Best Named Horse Voting Poll - videos/song/quote/....
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:39 pm
Great entries, everyone, competition is tough! Good luck to all.
GP prizes will be awarded to the top three vote getters. In the absence of ties, there will be awards of 3GP's 2GP's and 1GP, respectively. The top two entries (or so, depending on ties) will go on to a compete in a final contest for all categories.
For easy reference, I've cut and pasted the original comments below, but lost most of the embedded links (sorry). Everyone is very welcome to post here giving links, cheering an entry or just kibitzing.
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Shabdiz is named after a legendary Persian stallion.
"Shabdiz (in Persian: شبديز) was the legendary black stalion of Khosrau Parvez, one of the most famed Sassanid Persian kings (reigned 590 to 628CE). Shabdiz, meaning "midnight", was reputedly the "world's fastest horse"[1] according to ancient Persian literature. In Nizami's romantic epic Khosrau and Shirin, it is Khosrau's 'beloved' Shabdiz that whisks his future bride, Shirin, to meet him after Shirin has fallen in love with Khosrau's portrait[2]. It was Barbad, who through a song - potentially risking his life - informed the king of Shabdiz's death." From Wikipedia.
Unfortunately the horse sucks, even if his name is awesome. It must be because he is chestnut instead of black like his namesake.
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Squidgy
"The weak point of the modern car is the squidgy organic bit behind the wheel." Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear
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Fangtasia 'Nuff said.
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Snake x Stormy Mourning, by Ground Zero
You Fool You Fool
I named this horse after a 1970's Jim Stafford song called "I Don't Like Spiders and Snakes"
With the sire being Snake...the phrase "you fool you fool" popped into my head and I had to think about it for a second before I remembered where I had heard that phrase. So I named the colt for that part of the song.
Here's the the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGJVA6pKWpw
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One of my favorite Bob Ross quotes is "That'll be Our Little Secret".
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Aeon Now
She's named after a band. ( http://www.skewsme.com/aeonnow/ )
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Police and Thieves (Villain-Inspired Chance)
Police and Thieves-Junior Murvin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIvZ7QGy_rI )
Police and Thieves-The Clash ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXgfD0UKIY )
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Come Dancing, named after the song by the Kinks.
http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=143336
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7a8VOeCeEY&ob=av2e
GP prizes will be awarded to the top three vote getters. In the absence of ties, there will be awards of 3GP's 2GP's and 1GP, respectively. The top two entries (or so, depending on ties) will go on to a compete in a final contest for all categories.
For easy reference, I've cut and pasted the original comments below, but lost most of the embedded links (sorry). Everyone is very welcome to post here giving links, cheering an entry or just kibitzing.
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Shabdiz is named after a legendary Persian stallion.
"Shabdiz (in Persian: شبديز) was the legendary black stalion of Khosrau Parvez, one of the most famed Sassanid Persian kings (reigned 590 to 628CE). Shabdiz, meaning "midnight", was reputedly the "world's fastest horse"[1] according to ancient Persian literature. In Nizami's romantic epic Khosrau and Shirin, it is Khosrau's 'beloved' Shabdiz that whisks his future bride, Shirin, to meet him after Shirin has fallen in love with Khosrau's portrait[2]. It was Barbad, who through a song - potentially risking his life - informed the king of Shabdiz's death." From Wikipedia.
Unfortunately the horse sucks, even if his name is awesome. It must be because he is chestnut instead of black like his namesake.
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Squidgy
"The weak point of the modern car is the squidgy organic bit behind the wheel." Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear
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Fangtasia 'Nuff said.
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Snake x Stormy Mourning, by Ground Zero
You Fool You Fool
I named this horse after a 1970's Jim Stafford song called "I Don't Like Spiders and Snakes"
With the sire being Snake...the phrase "you fool you fool" popped into my head and I had to think about it for a second before I remembered where I had heard that phrase. So I named the colt for that part of the song.
Here's the the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGJVA6pKWpw
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One of my favorite Bob Ross quotes is "That'll be Our Little Secret".
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Aeon Now
She's named after a band. ( http://www.skewsme.com/aeonnow/ )
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Police and Thieves (Villain-Inspired Chance)
Police and Thieves-Junior Murvin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIvZ7QGy_rI )
Police and Thieves-The Clash ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQXgfD0UKIY )
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Come Dancing, named after the song by the Kinks.
http://www.simhorseracing.com/horse.php?HorseID=143336
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7a8VOeCeEY&ob=av2e