Horses Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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ridgling n. Cryptorchid horses also are often referred to as rigs or ridglings. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Horses] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2005)

rig n. Cryptorchid horses also are often referred to as rigs or ridglings. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Horses] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2005)

rollkür n. The FEI has decided that, when applied by skilled trainers, there is no scientific evidence that the training method known as rollkür (overbending or working deep) is abusive to the horse. [German Animals, Insects, & Birds Horses] [full cite] (Feb. 7, 2006)

saddle trash n. He found steady work playing various lowlifes in movies-of-the-week and series television. Sometimes he got a role as a doctor, other times, he played what he refers to as “saddle trash.” [English Horses Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 1, 2007)

Six up-giddyup n. Six up-giddyup: An L-E-O on horseback. [English United States Horses Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 4, 2004)

snotting n. I am particularly concerned about media reports that prominent owners and breeders in NSW are engaged in a practice known as “snotting” or deliberately spreading the virus. [English Health Horses Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 3, 2007)

soring n. But he also served during a period of controversy, as horse inspectors clamped down in recent years on the mistreatment of horses through a practice known as soring. In some cases, trainers used chemicals or hoof devices to make their horses raise their forelegs high er, creating the “big lick” gait for which the breed is known. [English Horses Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 5, 2007)

spin v. Prado also earned the ire of Million-winning trainer Michael Matz, who continued to insist that the determined West Coast reinsman had given him a commitment to ride Kicken Kris in the Million. Instead, Matz insisted, Prado and agent Bob Fries reneged—"spun,” in the parlance of the backstretch—six days before the Arlington centerpiece. [English Horses Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Aug. 16, 2004)

spin v. Agents often make early commitments to more than one horse in a race, figuring that the field will thin out by the time post positions are drawn. But if both horses enter, one of the trainers will be jilted. Jockeys also can back out of a commitment if they get an offer to ride a better horse in another race or at another track. Conversely, trainers sometimes promise a mount to a jockey and then dump him at the last minute for someone else. Those practices, called “spinning,” create a daily litany of hard feelings, broken hearts and promises of revenge. [English Horses Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Aug. 19, 2004)

tooth floater n. The fee for an occupational license is as follows:…Tooth Floater $75. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Horses Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 29, 2007)

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