Recently, we’ve learned that eventer names don’t cut it for the elite hunter ring. Too much baggage, a dark history to sweep under the custom monogrammed wool rug. A chronic fear that video/photo evidence of the fit, lean former XC life will surface on a dubious site like Eventing Nation. Rumours that the now-stately hunter was once seen in a bridle fixed with duct tape.
Quelle horreur.
We’re all familiar with the concept of porn names and stripper names. You take the name of your childhood pet and the first street you lived on and boom!, you’re Frosty River or Foxy Nova, rendered incognito to all of those who’ve seen all of you.
For hunters, the requirement is a one-word name, preferably abstract to all things horses. Successful names include Inclusive, Listen, Commentary, and Taken. These hunter names can be further broken down into two broad categories: (1) higher-brow media outlets/magazines and (2) Liam Neeson or Jason Statham action movies.
There is also a less-obvious third category: any single word that doesn’t tell you anything about the horse.
So eventers, what is your horse’s hunter name?