# Best Racehorse/Greyhound name? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289 "2002-11-05T01:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Barber_s_Underwear)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/1 "2002-11-05T01:10:58Z")
With the Melbourne Cup being run today, I was wondering what you thought was the best name for a racehorse or greyhound. A couple of years ago some friends and I purchased a greyhound, and named it “Brown Wings” . Of course, we did our dough, and the thing never actually raced, but I always liked the name. “Hoof Hearted” is another one that is pretty good, as is “Duffel Coat Supreme” from _The Late Show’s_ Graeme and the Colonel a few years ago. I also liked \*\* Big Nik’s \*\* thinking in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=142650) > [@](#): > > I’ll still probably drop $20 each way on Helene Vitality. Not due to a surge of confidence, just because it sounds like a skin cream, and the last time I neglected to bet on a horse due to it being named after what it was going to be made into if it lost, Rogan Josh took the cup. > > If I ever afford a horse, I’m going to call it Dulux or Perkins for the same reason… - Bubba. ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/2 "2002-11-05T03:37:31Z")
I think I once watched a horse race in which one of the horses was called _Too good to be Glue_. I may have dreamt it, however 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/3 "2002-11-05T04:06:43Z")
Santa’s Little Helper? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/4 "2002-11-05T08:33:48Z")
The UK racing authorities are quite strict about which names are allowed and which are not, but many years ago someone managed to register an animal called _Selohesra_. I don’t think anyone ever got to the bottom of why this was allowed to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/5 "2002-11-05T10:44:18Z")
Clag ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/6 "2002-11-05T11:34:47Z")
[slight hijack] Just to note that Irish trainer, Dermot Weld, has won the said Melbourne Cup with Media Puzzle. I think it’s only the second occasion the cup has been won by a foreign trained horse. The first time was when Vintage Crop won, also trained by Weld and owned by former Irish PM, Charles Haughey. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/7 "2002-11-05T12:42:11Z")
Mr. Earl ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/8 "2002-11-05T17:53:01Z")
Liverpool scallies and footballers McManamanamanaman ( I know how to spell it I just don’t know how to stop spelling it\*) and Fowler own two horses called “another horse” and “some horse”. Thus commentary: “And its some horse in the lead followed by another horse…” - Thank you terry pratchet ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/9 "2002-11-05T18:00:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by easy e \* > \*\*Santa’s Little Helper? \*\* How about _Satan’s_ Little Helper? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/10 "2002-11-05T21:18:52Z")
There are lots of good greyhound names. My personal current favorite is Test Tickle: [http://www.greyhound-data.org/db.php?d=Test+Tickle](http://www.greyhound-data.org/db.php?d=Test+Tickle) ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Barber_s_Underwear)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/11 "2002-11-06T05:12:26Z")
There was a good horse a couple of years ago called \*\*Wykikamoocow[/B ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/12 "2002-11-06T11:06:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by foxyboxer \* > \*\*There was a good horse a couple of years ago called \*\*Wykikamoocow[/B \*\* Ah, bugger ya **foxy** …I saw the thread title and IMMEDIATELY thought of Wykicamucow [sp?] Then about 12 months ago, I heard that there was a greyhound here in Melbourne causing a bit of controversy. Called, **Norma Stitz** , apparently it took some weeks before the officials realised the… **ahem** …double entendre that the name produced. 😃 It certainly was a bit more colourful than ‘Tommy’s Joy’ or whatever it got changed to!! ---
**Author:** ![Sparrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/13 "2002-11-06T14:05:17Z")
I don’t know if this is just an urban myth or not, but a few years ago there were rumours that someone in the Uk or Ireland, tried to get their racehorse named “Wear the Fox Hat”. (Say it quickly …) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/14 "2002-11-06T14:47:03Z")
“Bill.” ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/15 "2002-11-06T19:42:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by foxyboxer \* > [B. Of course, we did our dough, and the thing never actually raced, but I always liked the name. > \*\* Sorry for the hijack, but what does “did our dough” mean? You ran out of money? ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/16 "2002-11-06T20:56:10Z")
How about “I Can’t Believe Hees” or “No Wait Hees”: Announcer: “And coming around the turn it’s I can’t believe hees in first followed by no wait hees in second.” ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/17 "2002-11-06T21:08:40Z")
**Doing yer’ dough** does indeed mean running out of money, generally when it has been ‘wasted’ on frivolity, especially gambling. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/18 "2002-11-07T09:01:19Z")
There was a Melbourne Cup runner… er, trott… um, “entrant” a year or two ago named “Maythehorsebewithyou”… ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/19 "2002-11-07T12:26:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by foxyboxer \* > \*\* “Duffel Coat Supreme” from _The Late Show’s_ Graeme and the Colonel a few years ago. > > \*\* When Martin/Molloy was on the radio a few years ago, Mick Molloy would always mention his horse (that he owned with a couple of other comedians, including Trevor Marmalade) Bunky. It has a nice ring to it, methinks. And in the Greyhounds episode of The Simpsons, you have the greyhounds named She’s the Fastest, Always Comes in Second, and I’m Number Three, each finishing in this order! ---
**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289/20 "2002-11-07T15:10:19Z")
Damn. My two contributions are gone. But hands up who picked the Melbourne Cup Trifecta this year? 🆒 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-racehorse-greyhound-name/135289.md?page=2)