Event Prospect =
Big Fast Horse
Dressage Prospect = Big Slow Horse
Hack Prospect = Pretty Color
Sporting Prospect = Short Fast Horse
Camp Prospect = Fast Horse which can turn
Endurance Prospect = Fast Horse which will turn
sometimes
Flashy = White Socks
Attractive = Bay
15.2hh = 14.3hhh
16.2hh = 15.3hh
To Loving Home = Only Expensive
To Show Home onfiltered= Very Expensive
Needs Experienced Rider = Potentially Lethal
Elegant = Thin
In Good Condition = Foundered
Free Moving = Bolts
Quiet = Lame in Both Front Legs
Dead Quiet = Lame in All Four Legs
Good in Traffic (Bombproof) = Lame all Round,
Deaf and Blind
Loves Children = Kicks and Bites
Pony Type = Small and Hairy
Arab Type = Looks startled
TB Type = Looks Terrified
Quarter Horse Type = Fat
Warmblood Type = Big and Hairy
Draught Type = Big and Exceedingly Hairy
Easy to Catch = Very Old
Must Sell = Wife has left home and taking kids
All Offers Considered = I am in Traction for 6
months
Reluctant = Sale Comes with Title Deeds to
Sydney Harbor Bridge
Auction: A popular social gathering where you
can change your horse from a liability to an
asset.
Colic: Gastrointestinal result of eating at
horse show food stands.
Colt: What your mare gives you when you want a
filly.
Endurance ride: End result when your horse
spooks and runs away with you.
Feed: Expensive substance used to manufacture
manure.
Fence: Decorative structure built to provide
your horse something to chew on.
Grooming: Fine art of removing dirt from your
horse's body and applying it to your own.
Hock: Financial condition of all horse owners.
Longeing: Popular training method in which a
horse exercises his owner by spinning him in
circles until dizzy
Pinto: Green coat
pattern found on a freshly washed gray horse
left unattended in the stall for 10 minutes.
Rasp: Abrasive metal tool used to remove excess
skin from knuckles.
Stall: What your rig does at rush hour in an
unfamiliar city on the way to a horse show.