# Great Horse names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931 "2002-07-01T23:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/21 "2002-07-02T23:44:25Z")
**Ticonderoga**. I think it would sound good coming out of the announcer’s mouth. “And down the stretch, it’s Ticonderoga!” I think the amount of sylables makes it more dramatic. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/22 "2002-07-03T12:25:58Z")
**Hello Again** I lurk over there, but since dressage is my thing I’m active on [ultimatedressage.com](http://ultimatedressage.com). But I love the hunter/jumper stuff on chronofhorse! ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/23 "2002-07-03T12:43:09Z")
My horse was named **Hoppy**. Yep, he was a Hoppity Horse. I googled for it, but I’ll be damned if I can find a picturet. Guess I gotta describe it… The whole toy is red rubber. It’s a ball - about 3 feet in diameter - with a horse head, and the head has handles sticking out of its ears. ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/24 "2002-07-03T13:27:51Z")
Hey **Jorel** , my first ponie’s name was Ringo too! Presently, there are 3 horses in my back yard-none of which I named. However, I am responsible for for their horrid nicknames. Let’s see, there’s Willow aka Willard;Fiachi aka Fifi or when she’s just plan bad, Feeble; and Nobody’s Business, aka Bobo. They’re living personification the old joke “I don’t care what you call me, as long as you don’t call me late for dinner.” ---
**Author:** ![Clever\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Clever\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clever_Hans)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/25 "2002-07-03T15:00:06Z")
Well not a race horse, but I was always fond of Clever Hans myself. 😃 (Hey if I don’t talke about me who will) ---
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/26 "2002-07-03T15:16:28Z")
**ahorsewithnoname** and side kick **throughthedesert** BTW, what was that song about anyway??? ---
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/27 "2002-07-03T15:23:39Z")
jlzania- COOL! ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/28 "2002-07-03T19:18:56Z")
Drew Curtis should sponsor a Fark horse in Kentucky (he’s in Lexington). It could be called **DrewCurtisPresents**. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/29 "2002-07-29T17:22:13Z")
**Cunning Stunt** may be legendary, but there was **Brett’s Best Bet** to tongue-tie track announcers into saying something they shouldn’t. I also liked Jacques Wimpfheimer’s **Jacques Who** , not only because of the name, but because (1) he was as close to a white thoroughbred as you can get (he was listed as gray, but was very pale) and (2) he nearly always finished second. He’d charge up on the leader, but not pass him, or he’d fade in the stretch and finish second. It was like he had a mental block against winning. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/30 "2002-07-29T19:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LurkMeister \* > \*\ ***Harass** > > Pre-race announcement: Harass has been scratched; scratch Harass. \*\* This one used to be on an old vinyl album that I listened to over and over again when I was a kid. (I think the exact line was “remember to scratch harass”) This was before all the pc newsmakers started pronouncing it like “hair” instead of “her”, and “ass” instead of “iss”. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/31 "2002-07-30T15:06:56Z")
Some English race hosses (real) - all owned by Liverpool footballers Betty Swallocks Jo Blob And Some horse another horse the commentary would be “and its some horse in the lead being chased by another horse…” ---
**Author:** ![longjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931/32 "2002-07-30T16:20:09Z")
Probably apocryphal, but i seem to remember reading that a bunch of chefs bought a horse and named it “four quenelles”. Now try it in a Northern English accent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-horse-names/116931.md?page=1)