In this game, you give your home-bred horses names, and this opportunity has to be carefully considered.
Some might just give the horses a number, others just don’t bother and let all the horses remain unnamed, others again call the horses the names of their friends or relatives or in some rare cases even the name of their wife! That’s soooo lame! Nobody gives the horse the name of their mother in law. That’s just too sick!
I put quite much effort into giving my horses as cool names as possible, and these names can be divided into various categories.
First the cool names in general category.
This first name I first saw as a title of a famous painting by Salvador Dali: Desoxyribonucleicacid, or you can just say DNA, but that is not so cool.
The next one means “It is what it is” in Nowegian: Deterdetdeter.
It is, as in English, five words put together but looks cooler. Show this to a Norwegian and he will first not recognize it, but then ha will say: Aha! Det er det det er!
Latin names of various body parts are extremely cool:
Corpora Spongiosa – You will probably call me a naughty boy if you discover what this is… A potent name!
Mons Pubis – This is ok, except that I call my cat that, and you should never call a horse with a cat name. Mons means mountain, and I really love to climb this mountain, again and again!
Other latin names from human anatomy: Corpus Callosum, Metacarpus, Arteria Mesenterica, Sternocleidomastoideus, Pars Petrosa, Fractura Costae, Zygomaticus, Oculomotorius.
You can also have short, distinctive names if you like that: Pons, Glans, Cor, Ren, Lien, Radius, Femur, Sacrum, Sternum.
Next cathegory is historical persons. You can try Caesar or Napoleon, but those names are typical cat names, and a horse would lose every race on purpose in protest of being called that!
No, we can do better than that! What about Boudica, Octavian, Vespasianus, Garibaldi, Vercingetorix, General Patton and Montgomery. To be honest, I am a little in doubt about the last two. The sound of them are very catlike.
The coolest historical name by far is JOHN FASTOLF! He was an English general in the 100 year war against France, and he fought against Jeanne D’Arc among others. This name, however, requires some very solid planning and preparation, because this horse really has to be FAST! If not, the name is just going to be a massive embarrassment!
So this name is only to be given to the foal of your two best horses with the longest and most successful bloodlines!
Other cool names from the same conflict: Jeanne D’Arc is mentioned, but you also have Le Bastard d’Orleans! He actually insisted on being called this all his life, and after being held prisoner by the English for several years, he was at last on the winning side. – And a very nice horse name it is!
This was just a small sample of the horses I have in my SO4 stable.
What do you think about these names? Do you have some cool names? Or maybe some lame names that only can be put on a cat?
