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Stormy Peak
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Getting the name right ;)

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I named Rumble of Thunder before I found out she Loves Mud. She's 3 years old, and the on Friday, in a downpour she won her first GI race, against the boys!

Her 2 efforts on a dry track didn't fair so well...she finished 10th in one, and 4th in another. On wet tracks she has never been worse than 2nd...with the exception of her first race -- I tried her at 5 furlongs. (she's a router) and she finished 6th.

I just gave this yearling a name...based upon him being a claimer late bloomer, and his workout times :P :
https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1420968&

Maybe I'll have fooled lady luck and the colt will gallop Freak next year...lol.
That will teach me! :lol:

More often than not, I've put really awesome names on horses the didn't do that much. Oh Well, at least I can pension, and hold onto the name until the next hopeful comes up and I tag it with the name. One of my favorite series of movies were those featuring the character Billy Jack. I've used the name Billy Jack a total of four times now - all on horses that had no kick. :P

At the moment...it's on Roughain's stakes progressive colt. Hopefully he'll earn enough that the name will get locked. : )

What are the names of horses you have that you named before hand - that either turned out fitting, or not so much. :P

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Most of my foals don't get named until I have an idea of how they're stacking up and how much emotional invest I'm going to have in them, but this guy was named right after breeding him because I was in a silly mood and the name came to mind while looking at his sire's name.

Apparently, he went with the attitude of "if Shannon doesn't care, I won't care either!". Claimer progressive.

Edit - I keep saying he/him, but it's actually a filly, I just noticed... unintentionally reinforcing the name :roll:
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Maybe this one will be...https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1397069

BTW The sire is 14 and has 2 of the top 3 yearlings by workout times for this season
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By way of setting expectations, claimer here

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1416398
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Dash was named as a foal 🤪 so turned out fitting!
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Kelly L Haggerty wrote: 2 years ago By way of setting expectations, claimer here

https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1416398
I have a lot of those kinds of gifted horses. :P

After AU was skunked, I did a search and found a name I wanted - the nick name I gave him for about a week after the incident.
It was on like a 36 year old dead horse, maiden, never earned money...but for some reason there was no way to release the name, so I requested a name release from the Steward and got the name. I was surprised no one wanted it in all those years. The name was, Stinky. lol.

Just to save some GP points rather than reserve it, I put it on a claimer type, so it's in use now.
have a filly by Mal out of Levitate, that I named Malodorous. (old dad joke there...with the 'levitate')
Maybe someday Malodorous will have a foal someday that I can put the name, Stinky on. :P

Rochelle Zahacy wrote: 2 years ago Dash was named as a foal 🤪 so turned out fitting!
That one did turn out really nice - and accurate!

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I bred and named this filly awhile ago. She is now retired.

Y54-Preseason Trainer: 'Changed for Good' had a solid gallop this morning, and may improve with age or experience. This horse looks to be a late bloomer. You should bring her along carefully.
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Changed for Good - gallop changed just a little lol

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And then This shows up in my PM tonight.

I am sorry to inform you that your horse, I'm Done, had an incident.
Died of natural causes. Deceased.

lol...guess when you're done...you're done. :?

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I'll bet you waited forever to post that one Stormy !! :lol:
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I usually name mine after gallops which makes this one semi off topic. This filly was named before I checked her Weather Preference though.

Muddy Paws is by Dancin in the Rain out of Go On a Safari.

Clever.

She can't help she likes dry. :P
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As I bred the awesome Formosa for the last night I said in chat "Dang it she has to be good!" and then followed that up with "famous last words right?!?". lol Quickly named Famous Last Words when I saw the name was open. She didn't disappoint!
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I have this one, when it comes to figuring his equipment:

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https://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.ph ... ID=1351860&

I paid for it this time, ended up being f8+tt, I was a few starts away at least from guessing that. Though now that I do it know it, the gap before his f8 workout does stick out...
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Message about a lesson horse this morning:

"No one's quite sure how Very Hungry keeps getting out of the stall but they keep finding her grazing on the lawn!"
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Lol that's a good one
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Diane Townsend wrote: 2 years ago Message about a lesson horse this morning:

"No one's quite sure how Very Hungry keeps getting out of the stall but they keep finding her grazing on the lawn!"
That is funny.

Has Very Hungry ever tried to bite a child? :shock:


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