Name That Horse! – Emily Gale

Elsewhere Girls came out in 2021, written by me and Nova Weetman and published by Text. It’s a time-slip and body-swap novel about two swimmers: a girl called Cat Feeney who lives in Sydney in 2021, and a girl called Fanny Durack who lives in Sydney in 1908. They swap times and bodies when they both swim in the same ocean bath – Wylie’s Baths in Coogee, aided by a stopwatch with a mysteriously spinning hand.

Right now we’re writing another time-slip novel together. The story will be set in a different time and place, with different characters, and while we can’t give many details away yet, we do have one special task for a young reader out there:

COULD YOU GIVE US A GREAT NAME FOR A HORSE?

We will choose ONE horse name to be in the book, and whoever gives us the name will also have their own name in the “Thank You” part of the book (also known as the Acknowledgments).

To enter:

Open to any young person in Australia between the ages of 8 & 14.
Comment below with a HORSE NAME you think we should include in our story.
Leave your own name too so that if we choose your horse name, we can thank you!
You do not need to own a horse or have ever ridden a horse to enter this competition!

You have from today until the end of June to send us a horse name.

Good luck and thank you very much for helping us out.

Until next time,

Emily

42 Comments

Annalise Comer on 14/06/2022 at 11:57 AM

Willow
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- Emily Gale on 24/06/2022 at 10:10 AM
  
  Thanks Annalise!
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  - Hayaan on 27/06/2022 at 8:33 PM
    
    The Brown horse name should be Mariana. And grey house should be Hayden.
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    - Emily Gale on 28/06/2022 at 7:41 AM
      
      Thanks Hayaan!
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    - Albie on 30/06/2022 at 10:03 AM
      
      The Grey one should be called “Star” and the brown one should be called “Lilliana”. Thanks, Albie (10)
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      - Emily Gale on 30/06/2022 at 12:33 PM
        
        Thanks Albie!
  - Grace on 03/07/2022 at 7:42 PM
    
    If the horse is…
    
    Cheeky: Tucker
    
    Calm and beautiful: Eleanor
    
    Stubborn: Mary
    
    Proud: Grant or King
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- Tara Goodyer on 24/06/2022 at 6:01 PM
  
  Luna if the horse is white and black
  
  Dandelion if it is brown or tan or blonde
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  - Emily Gale on 26/06/2022 at 3:25 PM
    
    Thanks Tara!
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  - Olivia Hughes on 26/06/2022 at 3:55 PM
    
    Josie for a girl horse
    
    Hugo for a boy horse
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    - Emily Gale on 26/06/2022 at 4:04 PM
      
      Thanks Olivia!
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Saskia Sullivan on 23/06/2022 at 6:36 PM

Brandy
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- Emily Gale on 24/06/2022 at 10:10 AM
  
  Thanks Saskia!
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Sophie McKeown on 24/06/2022 at 11:00 AM

Ebony
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- Emily Gale on 24/06/2022 at 3:30 PM
  
  Thanks Sophie!
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- Mikhail F on 28/06/2022 at 5:57 PM
  
  Aria if girl
  Hamish if boy
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  - Emily Gale on 29/06/2022 at 7:56 AM
    
    Thanks Mikhail!
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Lucy Gartside on 26/06/2022 at 3:06 PM

I think Mystery would be a great horse name!
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- Emily Gale on 26/06/2022 at 3:25 PM
  
  Thanks Lucy!
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Elizaveta Fedotova on 27/06/2022 at 1:37 AM

Severn
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- Emily Gale on 27/06/2022 at 11:42 AM
  
  Thanks Elizaveta!
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  - Milla on 27/06/2022 at 4:16 PM
    
    Moon or midnight for a black and white horse or another name, sage.
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    - Emily Gale on 27/06/2022 at 6:04 PM
      
      Thanks Milla!
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Kate Nicholas Edgar on 28/06/2022 at 4:56 PM

Chessy or Queenie for a female, maybe Captain or Whisper for a male? Sorry – I don’t know how many we were allowed to suggest. If I had to go with one, maybe Chessy?
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- Emily Gale on 28/06/2022 at 5:18 PM
  
  Thanks Kate!
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- Lizzie on 28/06/2022 at 5:58 PM
  
  Chester for boy
  Hazel for girl
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  - Emily Gale on 29/06/2022 at 7:56 AM
    
    Thanks Lizzie!
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Anagha M on 29/06/2022 at 7:09 PM

Jaya if it’s a girl, Jay if it’s a boy. Jaya/Jay both mean the victorious one.
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- Emily Gale on 30/06/2022 at 10:02 AM
  
  Thanks Anagha!
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Tilly on 29/06/2022 at 8:35 PM

Pepper (black horse)
Louie (brown horse)
Melina (white horse)
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- Emily Gale on 30/06/2022 at 10:01 AM
  
  Thanks Tilly!
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Molly on 30/06/2022 at 7:27 AM

Fudge (girl)
Spotty(Boy)
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- Emily Gale on 30/06/2022 at 10:01 AM
  
  Thanks Molly!
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Anna on 30/06/2022 at 7:31 AM

Lucy (brown & white horse)
Rebecca (brown horse)
Stephanie (black horse)
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- Emily Gale on 30/06/2022 at 10:01 AM
  
  Thanks Anna!
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Izzie on 30/06/2022 at 7:31 AM

Spirit (boy)
Sally (girl)
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- Emily Gale on 30/06/2022 at 10:01 AM
  
  Thanks Izzie!
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Charlie on 30/06/2022 at 7:32 AM

Betty (girl)
Nudge (boy)
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- Emily Gale on 30/06/2022 at 10:00 AM
  
  Thanks Charlie!
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Chantel on 30/06/2022 at 9:58 PM

Lucy
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Jayden on 30/06/2022 at 9:59 PM

Cocoa. If the horse has browny coloured fur like the drink.
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Katie Zhao on 03/07/2022 at 10:33 AM

The brown horse should be called Hazel and the grey horse should be called Ash.
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