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[Joan Deutsch]

“Jack” replaces “Buddy” as America’s favorite horse name. “Charlie” and “Annie” make the SmartPak list. "Cody" and "Rocky" hold strong. Did your horse's name make the list?

[url]http://www.pleasurehorse.com/latest-news/smartpak-announces-top-ten-horse-names-for-2012-“jack”-supplants-“buddy”-as-america’s-favorite-horse-name[/url]

[Real time]

None of my horse will ever be featured on the "most popular name list" since they all have original names. I like the names Buddy, Rocky and Comet, but they are just a little to common for me. Each horse is unique, and I think unique names are in order. How many horses do you know named Chance, Lucky or Zippy? Time to try something new!

I also don't think animals should use human names. There are so many possibilities out there - why give a horse the same name as your neighbor or Uncle Bill? There are some exceptions though, for example if you have an Andalusian and want to give him a name fitting for his origin, such as Diego or Cortez.

[Joan Deutsch]

Realtime, I agree totally even though our horses have popular names. They came with the names and I didn't want to change them. Can you share your names?

[kriss10]

Our horses have earned their barn names after living with them. Except Bug, who was so named when we first met him cause he was just "cute as a Bug" Annie was named after Little Orphan Annie... When my sister bought her at auction she thought she was a yearling because she was tiny and sad looking. After getting a good look at her and her papers after the purchase, they realized she was 3, and sad looking because she had a broken jaw. Killer was so named out of irony - he is about the sweetest horse you will ever meet. On the other hand, Lucy earned her nickname because she was such a mean girl when we brought her home - like the Peanuts character. Ginger was so named because even at 18 (when I bought her), with bad knees and bad feet and swaybacked, she was a saucy, spunky redhead.