Names..........Mares...........and Solidare.........

I was asked in the comments about the name for this new foal and that gets my brain going in all sorts of directions. Anyone who knows me knows I have this thing about names. It can take me months to get to the right place for a foal born here.

Each horse has a story that goes along with the name. Some are simple like Storm and some not so simple like Doc

How Rhet got his name was pretty complicated but then anyone knowing me would know there definitely was a meaning there just hearing the name. Rhet's registered name defintely tells the story of how he came to live with me. Understanding how he got his barn name must first go to the filly's story of how her name came to be Scarlet Once that name was in place it seemed like fate that the new colt's barn name would compliment the fateful pair. More on the Secret Name

The colts of my third foal crop had an assortment of names.
Then there are so many stories about names I haven't even posted yet.

Sometimes on their own the names of foals have become categorized with a particular mare. Bey Aana's foals, aside from that first red one that Dave and Lindsay named, began in a vein of the difficulty it took getting her first foal. Somehow from there we'd gone on into the P's. Chase to Pursuit always made sense and Persuasion for the smooth, suave red colt did too. Then Lindsay picked Patriot for the holiday he was born on. You can bet if Aana ever has another foal it will have a P name.

Lilly's foals after the loss of the first colt got onto a vein of their own. Hope was followed by Faith, I'm sure you can see where that was going. The second colt was a mirror of the first so he carried that first colt's registered name even though his barn name was changed but any more foals after this will certainly go back to that theme.

Since themes are the thing you might be wondering what kind of a theme might have developed with Solidare. Her first foal was named after her bloodlines since they mean so much to my breeding program. The "Dare" line of mares are found on both sides of the pedigree in foals with Legs and Solidare as their parents.

AFter that first foal we somehow managed to get off onto a musical theme. Although Rhythm got his name from his irregular markings it fit his movement as well which is fluid and easy, even melodic. Dancer was named because of her movement too and before I even realized we had Rhapsody. A musical theme was definitely taking shape even though it was unintended at first.

So what to do........what to do about Solidare's last foal. Since it is her last foal I was thinking a tribute to the mare might be in order. Instead of the usual Scandalous as the first part of the name, I have been considering using the mare's name instead.

I told my friend, Wendy, my thoughts. She thought my "creation" sounded like it should be a filly instead of a colt. What do you think of Solidares Last Dance? Colt name?? Filly name?? Or maybe there's something else that might fit for a foal from this mare.......