Wayne Rooney has chosen a name for the race horse he bought before Christmas - and decided to name it after himself.
The Manchester United striker confirmed that the two-year-old horse will be called Switcharooney when it starts racing later this year.
Rooney, 26, paid a reported £63,000 for the horse, which is being trained at team-mate Michael Owen's stables in Cheshire.
Owen tweeted this morning: "After weeks of indecision, Wazza has decided to call his horse Switcharooney! Let's hope he is a good un!' and Rooney later added: "Just to confirm to everyone i have now named my horse switcharooney."
Rooney owns his horse jointly with wife Coleen. They also own a two year cold colt called Tomway, named after Rooney's father Thomas Wayne Rooney.
Trainer Tom Dascombe said in December the couple's colours will be pink and white and that both horses are expected to run out later this year.
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Classy.
too much money and not enough imagination
Poor horse. Are the RSPCA aware of this?
Sounds right name to me. He switched from Everton to MU!!
The horse looks embarrassed. Spotted the thatcherooney?
Is it because he has been switching the hair off the horse's back onto his head?
The horse looks a lot more intelligent!
More money than sense brigade.
a hell of a lot of thought went into that Wazza...
its a perk of owning a racehorse, yon can name it anything he wishes if its available and legal.he could not call it for example <swarez is a prat>
MEN should have a contest for best comments balloned into the photograph, small charge or contribution to enter & the money goes to a charity of the horses choice.
looks like van nistelrooy
Could be worse, a couple of years ago there was a horse called Fernando Torres.
My prediction will be it will run less than four times and eventually be shunted off to France for dog food.
The only winner will be the person who sold the idiot the horse in the first place.
Surely 'Red Bum' would have been more appropriate?
Has anyone explained that the horse will need feeding ?
Oh Rooney, it looks like you’ve got a little rip in your jeans there. Yeah, that’s rebellious. You’re a bad boy. Society wants your jeans to be intact, but you’ll have none of it will you?
Let's hope it's a thoroughbred, unlike its owner!
Big ear - wide nose - smells foul, and the horse isn't too clever either