Reverse Dictionary: HORSEB – HORZ

HORSEBACK – nouns
– NAG-BACK horseback …1787 Eng. dial.
– RACE † the act of riding rapidly on horseback …a1400
 
HORSEFLY – see FLY
 
HORSEMANSHIP – nouns
– MENAGERY † horsemanship; a place of exercise for horses …1685
 
HORSEPLAY – nouns
– GAMMOCKING rough horseplay; playing about in a foolish manner …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HORSE horseplay; fun …1895 Amer. students’ sl.
– SACKING a type of horseplay; it started by ‘dogging’ the victim; one boy would jump on the victims back, another would job on his back, and the third, and so on; finally something would have to give and when they fell everyone yelled ‘sack’ and piled on …1957 Amer. dial.
horseplay – verbs
– BAMMEL to knock, to beat; to indulge in horseplay …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BICKER to indulge in rough or indelicate horseplay …Bk1911 Sc. 
– FAG AROUND of presumptively heterosexual male friends: to joke around or engage in horseplay …1997 US sl.
– HORSE to indulge in rough jokes or horseplay; to fool around; hence, to waste time in trifling activity; also, to philander (now usually with ‘around’)…1900 US sl.
– PLAY HORSE to play the fool or engage in horseplay …1892 US sl.
– YARK to be noisy, to indulge in horseplay …1807 Eng. dial.
 
HORSE RACING – adjectives
– ALIVE 1. said of a multiple-race bet in horse racing in which the first or early legs of the bet have been won …1989 Aust. sl.
2. in horse racing; said of a horse subject to heavy betting …1990 US sl.
– CHOKED DOWN of a racehorse: experiencing difficulty breathing during a race …1994 US sl.
– CLINKING excellent, admirable, first-rate; esp. used of racehorses …M19 sl.
– CRONK of a horse: unfit to run in a race; said also of the race …1891 Aust.
– DEAD 1. of a racehorse: not run on its merits; ridden to lose deliberately …1957 Aust. sl.
2. of a horse racing track: not conducive to fast racing …20C Aust. sl.
– DEAD TO THE PAN in horse racing, of a horse: likely to win …20C sl.
– DICKY-LEGGED of a racehorse: having weak legs or a poor galloping technique …1863 Aust.
– HAIRY-HEELED of racehorses: fast …1900s sl.
– HANDY in horse racing, of a horse: nimble, easily guided …sl.
– HELL-CLINKING excellent, admirable, first-rate; esp. used of racehorses …M19 sl.
– HOT backed up or generating heavy betting; hence, like to win …1882 Amer. colloq.
– IN THE MONEY of a horse or rider: finishing in one of the top three positions in a race; broadly, finishing among the top winners …1902 sl.
– NOT OFF of a horse, or jockey that is considered not to be trying to win a race …1991 UK sl.
– ON A DEAD ONE betting on a horse that has no chance …L19 sl.
– ON THE LIMB in horse racing: said of a horse forced to the outside …1964 US sl.
– ON THE NUT in horse racing: to have lost a large amount of money betting …1951 US sl.
– ON THE WOOD in horse racing: racing along the rail …1994 US sl.
– PARKED OUT in horse racing: said of horses forced to the outside on turns …1994 US sl.
– RANK in horse racing, of a horse: unruly at the starting post …1951 Amer. dial.
– UNDERCOVER of a racehorse: trained in secret …1951 US sl.
horse racing – adverbs
– ACE-DEUCE riding a racehorse with the right stirrup higher than the left …1948 US sl.
– HANDILY in horse racing, of the way a horse wins: in an easy manner when not under pressure
– WITH HIS MOUTH WIDE OPEN said of a racehorse that easily wins a race …1951 US sl.
horse racing – nouns, horse 
– BABY in horse racing: a two-year-old horse …1976 US sl.
– BADGER in horse racing: an inexpensive horse that qualifies its owner for race track privileges …1976 US sl.
– BANANA HORSE in horse racing: a horse that is part of a cheating scheme in a fixed race …1973 US sl.
– BANGTAIL a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– BEAGLE a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– BEETLE a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– BETTING TOOL a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– BURRO a racehorse that does not perform well …1947 US sl.
– CAGED LION in horseracing: a racehorse battling back from apparent defeat to win a race …1989 Aust. sl.
