is there something in naming a horse

Good question.
Well educated, intelligent people earn more money and can afford better horses.  They are probably well read so know more history, politics, arts, natural sciences and all the names found there.

thanks, think your right. logical, intelligence is not only found
with the privaledged.

i've always agreed about well named horses, quite often pick a long price winner from a novice race by name only,
coolemore name there good ones well, Camelot had been saved until they found something special, then used the name

waited 10 years to name camelot, understandble. good things come to those
that wait. horses named after sayings are good also, ubetterbegood, escaped
my attention today, put that in the notebook.

This thread is mental!

ifandbutwhynot, genuis named that horse

I guess as has been hinted above, a lot of the big owner/breeders wait until they have something they 'like' before namining them with a 'good' name.

The Coolmore boys always seem to have good names for their stars, and Prince Khalid waited for a long time to name Frankel after Bobby Frankel, because he wanted the horse to match the quality of the trainer (or something like that).

I believe you can also reserve names with Weatherby's.  I think that the Elite Racinc Club reserved the name 'AFFINITY' and named a filly who was a Sadlers Wells half sister to SOVIET SONG, who didn't turn out to be as good, but is now a broodmare for the club.

As BBC says, you can reserve a name with Weatherbys for 90 days, 12 months or a"special" reservation (for which various criteria apply).  If you don't use the name within those timescales you can repeat the reservation on payment of the appropriate fee.

When names become available for reuse (again, different criteria apply but the most common is ten years after the foaling date of the original horse, longer if a broodmare/stud stallion with progeny, and never if it's protected eg Classic winner) there is always an unseemly scramble between a couple of the big owners as to who manages to register the best re-released names first.

thanks for all the comments, I suppose their are still
lots of good names to be discovered, really interesting
info on the naming process and new thinking .

smileswithhiseyes genius came up with that name, got 5/1 on betfair today, thats 1 of my notebook horses.;)

smileswithhiseyes genius came up with that name, got 5/1 on betfair today, thats 1 of my notebook horses.;)