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THE LIGHTER SIDE – Horse Terminology

Hock – the financial condition of all horse owners.

Stall – what your trailer rig does at rush hour in an unfamiliar city on the way to a big horse show.

A bit – what you have left in your pocket after you’ve been to your favorite tack shop.

Fence – a decorative structure built to provide your horse with something to chew on.

Horse auction – what you think of having after your horse bucks you off.

Pinto – a green coat pattern found on freshly washed light-colored horses left unattended for 2 minutes in a pasture.

Well-mannered – a horse that hasn’t stepped on, bitten or kicked any human for a week.

Rasp – an abrasive metal tool used to remove excess skin from one’s knuckles.

Longeing or lunging – popular training method in which a horse exercises the human by spinning them in circles until dizzy.

Gallop – customary gait a horse chooses when returning back to the barn.

Nicely started – the horse longes but there is not enough health insurance in the world to even think about riding him.

Colic – gastrointestinal distress in people after eating food at horse fairs and shows.

Colt – what your mare gives you when you want a filly.

Easy to load – only takes 3 hours, 4 men, a 50 lb. bag of oats, and a tractor with a loader.

Easy to catch – in a 10 x 10 stall, that is.

Easy rider – rides good in a trailer…not to be confused with “rideable.”

Endurance ride – end result when your horse spooks and runs away with you.

Hives – what you get when you receive the vet bill for your horse.

Hobbles – walking gait of a human after their foot has been stepped on by a horse.

Feed – expensive substance used to manufacture manure.

Dog house – what you are in when you spend too much money on grooming supplies and pretty halters.

Light cribber – we can’t afford to build any more fencing or box stalls for this buzz saw on 4 legs.

3 gaited horse – a horse that trips, stumbles and falls.

 
 
 
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Christina D McCarthy