favourite horse names

Aiden o breins horses got some good names

soodum Wrote:

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> Aiden o breins horses got some good names

I agree, but I'm much less keen on some of the short one-word names they're starting to come up with now.

Harmony Forever. Won the Guineas in Natal beating the mighty London News and Ashtontown when with Dennis Drier. Won the Greyville 1900 two years later for Mike de Kock in a canter. Wasnt for it unsoundness it should have done better. Key of Destiny not to bad either.

And my fave horse in the 90's Cape Saffron.

Breyani was brilliant so to was Spook And Diesel

Secretary General trained by Paddy Kruyer . Horses with strong , powerful names have always seemed to win the big races. Wolf Power, Politician , Pocket Power , Horse Chestnut , Flaming Rock to name a few.

Remember mdk s spook express,was destined for bloem ,somehow ended up running 1st time in kzn,johnny g rode it to win @ 20/1,the rest is history

TottINGham

soodum Wrote:

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> Remember mdk s spook express,was destined for
> bloem ,somehow ended up running 1st time in
> kzn,johnny g rode it to win @ 20/1,the rest is
> history

I think it was Karl Neisius (who was part of the syndicate that bred her) who rode her when she won first time out.

Sometimes I feel sorry for people who give horses clever or "punny" names only to have the pronunciation butchered every time they run. Years ago there was a horse in PE called Sheik's Spear (Shakespeare...), but out friend Alan Schoeman inevitably called him Sheek's Spear.

karl rode spook up the straight at turfontein for her first win...she was nominated to run in bloem a few weeks prior...henry mansell also had share in her...cant recall the name of the syndicate that raced her but had a letter of each of their first names if i am not mistakenblue and red colours?

Furious, Bold Tropic, Destroyer and of course Wagga Wagga

pirates Wrote:

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> karl rode spook up the straight at turfontein for
> her first win...she was nominated to run in bloem
> a few weeks prior...henry mansell also had share
> in her...cant recall the name of the syndicate
> that raced her but had a letter of each of their
> first names if i am not mistakenblue and red
> colours?

Jack Syndicate. Karl Neisius was the 'K'. Jehan Malherbe the 'J'. I don't remember who "C' was, but I think 'A' was only added to make a sensible word.

Henry"wild bill" mansell still a bookie ?