– CAMEL in horse racing: an old or worthless horse …1898 Amer. sl.
– CATTLE in horse racing: racehorses …1821 sl.
– CAYUSE a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– CERT in sports: a sure winner, as a racehorse …a1889 US sl.
– CHERRY in horse racing: a horse that has yet to win a race …1951 US sl.
– CHOICE in horse racing: the favoured horse in a race …1960 US sl.
– DAMP SQUIB a racehorse or greyhound that starts well but runs out of steam …20C Aust. sl.
– DARK HORSE 1. a horse whose form is unknown to the backers but which is supposed to have a good chance …c1830 turf sl.
2. a racehorse that has been trained in secret …1877 Aust. sl.
– DEAD MEAT a horse that has no chance of winning a race …20C sl.
– DEAD ONE a horse that seems not to have been raced to its full capacity …M19 sl.
– DEAD ‘UN a racehorse deliberately ridden to lose …1877 Aust. sl.
– DOG a horse that is slow, worthless, or difficult to handle …1893 US sl.
– DROP-DOWN in horse racing: a horse that has been moved down a class or down in claiming price …1990 US sl.
– FACTOR in horse racing: a horse who is contending for the lead in a race …1960 US sl.
– FUZZY in horse racing: a horse that is seen as certain to win a race …1956 US sl.
– GALLOPER a racehorse …1960 Aust. sl.
– GANDER a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– GEE a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– GEE-GAW a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– GEEGEE a racehorse; often used in the plural, and somewhat euphemistically in the context of betting …1941 sl.
– GUN FROM THE GATE in horse racing: a racehorse that starts races quickly …1951 US sl.
– HAIR-TRUNK in horse racing: a bad-looking horse that performs poorly …1948 UK sl.
– HAIRY GOAT a racehorse which performs badly or is considered to be slow or useless …1894 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– HEAVY DOER a race horse that’s a heavy eater …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– HIDE a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– HURRICANE LAMP JOB in horse racing; a horse that finishes last by a great distance; the horse is so far back that it is joked that a hurricane lamps is needed to find it …1989 Aust. sl.
– JOB a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– JOCK PACKER a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– LIZARD a worthless animal, esp. a racehorse …1907 Amer. sl.
– MAIDEN a horse that has never won a race …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– MARKET-HORSE † in horse racing: a horse retained in the betting lists simply to attract bets …1668
– MILK HORSE a horse entered in a race to make money on, and always scratched before the affair comes off …c1865 Brit. turf sl.
– MUDDER a racehorse which runs well on a wet or muddy course …1903 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– MUDLARK a racehorse which runs well on a wet or muddy course …1909 sl.
– NADGER in horse racing: a horse’s nose or head …1989 Aust. sl.
– NAG a horse, esp. a racehorse …1400
– NAGS, THE in horseracing: the horses …1940s sl.
– NEDDY a horse, esp. a racehorse …1887 sl.
– NO-HOPER a racehorse with no prospect of winning; a rank outsider …1943 sl., orig. Aust.
– NON-GOER a racehorse that is not being run to win …1982 Aust. sl.
– NON TRIER a racehorse that is not being run to win …1966 Aust. sl.
– NOSE a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– NOW AND THENER in horse racing: a horse that is an uneven or inconsistent performer …1951 US sl.
– NUT in horse racing: a horse picked by a racing newspaper to win a race …1951 US sl.
– OATBURNER in horse racing: a racehorse that does not perform well …1916 US sl.
– OATMUNCHER in horse racing: a racehorse that does not perform well …1916 US sl.
– OIL BURNER 1. a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
2. in horse racing: a fast horse …1951 US sl.
– OIL IN THE CAN in horse racing: a horse believed by its backers to be a sure winner …1951 US sl.
– OLD BILL in horse racing: a rank outsider (horse) …1920s sl.
– PELT a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– PIG a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– PLATER in horse racing: a horse that competes in minor, low-paying races …1923 US sl.
– PONY a racehorse; usually used in the plural …1907 sl.
– PULLER a racehorse that strains to run at full speed …1994 US sl.
– RABBIT ‘a horse that runs in and out’ …1882 horse racing usage
– RACER-HORSE a racehorse …1898 Sc.
