Can anyone sugest some good names for racehorses? the pserson I'm asking for ahs 3 new colts and was looking for some exotic sounding names. No ideas as to what sex they are. Tahnkx, Darryl,Australia.
Autralia huh? hmmmmm ... An archaic meaning for the word currency, according to the Oxford English dictionary is : a native born Australian! So : Currency? For a bay-colored horse, of course BOTNAY BABY (Mis-spelled on purpose so it can be registered, thank you). For a black horse : Dark Knight For a filly : "Quite the Lass" or "Big Bad Broad" (if your friend's mind works that way.) ... Then I also like, for the trouble they will cause announcers, "Out In Front" and "WINNER" wow
How about "Donkey"? A friend of mine who has/trains racehorses uses that as a stable name for his best pacer. He wanted to register that as her race name but got a tart rejoinder from the NZ Trotting Association that it might bring the industry into disrepute. Pardon? I'd have thought it was a bit late for that!
How about "Donkey"? A friend of mine who has/trains racehorses uses that as a stable name for his best pacer. He wanted to register that as her race name but got a tart rejoinder from the NZ Trotting Association that it might bring the industry into disrepute.
OK, how about Donqui Xote? Or are we tilting at windmills trying to pass that one off? Or will the tart still issue her opprobrious rejoinder? Or, if you've seen the movie, "Babe," perhaps your friend should enter a sow named Equus, or something.
Ah, yes, it does fall tripping off the tongue, doesn't it! And, for those of a certain age, there's the old Spike Jones song about a race horse named Beetlebaum. Am I the only one who remembers it? Oohhh, I'm old enough for the glue factory!
No, Geoff, you're not the only who remembers Spike Jones's version of the William Tell overture (I think) and many other 'classics'. I still have a couple of LPs of his, and had many 78s (remember those?) when I was a youngster.
And I heard, "Beetlebomb!" What a blast I also misheard "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello; I thought the radio announcer was saying, "Butt Abbott and Lucas Tello."
Oh, I've got to go find some old Spike Jones - I hope they've put them on CDs!
Nobody's mentioned the Peter, Paul, and Mary song about a racehorse named Stewball, so I won't either.
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I also misheard "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello; I thought the radio announcer was saying, "Butt Abbott and Lucas Tello."
