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For finding the horses I want in my own herd, I add a letter or three at the end of the name so I remember which bloodline they are. (A for appy, L for liver, C for champagne, etc) I usually name for songs on foundations or for bloodlines on lined horses. I'm crazy like that. :D

I don't like to remove tattoos period, unless for some reason they don't apply any more (I've seen a couple tattoos belonging to the owner that say "don't sell", etc). Plus it costs money :P

As for renaming, if the name isn't a "name" I usually rename based on the parents, or occasionally I'll tweak a name for capitalization, but if there's already a name I'll usually leave it. If there's "owner letters" in the front of the name I'll leave those too (like "MRs Silver Fire" because I regard that as something similar to a breeder tattoo, but if there's letters like "RS" for rank special or "G4" for fourth generation I'll often remove those, as I have my own ways of keeping track of that sort of thing.

My tattoos are for sorting - so I have my breeder tattoo for the ones I breed, but then I have other tattoos, like one to indicate dp, etc., that I'll stick on any horse I get that applies.

I typically try to leave brand/stable name tattoos on horses that I buy. If the those has other tattoos that I think look nice I will leave them on also usually I add my stable brand on them.

If the horse comes with a name li usually leave it or tweak it just a little. If the horse doesn't have a name I either change it to something similar from the parents or make up my own

Thank you all! I'm enjoying finding out what other people do. :)