NAME THAT FOAL

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NAME THAT FOAL

Postby madelyn » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:11 pm

It's that time again have to name the "2yo's"... not really any prizes involved but do need suggestions!

Big sturdy bay colt by Thabit out of Callie Hermosa (barn name Scarecrow)

Beautiful tanky chestnut colt by Tale of Verve out of Smokin Hot Number (barn name Tinman)

Enormous chestnut filly by Thabit out of Glenfiddich Fire (barn name Dorothy - Dot for short)

Small swarthy black filly by Hightail out of Kiva Girl (barn name Glinda)

Fire when ready!!
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....

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Re: NAME THAT FOAL

Postby kimberley mine » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:03 pm

Thabit out of Callie Hermosa (barn name Scarecrow)


Bolger...as in Ray Bolger, the actor who played the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz.

Tale of Verve out of Smokin Hot Number (barn name Tinman)


Galvanized

The Wizard of Oz : As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.

The Tin Man : But, I... I still want one.


filly by Thabit out of Glenfiddich Fire (barn name Dorothy - Dot for short)


Since there will be any number of references to Dorothy, rainbows, and bluebirds:

Uh Oh Toto, Gingham Dress (what Dorothy wore in the movie), Donttouchthatwater

The Wicked Witch of the West: How about a little fire, Scarecrow?
Scarecrow: No! No! [as his arm gets lit on fire] Help! I'm burning! I'm burning!
(Dorothy grabs a bucket of water to extinguish the fire on Scarecrow's arm.)
The Wicked Witch of the West: Don't touch that water!


black filly by Hightail out of Kiva Girl (barn name Glinda)


Witch of the North
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Re: NAME THAT FOAL

Postby kimberley mine » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:11 pm

About the gingham dress Dorothy wore, it's an important plot point in the book (but not the movie).

Munchkins always wore blue, witches wore white. So when a stranger dressed like a Munchkin witch (blue dress, white pinafore) assassinates the tyrant in charge of their homeland via a flying house and promptly steals her most powerful magical possession (the silver shoes), the Munchkins understandably freak out. Their leader calls in Glinda the Good Witch for help, which in turn kicks off the plot of the main story and Dorothy's character arc.

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Re: NAME THAT FOAL

Postby madelyn » Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:59 am

Thanks so much for those thoughts! The deadline was 12 midnight Jan 31 I hustled in there.

Scarecrow = Prince of Hearts
Dorothy = Duchess of Oz
Tinman = Duke of Verve
Glinda = Kiva Storm

it's all I could think of at the time.
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....