Why you should ALWAYS write the phonetic spelling of your horse’s show name…

OR how illiteracy claims innocent victims.
As a person who spends a fair amount of time announcing dressage shows I can completely understand mispronouncing a horse or rider’s name (especially when the given name is in Gaelic or some other language where ‘normal’ English letters like ‘J’ aren’t really letters). However there comes a moment when good sense should kick in and you should probably ask yourself if you think someone would REALLY name their horse whatever you’re about to send booming across the show grounds. 😉 I’m pretty sure that the moniker ‘Wet Lady’ would fail that last test but I must admit to being highly amused by everyone’s reactions to it.