We eventers heart our horses! I mean, like, we heart-heart them. Even though they don’t always heart us back.
Based on a true story. Graphic by Leslie Wylie.
So it’s no surprise that there are a gazillion event horses out there with sweet mushy-gushy lovey-dovey names. Here’s a word cloud created from a few we pulled up from the USEA horse registration database:
Graphic by Leslie Wylie.
Jessica Phoenix and A Little Romance, sired by A Fine Romance. Photo by Jenni Autry.
Pretty cute. But my favorite subgenre of Valentine’s Day appropropriate event horse names?
Fun fact: There are actually three horses named “Better Than a Boyfriend” in the USEA database. Nice work, ladies. Graphic by Leslie Wylie.
Happy Valentine’s Day out there!
In case you missed them, check out these previous editions of Event Horse Names: Authors, Books & Characters, Battle of the Booze, The Empire Business, Monster Trucks, Celebrities, Snow, St. Paddy’s Day, Fourth of July, Pumpkin Party, Christmas and What’s For Breakfast?
