250+ Cool Horse Names to Giddy Up Your Imagination originally appeared on PetHelpful.

Below is a list of names for black horses, which range from cool to funny to unique: Unique black horse names. When it comes to naming your dark-coloured horse, the possibilities are endless.

With 450,000 names in the database, you’d be surprised how often names get rejected. Once a horse stops racing, ... “It’s a lucky place, and I thought it sounded like a cool horse name. ...

Cool name, but too tough to say consistently, and good luck trying to spell it when texting your friends. MORE: Kentucky Derby hats at Churchill Downs, from fascinators to DIY 15.

11. Burgoo King (1932) Look I understand burgoo is a local Kentucky stew and this horse came well before the fast food franchise. But it's not like calling him Gumbo Chief would have been much better.

The horses with lame names tend to finish up the track. Clever, lyrical, literate and evocative are good. Clunky references to relatives (Gramps Image, Our Dad, Papa Clem) are not.