Old fashioned pony names

[CosmicVagina]

I'm going to look at a Welsh A tomorrow, indulge me with some old fashioned names for a grey mare.

I'm not a fan of Elsa/Princess type names. She is registered but nothing springs out of it that I like - so far I like Bounty, Coco(nut), Snowmane (Snowy)...

Dapple

I used to ride a Welsh A grey called Whisper

What is the ponies register name like to take inspiration from?

The first pony I had lessons on was a little grey gelding called Sixpence.

I like Willow, Cobweb, Misty as suggested above.

Other ideas;
Ocean
Merrylegs (from Black Beauty)
Breeze
Snowdrop
Lily
Skye
Lace / Lacey
Opal
Bianca
Pebble

Bracken! All the pony names I knew in childhood are coming back to me now! As well as the above, and Gladys and Totty, there was a Pippit, a Sandy, a Blossom, a Dinky and a Midnight.

Soooo much more fun than baby names!

Love Whisper!

I used to ride one called Bridget.

Bluebell

My favourite horse at one riding school was called Shane 😂

Our greys were
Dolly, Dapple and Piper.
Piper was my first love!

Also from Flambards, Sweetbriar or Pheasant?

Merrylegs x

Wow so many replies - thank you!

Sharon made me

I though Merrylegs was too obvious, Misty is lovely. My research has suggested Willow and Blossom. I have a penchant for naming pets after James Bond characters so Tilly and Honey are possibilities.

@IndiaMay

I always thought if I had a horse I'd name it Drummer, like Christina's in Flambards. I vote Drummer.

Other options could be Grey, Misty, Treasure, Dolly, Missy, Nala

Ahh I used to be obsessed with Flambards (especially Dick (who personally I would have married first off!) )

I love the name Drummer too.

If my memory serves me correctly, didn't Christina learn to ride on a grey called Strawberry (but that could have been a strawberry roan?)

I learnt to ride on an ancient grey mate called Silver. I really like Willow too!

Hope your viewing goes well tomorrow op!

Pinkybike oh was Sweetbriar Christina's first horse? Really must read the trilogy again!

I have a penchant for naming pets after James Bond characters so Tilly and Honey are possibilities.

Go for Tilly, then you have a perfect excuse to buy a little chestnut or palomino to name Honey too

I always think of a book with a girl that won a grey welsh pony mare called Misty in a competition then had to ride her across country to somewhere with grazing. That's what I'd call her!

@AwkwardPaws27

I have a penchant for naming pets after James Bond characters so Tilly and Honey are possibilities.

Go for Tilly, then you have a perfect excuse to buy a little chestnut or palomino to name Honey too

This. New ponies should always come in pairs.

Oh god, don't name it before it's yours.

Beauty

Haven't read the thread but at a riding school I went to in the 80s they had:

Whisky, Guinness, Brandy, Sherry, Martini....

Sure there's more!

What about all the ponies in the other books KM Peyt onnwrote (not Flambards) about the girl who rode horses and ended up pregnant by teen rogue Pennington? Her name was Ruth and she entered lots of gymkhanas and outdid all the posh girls.

And Bill and Clarissa in Malory Towers loved their horses too.

Candlelight rings a bell as a pony name too.

Melody or Merrylegs

I knew a grey welshie called Melody and another called Starlight.

Thunder was Bill in Malory Towers’ horse.

May Day for the Bond theme?