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Your favorite mare is due any day, and you're anxiously watching her for any indication
of the new foal's arrival. Or maybe your new horse is arriving tomorrow and you're
desperate to pick the perfect name for it. Don't be too much of a hurry--often the
perfect name will present itself when you get to know the horse's personality a little
more. But while you're waiting, planning, and wondering, here are some ideas and
suggestions to help you choose:
If the foal will be registered, it is common to use parts of the sire's and dam's names to
derive a new name for the foal. For example, a foal sired by Two Eyed Jack and born to
Smokey's Drifter Gal might be named Two Eyed Drifter or Jack's Smokey Gal. If your
new horse already has a barn name but you want to incorporate it into a show name, find
a way to add to his barn name to make it more appealing and attractive in the show ring.
Base your horse's name on its color or unique markings. Horses with heart-shaped
markings on their faces might have Valentine or Cupid in their name. Palomino or
buckskin horses might have Gold, Blondie, or Cream in their name. A black and white
spotted horse could be named Domino. Horses with a lot of spirit will require a flashy or
fancy name, but a horse that's just your best buddy needs a name that is fun and
affectionate.
Incorporate names from your favorite book or movie to create a special moniker for your
horse. Some examples are Tara (from Gone with the Wind) or Frodo (from Lord of the
Rings). Often a horse's registered name is shortened into a barn name, so keep that in
mind. You might call a horse Roanie rather than call out "DocHollyInvestorBoonsmall"
every time you go to his stall.
Always be on the lookout for a unique name and write it down while you're thinking of
it. Keep a journal of all the horses you've owned, trained, boarded, or watched at shows.
Here are some unique names to help you get started:
Cobalt Cloudy Seafoam Basalt Dapple Josephas
Obsidian Duchess Jade Granite Cinnamon Emerald
Sagebrush Ruby Crimson Lone Star Sapphire Bittersweet
Knight Quicksand Cannon Queen Topaz Pretty Picture
Buster Flamingo Sure Fire Copper Merino Candlelight
Gallant Aerie Quincy Volcano Camouflage Morning Star
Brindle Penguin Lark Rebel Fawn Sir
Wrangler Royal Ramon Choice Falcon Scarlet
Marble Hawk Topside Slate Sealane Comet
Seaflower Spades Dutch Ace Ocean Starlight
Shale Caspian Aswan Cuban Sultan Tien Shan
Champagne Glory Devon Gucci Peridot Sadie
Arabella Jade Fergie Xenia Lace Velvet
Aspen Malibu Brandie Cupid Delta Pride
Galaxy Patience Shamrock Aztec Zena Merlot
Bramble Cricket Freckles Galina Remington Louie
Paramaribo Aussie Serenade Omber Loon Pistol
Viking Rook Cheyenne Morocco Cayenne Gabriella
York Ballad Yukon Turbo Thane Silhouette
Toronto Corban Colorado Ontario Dually Nevada
Baffin Diesel Mohican Paris Chinook Sackett
Mohawk Pilgrim Amazon Aurelia Amaziana Bariana
Bella Baron Ceridian Charm Dixie Doc
Dot Dreamer Duchess Francesca Frisco Galana
Gallant Glaze Grace Kip Kix Lacy
Major Minx Nickel Ninja Nugget Medallion
Olivia Peachie Rascal Rebel Riata Rio
Ruby Tigger Zeus Cajun Caribbean Sonnet
Quaker Brazil Sain Foin Plutarch Chile Chapparal
Peru Arizona Shenandoah Disco Renegade Chevy
Risk Commander Apache Buck Captain Bandit
Dancer Yarn Jamaica Kayak Rico Blizzard
Cajun Rebel Battle Chance Traveller Patriot
Sam Royal Trey Rio Task Percival
Ace Flight Timber Yogi Rescue Ford
Schubert Surtsey Navajo Dino DriftSand Anvil
Buccaneer KinoBey Rovin' Merrimac Trump Durance
Mojave Macao Dixie Tribute Baikal Blue Danube
Shaban Columbine Formosa Pronto Talon Looking Glass
Bueno Ambrosia Sylvie Sophie Angel Anthem
Babe Destiny Oriole Sarena Rasha Lisele
Rain Sassy Penny Roxie Sabre Bengal
Noble Dime Java Wade Wrangler Nickel
Shalom Torpedo Cortez Nickel Aladdin Dollar
Copper Sonny Dodge Thunder Winks Spencer
Blaze Chip Apollo Oreo Sylvester Raphaela
Shine Clarion Trina Desert Olivia Luciana
Tinsel Polly Allegro Brandy Cameo Checotah
Lady Berry Winnie Kodak Viking Manitoba
Juno Oliver Xerox Fedora Toronto Otis
Talent Cash Bandana Vegas Yosemite Beau
Houston Teabiscuit Frosty Jupiter Waylon Nemo
Guinness Simon Gallagher Phoenix SteelyDan Banner
Houdini Orion Cosmo Tobie Frisco Buster
Hercules Yoda Cyrus Gollum Hero Oscar
Flame Onyx
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