Auction: A popular social gathering where you can change your horse from a libility 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 yours. Hock: Financial condition of all horse owners. Longeing: Popular training method in which a horse exercises his owner by spinning him in circles until he is dizzy. Pinto: Green coat pattern found on a freshly washed gray horse left unattended in a stall for 10 minutes. Rasp: Abrasive metal tool used to remove excess skin from knuckles. Stall: What your rig does at rush hour in a unfamiliar city on the way to a horse show. Equitation: The ability to keep a smile on your face and the proper position while your horse tries to crowhop, shy and buck around the show ring. Green Broke: A person who has just gotten the bill from the "Big Name Trainer." Horse Shoes: Expensive semi-circular projectiles that horses like to throw. Tack Room: The place where every item necessary to work or train your horse has been put in a place that takes at least 30 minutes to find. Twisted Gut: The feeling most riders have just before they enter their class at a horse show. Versatility: This is the abitlity of the horse owner to shovel manure, fix the fences and chase down a horse that has gotten out all in one afternoon. |
