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Joseph O’Brien takes to Twitter to name a racehorse with over 3,000 replies sent by his followers

The Irish trainer received over 3,000 replies to his tweet asking for name suggestions and has narrowed the choices down to four which you can vote on in his Twitter poll

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TRAINER Joseph O'Brien has taken to Twitter to choose the name of one of his racehorses.

The Irish trainer posted the pedigree of the four-year-old filly on the social media site and asked for name suggestions.

 Joseph O'Brien has let Twitter name his horse
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Joseph O'Brien has let Twitter name his horseCredit: Getty Images

He received well over 3,000 replies to the tweet and has now narrowed down the search to four names.

In the pedigree of the filly are the likes of Wichita Lineman and Rhinestone Cowboy and O'Brien has chosen three names that are all Glen Campbell songs/lyrics to fit in with the family while the other name was unrelated.

Jockey Davy Russell was quick to offer up 'Stetsonsnstilettos', although fellow jockey Will Kennedy reports Donald McCain has already snagged that name for one of his inmates.

ITV and At The Races presenter Matt Chapman suggested 'You Called Me What' while Irish journalist Emmet Kennedy joked that 'Season Of Seasons', in reference to O'Brien's father Aidan's record-breaking number of Group 1 winners last year, may be a good choice.

'Daddy Knows Best' was also the suggestion of a few.

The obligatory 'Horsey McHorseface' cropped up more than once among the suggestions. while 'Namedbytwitter' and 'Stable Genius' were other options posted by multiple tweeters.

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