{"id":2196,"date":"2025-11-01T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2025-11-02T16:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:01:57","slug":"top-10-funniest-horse-racing-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/top-10-funniest-horse-racing-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Funniest Horse Racing Names EVER, Plus The Ones That Got Rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the UK, the BHA limit horse racing names to 18 characters to stop naming them getting out of hand and to also give a helping hand to the commentators.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, this hasn’t stopped owners being creative when it comes to naming their horses and even though they have to be approved by each countries regulators – many funny (or rude) horse racing names have slipped though the net.<\/p>\n

Top 10 Funniest Horse Racing Names From Around The World<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. WEIGH ANCHOR<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At first glance this horse racing name might seem innocent. However, say it quickly and a few times over and you’ll get the picture.<\/p>\n

This funny horse racing name has actually been allowed TWICE in recent times – the first in 1991, and more recently in 2020 with a filly trained by former Grand National<\/a>-winning handler Donald McCain.<\/p>\n

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2. MARY HINGE
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Full marks to the owners here, who simply swapped the first two letters of each word around here to get this one by the BHA officials.<\/p>\n

In fact, this is also another funny horse name that has been allowed twice.<\/p>\n

First in 1991, when Julie Cecil, the wife of the great Sir Henry Cecil, trained this mare to win five of her 11 career starts between 1993 and 94.<\/p>\n

Her highlight win came in the Listed Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock in 1994 – a race that is still going strong today at the Lancashire track.<\/p>\n

She was also ridden in all her races by jockey Paul Eddery – brother to former champion Pat.<\/p>\n

The ‘Mary Hinge’ name also slipped through in South Africa in 2007,<\/p>\n

3. BIG TITS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yes, you are probably thinking – how on earth did the officials not clock onto this one?<\/p>\n

However, the reason being that Big Tits was a French horse that was allowed to be named this way – why? Who knows.<\/p>\n

But this Lost World mare, who was trained by Elie Lellouche, ran three times in 2003 before retiring, while unfortunately she never won a race.<\/p>\n

Maybe she was being weighed down?<\/p>\n

4. GEESPOT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Another that you might have thought would have been pulled. But this funny horse racing name may have been helped by its clever link with her breeding.<\/p>\n

Her sire was a horse called ‘Pursuit Of Love’ and her dam was called ‘My Discovery’ – very good, hey?<\/p>\n

Trained by Dominic Ffrench Davis she ran a 33 massive\u00a0 times in the UK between 2001 and 2004, but won just the twice – maybe she just got a little bit overexcited in her races.<\/p>\n

5. THE WIFE DOESN’T KNOW & MY WIFE KNOWS EVERYTHING<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Only in America can this happen – right?<\/p>\n

Back in 2010 at the US track Monmouth the race caller had a field day with two horses in the race called – The Wife Doesn’t Know and My Wife Knows Everything.<\/p>\n

Of course, the two also battled out the finish which led to an hilarious bit of horse racing commentary – listen for yourself here.<\/p>\n