Horse Humor: Horse Terms

[Susan Young Silberman <ssilberman@bigfoot.com>]

Lisa Rogers was kind enough to share this gem on the Horseman
Off-Topic List.  I thought y'all might enjoy the laughs also ...
:-D
Susan
Hawk's Haven Farm
Micanopy, Florida
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Gallop- The customary gait a horse chooses when returning home.

Grooming - The fine art of brushing the dirt from one's horse and
applying it to your own body.

Hock - The financial condition that a horse owner goes into.

Horse shoes - Expensive semi-circular projectiles that horses
like to throw.

Lameness - The condition of most riders after the first few rides
each year; can be a chronic condition in weekend riders

Lungeing - A training method a horse uses on its owner with the
purpose of making the owner spin in circles -- rendering the
owner dizzy and light-headed so that they get sick and pass out,
so the horse can go back to grazing.

Reins - Break-away leather device used to tie horses with.

Saddle - An expensive leather contraption manufactured to give
the rider a false sense of security. Comes in many styles, all
feature built-in ejector seats.

Splint - An apparatus that can be applied to various body parts
of a rider due to the parting of the ways of a horse and his
passenger.

Twisted Gut - The feeling deep inside that most riders get before
their classes at a show.

Withers - The reason you'll seldom see a man riding bareback.

Yearling - the age at which all horses completely forget the
things you taught them previously.



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