In the beginning, all SIM horses were created by the CPU. Many had dreadful names. So I was really excited when we were allowed to breed and name our own. Please leave a reply telling us how you choose your names. If you don’t use a specific method, at least give a shout out to your most creatively named steeds.<\/p>\n
The most common way seems to be using the names of the sire and dam. For instance, my Nom de Course, nextbonus, is taken from my favorite real life racehorse. Next Bonus was a stakes winning standardbred pacer that my partner and I imported from Australia. His sire was What’s Next and his dam was Spring Bonus. Many of my SIM steeds have been similarly named.<\/p>\n
Over the years I’ve used many and varied naming methods. I fell in love with prehistoric creatures as a child. Several of my ponies have carried ancient animal monikers. The best of the bunch was Ice Age Predator from the first crop of Fusaichi Pegasus. He was a multiple graded winner and my first Derby starter.<\/p>\n
Song titles and lyrics are also great naming devices. Valleri (The Monkees) is my most recent song titled stakes winner. Her dam was also named for a Monkees hit (Take a Giant Step) as is grand dam, Steppin’ Stone.<\/p>\n
I carry a piece of paper in my pocket to write down names while I drive. Street names, signs, stores, schools, people and songs from the radio. School names currently racing for me include UCLA Bruin and one of my alma maters, Wright College.<\/p>\n
My most recent “go to” sire for relatively inexpensive breedings is Adelaide. Australia’s capitol is located on the south coast so most of my Adelaides carry the “South Coast” prefix. My previous “go to” sire was Adlerflug. That name doesn’t really go with anything in my mind so all my Adlerflugs had whatever name popped into my mind at the time of breeding.<\/p>\n
I have a stable named wildriver. I saw a horse racing at Yonkers raceway named Wild River something. I liked it! So now I have my own bunch of Wild Rivers. Another of my stables is palindrome. It is home to Noon, Naan and Do Geese See God among others.<\/p>\n
MIke has been fairly liberal in allowing “off color” names if they are creative, subtle and\/or not overly offensive. I’ve been guilty of pushing the envelope a few times. I’m not going to out myself here. Most of mine are retired and you can peruse my stables to find a few more. I love the transparency of the game.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I’ll go down the same path with a lot of a mare’s offspring. Summary Judgment had 15 babies before retiring. They include Material Witness, Cause of Action, Without Prejudice, File a Dec, Leading Question, Cheaper to Settle, Baliff, Jury Selection, Legal Issue and Alternate Juror.<\/p>\n
I’ve also named quite a few after real life thoroughbreds and standardbreds. No current examples as all mine that fit this category are retired.<\/p>\n
So spill. How do you name your horses? I’d love to know. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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