– RACING MACHINE a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– RACING TOOL a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– RAG in horse racing: an outsider, a horse considered unlikely to win a race …1991 UK sl.
– RAGS, THE † a bookmaker’s term for horses that ran, esp. those which ‘also ran’ …c1920 sl.
– RAIL LUGGER in horse racing: a horse that prefers to run near or next to the inside rail …1947 US sl.
– RINGER a horse, player, etc. fraudulently substituted in a competition to boost the chances of winning …1890 sl., orig. US
– ROD IN A PICKLE, A a racehorse being unobtrusively prepared for a win and betting coup …Aust. sl.
– ROGUE a horse inclined to shirk on the racecourse or when hunting …L19
– ROTTER a half-trained horse …1910s Aust. sl.
– RUNNING MACHINE a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– SIDEWINDER an unknown but very fast horse …1974 Can. sl.
– SHORT-HEAD. in horse racing: a horse that fails by a short head …1883 colloq.
– SILKY SULLIVAN in horse racing: any horse that comes from far behind to win a race …1997 US sl.
– SKIN an inferior racehorse …1923 Amer. sl.
– SKINNER a horse that wins a race at very long odds …1891 Aust. sl.
– SLATER a horse that runs best on a dry, fast track …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– SPEED MERCHANT a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– SQUIB a racehorse lacking stamina …1915 Aust. sl.
– STAYER in horse racing: a horse that performs well in longer distance races …1976 US sl.
– STEAMER in horse racing: a horse that attracts heavy betting on the morning of a race, at a time before the odds being offered by bookmakers are reduced …1991 UK sl.
– STICKOUT a racehorse that seems a certain winner …1937 US sl.
– TAPE STRETCHER a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– THIEF in horse racing: a horse that runs worst when its chances seem best …1976 US sl.
– TOP-SAWYER the favourite horse …1923 turf sl.
– TRICK a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
– WAGGONER a depreciatory name for a racehorse …1859
– WAITER a losing horse …L19 Aust. sl.
– WRONG ‘UN a horse that has raced at a meeting unrecognized by the Jockey Club …1895 racing sl.
horse racing – nouns, other
– ACROSS THE BOARD in horse racing: a bet that a horse will win, place (finish second), or show (finish third) …1964 sl.
– AIRS AND GRACES horse-races …1910s Brit. rhyming sl.
– ALUMINUM, THE in horse racing; the inside rail …1989 Aust. sl.
– ARMCHAIR RIDE in horse racing: an easy victory …1976 US sl.
– ARTICLES OF THE RACE rules governing horse racing …1607
– ASCOT RACES the horse-races …20C rhyming sl.
– ASCOTS the horse-races …20C rhyming sl. (Ascot Races)
– ASK the asking price for a racehorse …1989 Aust.
– ATTACK OF THE SLOWS in horse racing: an imaginary illness that plagues a horse midway through a race …1951 US sl.
– BABY RACE in horse racing: a relatively short race for two-year-old horses …1976 US sl.
– BANANA RACE a fixed horse race …1967 US sl.
– BARN MONEY in horse racing: money bet by purportedly informed track insiders …1994 US sl.
– BATTERY a concealed device for giving an electric shock to a horse in a race …1936 Aust. sl.
– BIG APPLE, THE in horse racing: the New York metropolitan racing circuit, including the major Long Island tracks …1921 US sl.
– BIG ASK the asking price for a racehorse that is considered over-priced …1989 Aust. sl.
– BOILOVER a win by long-priced entrant in horse or greyhound race …Aust. sl.
– BOUNCE in horse racing: a poorly run race followed by a well-run race …1997 US sl.
– BUG in horse racing: a weight handicap …1941 US sl.
– BUILD-UP in horse racing: betting at the track designed to increase the odds on a bet made away from the track …1960 US sl.
– CANAL BOAT the Totalizator …1960s rhyming sl. for ‘tote’
– CAREER † the ground on which a race is run; a race-course …1580
– CART a racecourse …M19 sl.
– CON in horse racing: a concession wager …1989 Aust. sl.
– DAYLIGHT in horse racing: the non-existent second-place finisher in a race won by a large margin …1989 Aust. sl.
– DEAD, THE horse as dead certainties …c1870 turf sl.
