sire’s name as part of the foal’s name is frowned upon. Exact duplicate names may not be used within the last twenty years. The American
Trakehner Association, which maintains that the mare line is more important to the outcome of the mating than the stallion line, honors the mother by naming a foal with a name that has the same first letter as the dam’s name. Freewheeling
Americans of the American Warmblood Society and American Warmblood Registry don’t have strict requirements for naming offspring, though they are encouraged to do as the Hanoverians do for male offspring. Full male siblings may use duplicate names with the appropriate ordinal number (Sammy I, Sammy II). The registry requests that a name contain no more than 18 digits and promotes the use of an American name. The Cleveland Bay Horse
Society of North America limits a name to a maximum of 25 characters. Unique prefixes are welcomed and may be, for example, a breeder’s farm placed before all his horses’ names, such as Bytown Ottawa and Bytown Kanata. The prefix must be registered with the society. Every year the Belgian Warmblood
Breeding Association assigns a letter consecutively for all colts and fillies to be named, using A through W and skipping X, Y and Z. In 2016, foal names begin with “Q.” It starts over with “A” in 2023.
TOP: Trakehners strictly follow the mare’s initials for all foals. This 2016 filly by Prelude by Mozart is out of Cassia-Pao*E* by Almox Prints J. Her name is C Sharp and is owned and bred by Karen Stopek.
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While the Friesian Sporthorse Association has no naming rules and will accept duplicate names, the Friesian Horse Association of North America requires that foals each year are named with the same letter of the alphabet and once that horse is registered with its name, he or she lives with it forever. The 2016 letters are “A,” “B” or “C.” Owners are encouraged to use a “Friesian name” such as Douke, or Elska or Femke. Duplications of filly names aren’t allowed. Colts can be copycats; any number of colts can have the same name. When a Friesian stallion is
approved, he is renamed from a list of Friesian names never used
before by an approved stallion and the next consecutive studbook number becomes part of his name, as for example
Hearke 254. Hungarian horse names vary according to which studbook of Hungarian Horse Association of America they enter. The Hungarian Felver Book preserves bloodlines from pre-World War II Kisber State Stud in Hungary and shows a five generation pedigree entirely of Felver, Thoroughbred, Arabian and/ or Shagya blood. The names
are preceded by “Hungarian” or “H.”
The Hungarian Sportlo Book registers Felver horses outcrossed with
European
Warmbloods approved for
breeding by their
BOTTOM TWO: Qumana B (top) and Quornet B (bottom): These two foals are Belgian Warmbloods bred by Bannockburn Farm whose names must start with a “Q.” Qumana B is by Cumano, and Quornet B is by Cornet. They were both bred using ICSI technology and are being raised by their surrogates.
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