**Backyard Goldmine ** plays off Prado and Prospector, so both lines would be represented.
For an Arab-Iberian feel while retaining the reference to gold, there’s Tarik in Faras. Tarik, an Arab commander in Spain, found and appropriated a table of gold (and silver and pearls, oh my) in the citadel of Faras.
That’s all I can think of at this hour. Frankly, I think **Advancing Lawn ** is pretty funny, almost as good as the too-long Like Watching the Grass Grow.
Since I know Nothing about horse racing and naming, I shall pose a question here:
There is always a plethora of names in spanish or arabic, because of the long noble breeding lines of each country. But, do any horses ever get named in something, I don’t know, celtic or german. I’d pay to hear an announcer hack his way through Ackerschlepper (farmtractor) or some other such consonant driven language.
Just curious.
When your colt does his first race, you must let us know.
A TB? How about “I’m Going To Be High Strung As Hell With A Tendency To Leap Sideways Thirty Feet For No Apparent Reason, Ensuring That My Cherished Rider Winds Up Eating Dirt EVERY TIME SHE GETS ON MY BACK.”
By the way, you must speak every suggestion out loud to get a good sense of how the name sounds and feels to say. Bitterroot Brakes seems like a weird name, but once you say it a few times…
Dim Sum
Golden Dumpling
Crabgrass
Alchemy
24 Karat
Gallery Gold
Culture Vulture
Santa Claws
Shredding the Opps
Clawing to the Finish Gordo Con Oro (Spanish for “fat with gold,” I think)
Winner By a Whisker
Leave 'Em In the Litter Gato Gordo de Oro (fat cat made of gold)
More details needed: where, when was the colt born? Where (esp. what state) is it living in now? What’s its color scheme? And we are talking about a male, right? Will he get to keep his 'nads, or will be become a gelding?