– DEAD BIRD in horse racing: a certainty …1889 Aust. sl.
– DEAD CERT an absolute certainty, esp. in race-course betting …L19 sl., orig. racing usage
– EAGLEBIRD in horse racing: a long-shot winner that nobody has bet on …1947 US sl.
– EARLY FOOT in horse racing: speed in the initial stages of a race …1960 US sl.
– EDISON in horse racing: a hand battery used illegally by a jockey to impart a shock to his horse …1947 US sl.
– EDUCATED CURRENCY in horse racing: bets placed on the basis of what is believed to be authentic empirical tips …1951 US sl.
– EGG FLIP a piece of inside information in horseracing …20C Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘tip’ 
– FAST PILL in horse racing: a stimulant given to a horse …1947 US sl.
– FOOT ON THE TILL in horse racing: used for describing the position of a horse that is racing well …1989 Aust. sl.
– FRESH MONEY in horse racing: the cash actually brought to the track and bet on a given day …1947 US sl.
– GAD in horse racing: the whip used by jockeys …1976 US sl.
– GAFF a race meeting …L19 racecourse cant
– GALLOPS horse racing …1950 Aust. sl.
– GUN in horse racing: an all-out effort by a jockey …sl.
– GUTS in horse racing: a combative and competitive spirit …sl.
– GUTTER space in front of a race-course totalisator …20C Aust. sporting sl.
– HANDBOOK in horse racing: a place, other than a legal betting office, where bets are made away from the racetrack …20C Amer. sl.
– HAND RIDE in horse racing: a workout or race in which the jockey does not use the whip …sl.
– HANDLE in horse racing: the total money bet by all players on one race or meet, or for the entire season …sl.
– HOLIDAY in horse racing: the term of a suspension from competing …1989 Aust. sl.
– KICK the start of a horse race …1988 Aust. sl.
– MACARONI-STAKE a horserace ridden by a ‘gentleman jockey’ …M18 sl.
– MACHINE 1. a Totalizator …L19 NZ sl.
  2. in horseracing, a battery-powered device used to impart a shock to a horse during a race …1976 US sl.
  3. in horseracing, a pari-mutuel betting machine …1976 US sl.
– MAYNE NICKLESS JOB in horse racing: an extremely large bet …1989 Aust. sl.
– MONEY POSITION the winner of a contest, esp. a horse race …1934 Amer. sl.
– MUG MONEY in horse racing: money bet by uninformed bettors …1989 Aust. sl.
– NANNY the Totalizator …1920s rhyming sl. for the ‘tote’ (Nanny Goat)
– NANNY GOAT the Totalizator …1920s rhyming sl. for the ‘tote’
– NAP in horse racing: a tipster’s best bet …1991 UK sl.
– NIGHTCAP in horse racing: the last race of the day …1951 US sl.
– NOSE in horseracing: any very short distance that separates the winner from the loser …1908 US
– NOSTRIL in horseracing: any very short distance between winner and loser that is shorter even than a nose …1951 US sl.
– NUT in horse racing: the tax levied on bets by the track and the state …1990 US sl.
– OIL in horse racing: confidential and reliable information about a horse …1989 Aust. sl.
– PAGODA in horseracing: the stand where race officials are seated …1951 US sl.
– PAINT the inside rails of a horseracing track …1965 Aust. sl.
– PAIR OF BRACES horse-races …1910s rhyming sl.
– PANELS OF FENCES in horse racing: a long lead …1989 Aust. sl.
– PAPERWEIGHT in horse racing: a very small weight allowance in a weight-handicapped event …1989 Aust. sl.
– QUICKIE the act of backing a horse after the result of a race is known …1934 sl.
– RAILS that part of a racecourse where the rails bookmakers are situated; hence, big-time bookmaking …1981 Aust. sl.
– RUN-IN the final stage of a race; the home stretch …1799
– SAFEY in horseracing: a riding assignment for a jockey on a horse that stands little chance of winning …1989 Aust. sl.
– SCENIC ROUTE in horse racing: running outside the pack on turns …1978 US sl.
– SKINNER a big win on an unbacked horse or other race competitor; a betting coup …1874 UK sl.
– SIT in horse racing: a contract for a jockey to ride a race …1989 Aust. sl.
– SIT-STILL in horse racing: a style of riding based on patience …1976 US l.
