Horse and pony names

[FellaZephyr]

A fun thread really. I was thinking about this on a long drive this morning. I learned to ride in the seventies and a yard was not complete without a Misty, a Fella, a Shadow, a Blue and a Prince.
Fast forward, and every horse in a yard of eight where i keep mine have 'human' names ie Arthur, Bob, Tom, Jasmine, Henry, Mary.
I learnt to ride on Hawk, moved onto Flurry, and worked with Zephyr and Solo when I was younger. It seems horse names go in fashion just like baby names.
I'd love to hear the names of horses you started out on, and the kind of names belonging to horses you know now
I've got dozens of names of horses I've known, but I'm curious to know if the human name thing is just round my way!
Ok I'm adding Flossy, Blossom and Laddie from my 70s childhood.

Never rode as a dc.. Massively allergic. A relative had a huge dark brown mare Edelweiss, she had a dd lady x same colour, her dd was Heid, lighter colour.. Her dd was Sunrise. A bright golden colour.. Her huge stallion was Dicky Bell. Grey dappled giant to a small me!! Oddly have outgrown allergies and can ride now in 50's!!

Can't really speak about now but 80s/90s names I knew were

Meg, flash, Rosie, jigsaw, charlie, Murphy

This thread is lovely!
Riding in the 90s:
Tango, Star, Sparky, Prince, Tessa, Sampson, Holly, Pepsi, Maverick, Cherry, Shadow, Rocky, Minnie, Melody, Shep, Bess.

In the 90s:

Huntsman, Tumbleweed, Warwick, Sailor, Sunshine, Shade, Breeze, Muffin, Laddie, Charlie, Polly, Bandit, Katy Brown

In the early 2000s I used to ride a Kevin.

Beautiful looking but a temperamental bitey monster.

My ponies/horses were called:

Costa
Twilight
Easter
Alwyn (known as Winnie)

Ben (my favourite).Rulah, Luca, Kimble, Jimmy, Lady, Fudge, Bubbles, Dawn, Lady, Cindy, Candy, Shiloh, Quicky, Sovereign, Merry, Gem,.Buttons all 70s/80s

I think every riding school I went to as a child had a Smokey! I was chucked off one of the Smokies when I was roughly eight or nine, little monkey! Other ponies I knew and loved included Didi, Cochise, Sadie, Misty, Firefly, Polo, Blackberry (who would noticably speed up on the way home), Diamond and Beauty.

Oh my word, I also own a Daniel!! Everyone thinks it's hilarious when I'm bellowing Daniel at the field gate for him to come in, he most definitely suits his name!

In the 70's I remember ponies called Silver, Merlin, Joey, Buttons, Lady, Snowball, Frosty, Captain.
Now we have Princess, Magic, Fella, Bella, Percy, Puzzle.

I had Velum and Britney as a teen. The first horse I rode was called Stroller, the first horse DD rode was Colin and the first horse DS rode was Swanny.

My niece has just got her first little pony - Twinkle 😍

70s to early 80s at different yards, many more whose names I can't remember...

Sonny, Shalako, Sunshine, Nancy, Spot, Copper coin, Tom, Polo, Puzzle, Patch, Bumble, Belle, Cygnet, Orinoco, Foxy, Snowy, Ripple, Lady, Princess, Tiddler, Twinkle, Ben, Harry, Si, Puff, Colombo, Dunhill (!), Whiskey, Apollo, Drummer, Samson, Barney, Red, Mork, Black Dan, Friday, Captain, Socks, Peggy

I learned to ride in the 2000s and had ponies called Del Boy, Star, and Ducky!

I remember some others.. Brownie, Misty, Shadow, Snowy, Tinkerbell 🤣

Boris

Some of the early ponies I rode - Robin, Pebbles, Mr Chips, Flash, Shadow, Rupert, Lucky, Cloudy. Eventually my stable friends bought two of the riding school ponies, mine came from a dealer I think,

Common names in the late 80s/early 90s:

Misty
Gypsy
Frosty
Willow
Dandy
Diamond
Magic
Ebony
Silver

Unusual names, possibly unique:

Quilty
Granite (he was very solid)
Slipper
Coe
Aqua
Charity
Maranja (garbled from the Spanish for orange; he was a fancy palomino)
Shah

The RDA place I coach at now always keeps the names of horses they buy, even if they're clearly awful.

I learnt in the early 80s and my fave point was Whiskey , his friends were Silver , Rosie , Fred , Basil lol
My current horse is a TB called Joy
We have jack and Milly too

Fave pony sorry *

I had forgotten about this thread! I am glad that it has brought up memories for a lot of people. We have just had another horse come to our yard, and she has a human name too.
I'm remembering a lovely grey boy called Silver.

Perfect name for a child's first pony 😍

@ConnyComesHome I knew a Welsh yard with alphabet names too… Bb, Candy, Diabalo, Ebby, Frodo … I wonder if we knew the same Warrior?

Warrior was a 14h dun who kept up with the big horses in fast canter by slipping into a gallop. Did you ride there @Brunelofbrio ?

80's/90's riding school ponies: Ben, Toby, Nella, Miranda, Cinders, Fern, Seamus, Rocky, Gordon, Willow, Buttons, Bob, Copper, Emma, Shadow... plus more I just can't remember!

My own horses have been Bramble (Bay Section C), Blue (Grey Section A, bought as a field companion), Sussex (Bay ex racer), Fella (old, decrepit black cob rescued from a horse auction as I felt sorry for him), Risky (Bay ex racer), Minstral (Chestnut with dark brown spots ID x TB) and Pedro the ex beach donkey!

Currently horseless due to disability and total lack of funds, but hoping to get back into horses at my local RDA once I've lost enough weight to be allowed to ride. Miss it so much.

Lovely thread
Every yard had a Honey

My favourite school pony was a dapple grey called Clay who was like an overgrown Thelwell pony . Beautiful sweet temper and a trot as smooth as silk.