He named his parakeet after a famous racehorse called Bluebelle...
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The horse the IRA kidnapped was a racehorse named Shergar.
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Cigar was named not for the tobacco product, but for a navigational intersection for airplanes. -Wikipedia
There was a horse named Go Fish born inb 1995.
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The friendly giant in Narnia is named Rumblebuffin.
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A cheetah or another racehorse.
He was an American thoroughbred named Secretariat (1970 - 1989) as was the first American Triple Crown champion in 25 years. His name derived from the horse being a large chestnut
Gunsynd was the racehorse known as the 'Goondiwindi grey'.