"Rafalca" - What is the genesis of this name? Does it mean anything?

Either that, or it's an Arabic word denoting the coloration of an Angel's wings.

gmta.

Our Lab came to us named "Tasha Marie III".. She was "Toshie" to us.

"Kiss our ring, and then kiss our ass."

slightly derived from the dam and grand-dam's names, but doesn't seem to mean anything in any language.

Not even any good anagrams

The MittWit family doesn't seem to mean anything in any language.

Sired by Argentinus. I'm guessing it's a combo of made-up names.

But combination names are pretty standard in horse breeding.

Their registered names were given by the breeders when they were registered and was some combination of the name of the sire and dam who were also registered.

One of our horses had a registered name of Bask Calidea and we called her Bask.

It could be similar with Romney's horse.

by the breeder... chances are something similar. Three years later the clutch was named after Hawaiian plants, I am glad connie was named something we could pronounce.

yet to be decoded... R.A.F.A.L.C.A.

sorry about poor word recall, I think my brain's going bad

See my post below.

Of course.

Lol

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mank ind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words- "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

http://www.skyrush.com/joe/deep_thoughts.html

or

Romney Animal Fearful About Long Car Adventures

German warmbloods are named with the 1st initial of their father's name. In this way, they have produced several "lines" of warmbloods with recognizable characteristics. It is a marketing technique, and has been a very successful one. For example, I knew immediately that Ann's famous fraud involving Super Hit was a horse tracing back to the famous Sandro Hit.

Over time, they run out of names, so sometimes just make things up. Maybe it's a combination of father's and mother's name. Who knows?

The "R" lines trace back to the stallion Rubenstein. They are known for calmer temperaments that are good for adult amateurs, with gaits and talent to satisfy their professional trainers. They tend to be late developers, with very good canters, but their trot takes time to bring out.

A former Olympian and American, Lisa Wilcox, works for a major German breeder riding his "R" line stallions. She rode in the Olympics on Rohdiamont (red diamond). (She is, by the way, Ebeling's ex. She preferred to stay in Germany and train with the best. Ended up employed by a top German breeder and beat her ex to the Olympics).

The leading rider representing the US in this Olympics is the German Stefan Peters, on another "R" line stallion, Ravel (no translation needed here, lol).

Other popular lines are the "B" line (traces back to the arabian Bolero. they like to mix some t-bred or arab in, but prefer their "blood" at F5); the "W" line (the Hanoverian World Cup, usually through Weltmeyer or Warkant); the "D" line (traces to the Hanoverian Donnerhall); the "F" line (traces to Wendekreis, but they switched his line to "F" to differentiate from "W." The W's are dressage specialists; the F's are generalists.

Note that the European warmbloods are not breeds, but registries. They have an approval system based on quality; not all of their horses are approved for breeding and eligible for registry. Except for the the Trakehners, which are a true breed, they are a mix of native draft, trakehners, arabians, and t-breds that has been refined over many generations through their standardized breeding program. Each region has its own registries; thus the Oldenburgs, Hanoverians, Holsteiners, etc. Cross-approvals happen all the time. And the Dutch Warmblood Society jumped the pack into its race with Germany to dominate dressage by crossing a lot of German Warmbloods into their native horses.

A modern-day brand (one like Velveeta, not the kind you put on with a branding iron) needs to not mean anything and to be memorable.

I am glad the Romney's didn't name her, it would have very likely been worse. But, seriously the horse is owned by the Romney's I really can't think of many things worse than that to befall a horse.

I doubt Rmoney's even cared about it enough to give it a name.

"To Serve Man"

A perfect confluence.

For tax deduction.

Loosely translated as "sucker!"

Finally! I found a website that identified the language.

Rafalca is a word in the language "Billionairese". It means "Fuck you, I got mine"