Analyzing blood work, checking the gait, and getting physical with the examination help you evaluate the fitness of a horse. But you can really impress clients with an almost psychic ability to judge horses from the words in a horse-for-sale ad. (Your mileage may vary, as this is mostly meant to be humorous.)
Horse-for-sale ad vocabulary
| "Event prospect" |
Big fast horse |
| "Dressage prospect" |
Big slow horse |
| "Hack prospect" |
Pretty color |
| "Sporting prospect" |
Short fast horse |
| "Camp prospect" |
Fast horse that can turn |
| "Endurance prospect" |
Fast horse that will turn sometimes |
| "Flashy" |
White socks |
| "Attractive" |
Bay |
| "To loving home" |
Expensive |
| "To show home only" |
Very expensive |
| "Needs experienced rider" |
Potentially lethal |
| "Elegant" |
Thin |
| "In good condition" |
Foundered |
| "Free-moving" |
Bolts |
| "Loves children" |
Kicks and bites |
| "Pony type" |
Small and hairy |
| "Arab type" |
Looks startled |
| "Thoroughbred type" |
Looks terrified |
| "Warmblood type" |
Big and hairy |
| "Draft type" |
Big and exceedingly hairy |
| "Easy to catch" |
Very old |
| "All offers considered" |
I'm in traction for six months |
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