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  • #21
    There's also "momma" and "papa" or "pops". I still use "easy momma" or "good momma" with my thoroughbred mare as a habit from being around the track with her and the others. Many times the riders or handlers don't use individual names a whole lot with the horses and the general mama papa works.

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      #22
      I heard "son" used the same way when I was growing up, as in, "Whoa, son".

      These are great--keep them coming!

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      • #23
        "Money-eating poop machine"
        Thus do we growl that our big toes have, at this moment, been thrown up from below!

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        • #24
          Originally posted by LexInVA View Post
          "Money-eating poop machine"
          I think that's the universal name for horses everywhere
          Horsey Stick Art clique
          Crayolaposse~ SparklyLime
          PPP Grand-Poobah

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          • #25
            Originally posted by DeeThbd View Post
            Racing terms...
            Nickel-bred - usually followed by the words piece of sh** - a worthless horse
            common - ill-mannered (as in , you COMMON....)
            sprinter - a horse who "runs short" - 6 furlongs or less (6.5?)
            route horse (pronounced root) - runs long, over a "route of ground"
            a panel - a furlong (the race is going five panels) - or am I thinking of 1/16 mile....duh.....
            flipper - horse who will throw itself over backwards
            dude(s) - 2 y.o.s (Usually it's "easy, dudes, relax....." - this may be regional
            backing a horse up - to jog a horse "going the wrong way", or clockwise
            a horse with knee or ankle problems "has a knee" or "has an ankle"
            throw out the anchor, or hit the wall, or back up in a race - a horse who quits running or loses ground
            by sh*tbucket out of mucksack - a horse of poor parentage
            knocking on the door - a horse who is primed to win
            black type - horses who have won or placed in stakes races are shown in pedigree catalogs in bold print
            finish on the board or hit the board - finished 1st through 4th (on the tote board)
            This is a start, anyhow!
            Dee
            brings me back - the one expression I love is 'backing up gamely'
            (when a horse is losing ground in the stretch run but trying anyway)
            * <-- RR Certified Gold Star {) <-- RR Golden Croissant Award
            Training Tip of the Day: If you can’t beat your best competitor, buy his horse.
            NO! What was the question?

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            • #26
              Some that I use regularly:

              Beast/Beastie
              Pony (I don't own any ponies )
              Pon-Pon
              Momma
              Heinz 57 - a horse that's of indeterminate breeding
              Dumbblood - A WB having a stupid moment
              Blue Light Special - A horse that turned out to be nicer than its price indicated
              Ironing Board - A horse that has no bascule whatsoever over a fence
              http://www.chronicleofmyhorse.com/profile/Ashley26

              "You keep one leg on one side, the other leg on the other side, and your mind in the middle." -- Henry Taylor, "Riding Lesson"

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                #27
                My BO's favorite expression is "you old goat," applied either to horse or rider and usually regardless of age.

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                • #28
                  My husband calls all my equines "Blood sucking leeches".

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                  • #29
                    My (16.1hh) horse and the horses of all my friends are referred to as "ponies," as in, "how's my great big giant red pony today??" while dispensing a handful of peppermints.
                    *friend of bar.ka

                    "Evidently, I am an unrepentant b*tch, possible trouble maker, and all around super villian"

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                    • #30
                      My mom always calls and asks "how are your money pits doing?"

                      Some Native Americans refer to the horse as "The Sacred Dog". Cavalrymen were referred to as "Dog Soldiers".
                      DON'T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE!!! - God

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                      • #31
                        Stewball
                        Alpo
                        Hammerhead
                        Shakey Tail (saddlebred)
                        Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

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                        • #32
                          Thought of another.

                          Mom refers to them as her grandkids. She's right on that one lol

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                          • #33
                            Dobbin
                            earliest known use 1596
                            1 : a farm horse
                            2 : a quiet plodding horse

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                            • #34
                              Mine are all terms of endearment as in calling my 23 year old gelding - big guy. How's my big guy doing today?

                              The mares are all called "baby girl" However, Zephyr, the mustang is "the most beautiful young horse."

                              They're all ponies to me too. Of course knothead and you dumb SOB do come to mind as part time names.
                              Yogurt - If you're so cultured, how come I never see you at the opera? Steven Colbert

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                              • #35
                                Hayburner

                                Palfrey (archaic term for a gentle saddle horse, esp. a lady's mount)
                                I'm not ignoring the rules. I'm interpreting the rules. Tamal, The Great British Baking Show

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                                • #36
                                  Gee Gee is from the driving instructions Gee and Haw

                                  Gee means to turn away from the driver.... Haw to turn towards. Folks used to hear drivers saying "gee gee" to horses in the old days and it became known as the horse itself.

                                  There's also Neddy, Dobbin, Bottle of, (Sauce - cockney ryming slang)

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                                  • #37
                                    cayuse -- range horse, esp. used by the PNW Indian tribe of the same name.
                                    broomtail -- "rough" horse
                                    sh*t-for-brains -- self-explanatory; not necessarily applied to horses
                                    The inherent vice of Capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
                                    Winston Churchill

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                                    • #38
                                      My pet names for my horse:

                                      Pony - He's 17.2
                                      Monster
                                      Handsome Man
                                      Be-u-te-mus Boy
                                      Girly Man

                                      My husbands pet name for my horse:

                                      THAT F-ING HORSE! And it's not sensored!

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                                      • #39
                                        Neddy generally refers to a donkey - in my childhood story books, as I recall.

                                        Did anybody say Bronc?

                                        Cockney Rhyming slang is hilarious - but not HR, or we could go on and on.
                                        Proud member of People Who Hate to Kill Wildlife clique

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                                        • #40
                                          Texang - I'd expect your horse to be a mare - English fellows often refer to their girlfriends as Birds! It's not as rude as it sounds, just lingo. i.e. "Me and my Bird went to the movies."
                                          Proud member of People Who Hate to Kill Wildlife clique

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