WARWICK FARM, Australia (CNN) — Hoof Hearted, Shakalakaboomboom and Whykickamoocow are just three of the dozens of ridiculous racehorse names that have tickled punters and twisted the tongues of long-suffering race track commentators.

Now a new steed has joined their ranks — a two-year-old gelding named Horsey McHorseface.

The jokey moniker riffs off a public poll in Britain that chose Boaty McBoatface as the most popular name for a $300 million polar research ship. The Natural Environment Research Council have not yet decided if they will run with the public's joke.

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It's a name that might better suit a rubber ducky than an extremely expensive, state-of-the-art research vessel designed to explore the coldest regions on Earth.

Australian horse owner Joe Rosetti came up with the amusing spin off, quickly convincing his co-owner Bjorn Baker, a trainer at Sydney's Warwick Farm racecourse.

"We had a laugh about it in the office and thought, 'Hey, why not'," racing manager Jake Bruce told CNN. "Joe's a good bloke and he's a good horse — we just thought it would be a good fit."

Horsey McHorseFace is the only novelty name in the 82-horse yard, according to the trainer, who hopes it will generate some interest. He was bought in New Zealand for $45,000 last November and is expected to debut in Australia mid to late May.

"Any publicity is good publicity," said Bruce. "He's got as good a chance as any to make it and we'd absolutely love to win with him on a big day. It would be a) hilarious and b) great for the owners."

In the UK, another homage to the boat's comical baptism rolled in on the front of a train — reportedly renamed "Trainy McTrainface" by a UK rail worker to amuse customers traveling from Portsmouth to London's Waterloo.

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