flashing n.— «Inspectors will monitor the practice known as “flashing” where horses are trotted at speed in both directions to show them off to prospective buyers. In past years horses have been injured in collisions...
cribbing n.— «A stable vice is an undesirable behavior demonstrated by horses that are stall bound but also in pastures or small paddocks. The most common stable vice is probably “wind sucking,” commonly known as...
racing plate n.— «Racehorse shoes are referred to as “racing plates,” and the farriers who put the shoes on the horses sometimes are called “platers.”…Racing plates are thin, sleek, and made of shiny...
backcast v.— «Extinct rhinos, horses and zebras were inconsistent with predictions about adult sex ratios, which underscores the inherent difficulty in backcasting historic patterns to some monomorphic taxa.» —“Back-casting sociality...
mail it in v. phr.— «Experienced horses may cheat or protect themselves during a race (in human sports vernacular they are “mailing it in”).» —by John Lindley Handicapping for Bettor Or Worse Apr. 25, 2004...
bitch hook n.— «The sleigh wanted to hurtle down the hill, running over the horses. The solution to this was to get off, and apply what was called a “block chain” around the runner, with a hook known as a “bitch...