Worst Names – nominations

[Mighty Marine]

‘Strong Johnson; not sure how that one got past Weatherby’s’ – Ed Chamberlin 😂

[Gladiateur]

I was wondering the same about Fircombe Hall, who runs in the 4:45 at Catterick today.

[Mighty Marine]

Goodness. Their vigilance is evaporating rapidly. There’ll be another Muff Diver along shortly…

[patriot1]

Will a Norfolk and Chance get past the BHA?

[Mighty Marine]

Further research has revealed that Julie Cecil once trained a Mary Hinge.

[Refuse To Bend]

Going to sound stupid here but what is the problem with Strong Johnson?

The more I know the less I understand.

[Mighty Marine]

Johnson’s an American euphemism for the male sex organ. Not sure of its provenance and would probably rather not find out

[Refuse To Bend]

Ah thank you I had no idea of that.

The more I know the less I understand.

[greenasgrass]

Get is running in the last at Navan today. She’s been added to my cliff horse collection.

[Triptych]

I can’t understand naming a horse Oneforthegutter .
He’s beautifully bred by Muharaar out of a Selkirk mare.. It kind of puts you off backing him but I saw him at Newmarket a few races back and he’s a looker.

Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...

[zilzal]

Wimbledon Hawkeye! Ok not as bad as the last nomination but wouldn’t it be a great name for a greyhound! Will have real difficulty in committing it to a betting docket if I plumb for him in Saturday’s Donny Group 1

[Purwell]

If I ever own a race horse I will try to call it Dan Gliebitz.

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highways

[Devonian]

Mention of Mary Hinge reminds me that Julie Cecil also had a horse named Joe Blob but it got chalked off before it raced and was renamed

[Cymro]

Not so much worse names but how-did-that-one-get-through? Thursday’s 2.10 at Ludlow and the Sheila Lewis-trained Fan Magnet. The commentator didn’t put his foot in it with a mispronunciation, which was quite the feat to be fair.

[robnorth]

I notice that Fircombe Hall got a mention in htis thread a while ago. I suspect that those who named the horse would point to the fact that there is actually a Fircombe Hall in Clay Lane, Tetford, Lincolnshire. Much amusement presumably for those visiting Lincolnshire Glamping which is based there. One can only speculate as to how the place got its name, but the property looks as if it’s been built fairly recently to look old…

[Drone]

Fircombe was the name of the village in Carry On Girls

They don’t make ’em like this any more ? ?

[Cork All Star]

The great Sid James, who literally died on stage at the Sunderland Empire in 1976.

A spooky story for Halloween:

Les Dawson appeared at the Sunderland Empire in pantomime in 1989. On the last night, it is said he saw something in his dressing room that unnerved him.

Dawson is reported to have said: “Nothing would tempt me to return to that theatre. And certainly not in the dressing room. What I experienced in that room will stay with me for the rest of my life.” He refused to ever appear at the Empire again.

It has been speculated that Dawson saw the ghost of Sid James, which is said to have haunted the Empire since his death.

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