Joseph O’Brien takes to Twitter to name a racehorse with over 3,000 replies sent by his followers

Jan 12, 2018

TRAINER Joseph O’Brien has taken to Twitter to choose the name of one of his racehorses.

The Irish trainer posted the pedigree of the four-year-old filly on the social media site and asked for name suggestions.

He received well over 3,000 replies to the tweet and has now narrowed down the search to four names.

Ever wanted to name a racehorse? Now's your chance! This well-bred filly by Presenting (pedigree below) needs a name and we will name her after the best suggestion made on here that is available. It can't be longer than 18 characters and must be clean! RT and spread the word. pic.twitter.com/28QjhYPBVr

— Joseph O'Brien (@JosephOBrien2) January 10, 2018

In the pedigree of the filly are the likes of Wichita Lineman and Rhinestone Cowboy and O’Brien has chosen three names that are all Glen Campbell songs/lyrics to fit in with the family while the other name was unrelated.

Well, that escalated quickly!! We’ve had well over 3,000 names suggested for our Presenting filly, so we decided to pick our four favourites and let you decide. The first three are all Glen Campbell songs/lyrics that fit her pedigree and the last is just a name we really liked.

— Joseph O'Brien (@JosephOBrien2) January 11, 2018

You can vote on the name of the horse here.

Jockey Davy Russell was quick to offer up ‘Stetsonsnstilettos’, although fellow jockey Will Kennedy reports Donald McCain has already snagged that name for one of his inmates.

ITV and At The Races presenter Matt Chapman suggested ‘You Called Me What’ while Irish journalist Emmet Kennedy joked that ‘Season Of Seasons’, in reference to O’Brien’s father Aidan’s record-breaking number of Group 1 winners last year, may be a good choice.

‘Daddy Knows Best’ was also the suggestion of a few.

The obligatory ‘Horsey McHorseface’ cropped up more than once among the suggestions. while ‘Namedbytwitter’ and ‘Stable Genius’ were other options posted by multiple tweeters.

Tags: Horse Racing

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