What’s
the Name?
R
ecently, a member asked a logical question for someone new to the AMHA registry,
“What do those letters or the first part of my horse’s name mean?”
In reply I answered that many farms reserve their farm names, initials, etc with the
AMHA and then name each horse they produce with that prefix. It is a quick way
to identify where certain horses originated (a brand of sorts) and it’s an easy way to
identify about how many horses each farm has produced. So the prefix or first part of
the name probably stood for a farm name or had some significance with the breeder
of your horse.
AMHA began reserving Farm Prefixes at its inception in 1978 with two of the earliest
being Lil Bit and Hidden Meadows. These were the first farm prefixes in a long line of
reserved farm names and abbreviations that were to come. Although no official count was
done, it is estimated there are thousands of farm prefixes with new names constantly being
added. Here is just a sample of some clever and quirky names breeders have reserved for their
farm’s use.
Small Connotations
Demitasse
Inch High
Knee High
La Petite
Lil Bums
Micro Dots
Mini Muncher
Mini Sota
Mini Trots
Mini R Us
Mouse House
Munchkinland
Petite Pony
Quarter Pints
Short Acres
Short Story
Short Stuff Ranch
Smallville
Sure Small
Sweet and Low
T 9 E Acres
Tiny Town
Tiny Trotters
Wee Mite
Wee Whinny Acres
Unusual or So Sweet It Hurts
Buck On
By George
C-Spots
Cart Wheel
Cottontails
Crayon Box
Dinnerbell
Fairy Tails
Finally Persuaded (Frank or Julia Hoftyzer)
Find UR Destiny
Foalie A Deux
Giddy Up
Holymoly
Ineeda Mini
Kik N Back
Mascot
Mini Persuasions
Mini Reasons
My Cuppa Tea
Never Say Never
Oh Heres Heaven
Oz’s
Pasture Puppy
Picme
Piddy Paddocks
R Hossy N Das
So Chic
Tea Cup
Texas Tykes
Uppa Creek Acres
Wait N C
Whinny For Me
Willie Jeans
$ Reminders
A Stable Business
Broken Dollar
Empty Pockets
Money Pit
Richer World Of Miniatures
Small Fortune
Two Bitz
If you’d like to reserve your farm
name as a prefix, go to www.amha.org
and click Member Services/Forms/Prefix
Registration. The one time fee is $150.
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