words rather than the abbreviations. Mark Combs fondly referred to him as C3PO and R2D2.

So…my event horses from the past (stable name and show name)

Riley–A2/C Riley
Buster–Filibuster (JC name was Ty’s Best Man)
Cestus–Cestus (sometimes called Ponyboy, Rastus, and Painintheasstus)
Dagger–Simply Dagger (his owners showed him as Concealed Weapon–JC name was Enchanted Dagger–I couldn’t think of a showname when it was time to send in the show entry, so it was Simply Dagger)

Current horses:

Harry= Innocent Eyes (not too fond of it, but never bothered changing it. It’s a bit girly for him, poor guy :cool:)

Maggie= Maggie May (yes, after the song. My parent reeally wanted me to name her that, pestered me for months and finally I relented because I couldn’t think of anything else :D)

Tilly (my yearling) doesn’t have one yet but it will probably be Debutante as all of her sire’s offspring’s names start with ‘D’.

Past horses:

Dale= Gift of Honor (didn’t suit him at all. He was crazy and in no way honorable! But I loved him anyways.)

Willy (my trainer’s absolutely adorable 12.2hh Welsh cross) = G.I. Joe (LOVE that!)

Due South (Gus)
His previous owner used Gus as both his barn and show name. Great name for in the barn, but not elegant enough to use as a show name. At the time I bought him, my favorite TV show was Due South. The main character was this almost perfect Canadian Mountie who always did right and got his man. Gus was this character’s four-legged twin, so naming him after the TV show just suited.

Woodbine (Woody)
His previous owner (Hi Leslie!) registered him with the APHA as Pickeroon and called him Roony for short. I used his registered name the first couple of times I showed him, but either the organizer misspelled it or the announcer pronounced it incorrectly. The final straw was when he was listed in a show program as “Pickaroom”. About the time I determined he needed a different show name, one of our TB babies broke his maiden at Woodbine Race Track in Canada. Decided the name Woodbine would work well and the nickname Woody most definitely matches his personality.

Ground Force (Hank)
Although he trained on the track, he never raced and his previous owner never got around to giving him a registered name (poor fellow is still listed with the JC as 2000 Roan Colt). They just called him Gus. Since I already had a Gus, I changed his barn name to Hank after he came to me because he was a goof ball the first several times I jumped him and I sometimes needed to grab a “hank” of mane to stay with him as he flung himself over the fences with his legs going in four different directions. The war in Iraq was just heating up about that time and the media was constantly reporting on the movement of our troops on the ground. I gave him the show name Ground Force as a tribute to these brave men and women.

Arlington Park (Tex)
His previous owners registered him with the APHA as Mosaic Minstrel and called him Striker for short. Both were great names, but I just didn’t think they particularly suited him that well. The first time I had to draw his markings for his Coggins test, I discovered one of them was shaped almost exactly like the state of Texas, so he became Tex in the barn. When it came time to give him a show name, I wanted it to reflect both his marking and barn name. Since I’m a huge sports fan, I decided to name him after the home stadium of the Texas Rangers.

Keeneland
Her previous owners (Hi Glenn!) registered her with the AWS as Dolly Pardon and called her Dolly for short. Although she is a fairly hefty Clyde/TB cross, she is a girlie, girl so Dolly really suited her for in the barn. Her registered name, however, was not that appealing to me. I knew I wanted to change it, but couldn’t come up with anything that I liked. On the day I had to send in her USEA registration and first event entry, I was still stuck without a name. We had a bunch of babies going to the Keeneland Yearling Sale and their registration forms were on my desk next to Dolly’s USEA registration form. Since Keeneland is my favorite track and is absolutely gorgeous in the spring when the pink dogwoods on the final turn are in bloom, I figured I would temporarily use that as her show name and change it later. Well, seven years later she is still Keeneland.

Others include:

Icando (Oliver) = came with an FEI passport with that name (named after Oliver Wendell Douglas, the main character from the tv show Green Acres)
Whitehill Lad (Peewee) = came with an FEI passport with that name (tongue-in-cheek name for a 17.0 hand, 1500 lb almost pure white Irish Sport Horse)
Vandenberg (Randy) = Last air force base at which my dad was stationed (the name of my coach’s husband)
Annie Hall (Olivia) = combination of her sire’s and dam’s names who are Hall of Fame and Apalachee Anne (means “liver” which suited because I purchased the breeding to Hall of Fame from the COTH Auction for Aiden)
Finding Neverland (Parris) = combination of her sire’s and dam’s names who are Never Bend Better and Keeneland, also after the movie of the same name (the name of a close friend)
Incantation (Bailey) = I was the only one present when she was born and from start to finish it was a magically experience, almost as if someone had cast a spell over the entire night (the name of a dear friend’s mother)

My OTTB’s Race name (and registered name) was AJ’s Dream

But since I have owned him (got him for “free” mind you) he has had multiple accidents which have led to my vet and I having regular visits with each other. So his now that everything has been cleared up for a couple months knock on wood new show name is — Accidents Just Happen

I also compete:
Doc Snake Eyes- AQH
Oxymoron- Black/ White Leopard App (I’m an English Major and I thought it was cute)
Appasoultley- POA pony
LJS Magic Tea- Welsh/ Paint X

My prelim guy is What the Heck or “Sam” in the barn. It was the name he was given. My new OTTB’s race name was Private Pleasure (sounds dirty!), so I renamed him Oh So Extreme, because right now, everything he does is to the extreme.

DC I didnt see “Fish” on your list :slight_smile:

My current guy is “Unbelievable” with a barn name of Lee, I bred him and had that name picked out before birth as it could go either boy of girl and he is really trying to live up to that name!!!

Current: Tessie’s Brite Star (Tess or Tessie) 9yr. old, Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse mare. I show her under her KMSH registered name.

Past: Incredible Secretz (Izzy) 16.3h, Appendix QH
Belle’s Secret (Belle) TB mare and Izzy’s Dam
Dark Knight (DK) TB gelding, donated to Judson College by
Jim Graham, which I purchased from the College.
Crescent (Crescent) QH and Dancer’s half brother
Night Shirt ( Shirt) Grey, TB
Russian Dancer (Dancer) QH
The Chessman (Chessman) ASB/TB
Cyprus (Prissy) MoRab
The Drummer Boy (Drum) TWH
Penny (Penny) Morgan mare and Cyprus’ Dam

When I was 10 years old, I got Penny. The rest of my horses were spread over the past 46 years. I am blessed to have known them.