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)...

Blossom is the best name ever ever ever! Pleeease name her blossom

Fly-by-Night was the name of Ruth’s horse in the KM Payton book.

To me, Misty or Flicka is most reminiscent of time spent reading pony books in the 70s or early 80s.

Lady is an nice old fashioned pony name

Also bonnie

Some of the paint-chart names for the kazillion shades of grey may be applicable, with or without the word grey.

Owl
Cloud
Whisper
Plummet (has to be F+B s does Down Pipe!)
Chelsea Lamp Room
Pewter
Charcoal
Gunmetal
Mindful
Pepper(corn)
Steel
Swansdown
Wisp

What is Flambards? I was a SaddleClub fan growing up, and Jilly Cooper when I was a grown

Pepper is fun but would become Peppa, DS loves Fireman Sam so Penny could be sweet. Bonnie and Lady and proper pony names, I rode both growing up

Op Flambards is a trilogy of books for teens by K M Peyton about an orphan and heiress who gets sent to live in a crumbling English country mansion (called Flambards) with her horse/hunting obsessed cruel uncle and two rather attractive (in different ways!) cousins. She in turn falls in love with horses and comes of age
through all three novels which are set in England just before, during and after WWI.

Although I've just looked the books up on Wikipedia and apparently there is a fourth book and after the TV series aired the author changed the ending of the original trilogy

Flambards (Oxford, 1967)
The Edge of the Cloud (Oxford, 1969)
Flambards in Summer (Oxford, 1969)
Flambards Divided (1981)

Following on from Sixpence..
Tuppence

Broadstrokes...if you haven’t read the 4th Flambards you should read it. In my mind it was the right end and I thought it very poignant.

Oooh will do Wombat chocolate; I could just do with a nostalgic retreat ATM! Thanks!

We only had geldings but they were Toffee, Coffee, Bugley (apparently he was ugly when he was born but tuned out handsome) and Spike.

Our family had a Bonnie - she was a massive Clydesdale though!

Bella
Beauty
Silver
Lady Jane (Grey)
Foxy
Tulip
Sweetpea
Rosie
Moonlight
Bumble
Polo

I used to ride a grey called Thistle.

Other names I like:

Snow Cloud

Snowdrop

Blizzard

Moonshine

Pearl

Shadow

Skye

Dusty

We have a little Grey Welshie. ( She is 28) Her name is Moonflower- hence my username. She is known as Moon.

Maybe Merlen? Welsh for pony.

We have had Gorse, Polly, Poppy, and Daisy.

I used to ride a welshie called Limerick.

I love anything with 'Moon' so Moonshine / Moonflower. Lovely.:)

On the same note - Luna. (My favourite Harry Potter character also).

My best friend's Welsh Mountain pony was Silver. I also rode Peril, Shadow, Quaint and Sovereign (1980s, all different colours and sizes).

I knew a very Pony Club child who had a grey pony called Misty. She wasn't terribly into riding but had a very horsey and headscarfed mummy so had no choice. One of the funniest things I ever saw was Misty gently refuse a tiger trap and Child slide headfirst down her neck and into the tiger trap, getting her head wedged firmly between the poles. Then Misty happily trotted away. Mummy dithered for a second or two before running after the pony, leaving the stewards to free her wailing daughter. My unkind friend and I laughed so hard we had to sit down to watch the spectacle play out.

@ApplesPearsAndCrumble

I love anything with 'Moon' so Moonshine / Moonflower. Lovely.:)

On the same note - Luna. (My favourite Harry Potter character also).

The Little White Horse was one of my favourite books as a child - Moonacre Manor and Maria Merryweather!

Ooh I like the welsh names for a section A. Merlen as mentioned up thread is lovely - what about Bronwyn or Gwyn (Means white in welsh?)

Mari Llwyd (grey mare in Welsh).

Bramble

The Welsh was gorgeous but a bit jumpy and I'm looking for something for a toddler.

I also looked at a spotted shetland type, she was v sweet and well behaved. She fills the brief but now I'm having cold feet about taking on a second horse (I've had mine for 17 years - she's part of the furniture)

Penny as in silver penny!

Smokey
Foggy
Silver