Legend is that Pegram saw Baffert in a Las Vegas hotel suite hottub wearing a cowboy hat and two blondes and knew it was destiny… 
“It is by no means the privilege of the rider to part with his horse solely by his own will.” – Alois Podhajsky
“Go on, Bill… This is no place for a pony.”
We had about 20 foals every year, and every year they had about 2 weeks of daily handling before mare and foal were turned back out with the other broodmares and foals. Daily handling included a baby lesson in leading out to the paddock, and back to the stall with mom.
No big deal, right? Not for the other 19 foals, anyway. Mind you, this mare was not our favorite. And she always seemed to have Less Than Clever foals. Foals who became Really Stupid Two Year Olds, I might add. Who then subsequently became No Account Three Year Olds Who Couldn’t Run Their Way Out of a Wet Paper Bag, Leading One To Wonder WHY Anyone Would Breed That Mare, but I digress…
Anyway, this particular little fellow had a problem with following mom with the aid of a halter and Ye Old Butt Rope (you really can’t call it “leading” - just getting acquainted with the tools of the trade while you take 75 steps following mom). Some more spirited foals get a little airborne and you just quietly contain them and mostly ignore them. Some just plant their tootsies, and you give them a a little bump with the butt rope, and then they notice mom is 3 steps farther than she was a minute ago, and off they go. It’s pretty smooth sailing for most foals in other words. Not real traumatic from their perspective.
Anyway, little L&L planted his tootsies about 10 feet out of the stall. Then little L&L felt the butt rope. Then little L&L started BAWLING like a calf - I have NEVER heard a foal/horse make a noise like that (I think it spooked his mom, but she wasn’t real maternal, so she started dragging her handler to the paddock). Then… all of a sudden he just started peeing!! We were totally flabbergasted! He scared the piss out of himself - literally! SO we bring mom back, make all sort of comforting noises, and manage to more or less get him to the paddock. Day 2. Repeat Above. Day 3. Repeat Above. Day 4. Repeat Above. About Day 5 he started getting the hang of it, but he was already named by that time. 
Needless to say he did NOT have the fortitude to become a race horse. Or much else, as far as I know.
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
My old hunter came with the jockey club name of “Raveninthecavin” As in “Raven in the cave in.”
He was pitch black without a speck of white, so I suppose that would be the origin of the name (I guess he was as dark as a black bird in a closed cave 
). Since he was by Silent Cal out of Crafty Orphan, it sure didn’t come from the breeding! It was that name that convinced me it’s OK to change a TB’s name for the show ring!
But… I am personally responsible for a TB being registered with the name of “Loose and Leaky” so I probably deserve whatever bad names the JC throws at me.
(go ahead, ask about the story of Loose And Leaky - you know you are dying to!)
Back in the 80’s there was a Calder horse by the name of Morganmorganmorgan. And she usually ran pretty good so the poor announcer always had to rattle off her name a half dozen times or so.
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
[This message was edited by DMK on Oct. 27, 2002 at 06:46 PM.]
I was just looking at some of Judge Smells’s offspring to see what names they got stuck with and I found possibly the worst ever:
Skunk Cabbage
Poor thing!
“We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are.” M E M E N T O
This name is really bad. It borders on being pornographic! I’m surprised the Jockey Club let that one go through.
Mike Pegram sure came up with a bunch of doozies on that list!
“You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever!”
How about Hoovergetthekeys?
Lizviola… I think that name really takes the cake!!
Here are some more for ya: Dat You Miz Blue, Vodka, Rhum, Farmer In The Dell, Soup n’ Crackers (not to mention his sire, Alphabet Soup).
Of course, I’ve seen plenty of good names, too. But sometimes the worst names are the most memorable ones. How can you forget a name like Grey Bloody Buttocks??
We have/had 3 brood mares with what we always thought were terrible names: Squeek It Thru, Lady Clausewitz and Regeness.
After reading some of the names posted here, I don’t think they were so bad after all!! Thanks everyone for the ego boost
I also used to work at a farm where one of the broodmares was called Kinetigal. One of her colts was named Notagal. Unfortunately, Notagal got loose one day and ran smack dab into the side of a transport truck doing 60 Mph. Needless to say, Notagal is now Notaround!
I am speechless! 
BTW does anybody else besides me come absolutely RUSHING over here to Racing every time this thread gets bumped? Always wanting more sordid dark secrets of the TB world I guess!
“It’s a thin line between a smart TB and a smart-@$$ TB.”
I ride at Dutch Manor… but i board my horse at 3 Pines
Just break Ivannavinalot up:
I vanna vin a lot
Then say it with a transylvania accent.
So, it is really I wanna win a lot.
See why it’s so dumb?
“We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are.” M E M E N T O
A German Stallion is named Irish Stew - I pitied the horse when I first saw his name in the yearling catalog.
You only have to look up the CANTER sites 
I think on New England: Stinko Miss yuck!
Some of the bad names come from the nomenclature, in Germany the foals are named starting with the letter of the Dam: A colt out of an N mare by Nebos was first named Little Nebos , then later changed to Lebos, quiet a racehorse.
Another one was Karin I love you, cantering around Southwest German track, named after the owners wife. The filly was sold, I don’t know however if it coincided with the divorce.
When Mister Frisky was racing, I wanted to root for him but I just couldn’t because I hated his name so much. 
“You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever!”
I ride at Dutch Manor but i boardmy horse at 3 Pines
~Ravyn
About 10 years ago, we had a Tb with the Reg. name of Captian Forehead. Poor thing, turned out to be a good hunter.
LOL, Kinsella - I registered my gelding’s show name as Doctor Who with USAEq! It was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid!
Here’s a few more: Hunka Hunka Lori Z, Chicken Soup Kid, Hell Cat, Mushroom Countess, Knucklehead.
[This message was edited by Thoroughbred on Nov. 27, 2002 at 12:49 PM.]
Funny story about how Loose & Leaky got his name. I’m trying to imagine the noises he was making and the overall scene.
Just had to add these two names: Chicken Dinner and Lentil. 
Is this the name of an Eclipse winner? “Hmmmm, she’s by far our nicest filly… we really have to name her after Miss November. You know, the one with the marshallow peeps.”
Date More Minors and Blow the World were both nominated to the Triple Crown last year, and how those names ever got by the Jockey Club…
“It is by no means the privilege of the rider to part with his horse solely by his own will.” – Alois Podhajsky
“Go on, Bill… This is no place for a pony.”
Drifting Cloud:
Me too!
Every time I see/hear her name I think of the Austin Powers movie :0)
“We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are.” M E M E N T O
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