floating n.— «White said the 25-year-old veterinarian has taken advanced courses in equine dental care, making it possible for the hospital to offer such services as tooth extraction and fillings as well as “floating.” The procedure involves...
cover v.— «February 15 marks the start of the racehorse breeding season, where the leading equine Lotharios regularly put their human counterparts to shame. Weatherbys, the family-owned business responsible for registering every thoroughbred foal...
bucket baby n.— «She will be going to her first ever halter show on April 1st.…We were worried that she would be stunted due to being a bucket baby, but that was not the case with her.» —“Meet Our Rescue/Rehab Patients” Rocky Acres Ranch and Equine...
redboard v.— «redboard…A racing term; one who claims to have selected the winning horse in a horse race, but who always does so following the race; a derogatory term.» —by Maria Belknap Horsewords: the Equine Dictionary Nov., 1997. (source: Double...
clen n.— «Jackie Warner and fellow LA trainer Chad Mouton say more and more women are using the drug clenbuterol, a potentially lifethreatening steroid-like substance, to slim down ridiculously quickly. Legal only for use in horses—it was developed...
open up daylight v. phr.— «Bellamy Road, who not only opened up daylight (that’s equine parlance for “a can of whoop-ass”) on his rivals at last weekend’s Wood Memorial (huh, you said…Oh, shut it) but also broke a 13-year-old stakes record in the...