– SKINNY END in horse racing: a third place finish …1989 Aust. sl,
– STING a narcotic drug; a drug injected into a racehorse …1949 Aust. sl.
– TOWN DOLLARS in horse racing: money bet at a betting operation away from the track …1951 US sl.
horse racing – person
– ACCUMULATOR a person who backs one horse, and then if it wins results (sometimes including original stakes), goes on to some other horse …1889 UK sl.
– ASPARAGUS in horse racing: a bettor who arrives at the track with an armful of racing forms …1989 Aust. sl.
– AUTUMN LEAVES in horse racing: a steeplechase jockey who has suffered a series of falls …1989 Aust. sl.
– BATTLER a gambler who tries to make a living by gambling; a habitual punter who is always struggling; also, a struggling horse owner-trainer …1895 Aust. sl.
– BELL-RINGER one who seeks to make a wager after the horses have left the starting gate …1968 US horse racing usage
– BOYS, THE the thieves and swindlers that frequent racecourses …a1889
– CALCULATOR in horse racing: a parimutuel clerk who calculates odds …1976 US sl.
– CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG a dishonest jockey …1864 turf sl.
– CHALK EATER in horse racing: a bettor who bets only on favourites …1937 US sl.
– CLEANSKIN in horse racing: a jockey who has never been disqualified in a race …1989 Aust. sl.
– DAGGER a jockey’s general helper …c1925 Aust. sporting sl.
– EARLY SHOPPER in horse racing: a bettor who places a bet as soon as the betting windows open …1989 Aust. sl.
– EMU a racecourse idler who picks up discarded tote tickets in the hope of finding one that has not been cashed …1960s Aust. sl.
– FACE in racecourse gambling: a bettor who is believed to have useful information regarding the likely outcome of a race …2001 UK bookmakers’ usage
– FLY-FLAT one who really knows little or nothing about racing, but fancies himself thoroughly initiated in all its mysteries …1889 turf sl.
– GALLOP BOY in horse racing: a person who exercises horses …Bk1985
– GENTLEMAN JOCKEY in horse racing: an amateur jockey, esp. in a steeplechase event …1947 US sl.
– GINNY a groom in a horseracing stable …1952 US sl.
– GYP in horse racing: a small-scale usually migratory stable owner who trains and races his own horses …1938 Amer. sl.
– GYPSY in horse racing: a small-scale usually migratory stable owner who trains and races his own horses …1939 Amer. sl.
– HACK DRIVER in horse racing: a jockey …1951 US sl.
– HALTERMAN in horse racing: a person who claims a horse …Bk1985
– HANDICAPPER a person who sets a handicap or handicaps; spec. a racecourse official who determines what weights the different houses are to carry in a handicap race …1751
– HARDBOOT in horse racing: a trainer or stable owner who is a Kentuckian …1923 US sl.
– HARDHEAD a regular gambler at horse racing …1900 Aust. sl.
– HAWK a racetrack scout …1985 US sl.
– HEART in horse racing: a rider who shows great determination and desire to win …Bk1985
– HERDER in horse racing: a jockey who forces the other horses to bunch up behind him …1951 US sl.
– ICEMAN in horse racing: a jockey who rides without using the whip or vigorous kicks …1989 Aust. sl.
– IDENTIFIER in horse racing: the person that is responsible for the identifications of all horses coming into the paddock, which includes checking the tattoo number, colour, markings, etc. …Bk1985 
– KID IN THE KHAKI SHIRT in horse racing: an imaginary jockey who wins races on horses not favoured to win …1989 Aust. sl.
– MAN WITH THE MINTIES a racing tipster …1930s Aust. sl.
– MARKETEER a betting man who devotes himself, by means of special information, to the study of favourites, and the diseases incident to that condition of equine life …Bk1874 horse racing sl.
– MONEY RIDER a jockey who is well-known for riding winning horses …c1961 Amer. sl.
– MONTE, MONTY – * a racecourse tipster …1887 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– MONTE-MAN, MONTY MAN – * a racecourse tipster …1909 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– MOTH in horse racing: a groom or racehorse attendant who is attracted to the bright lights of nightlife …1989 Aust. sl.
– NIGHT RIDER in horse racing: someone who takes a horse out for a night workout in the hope of lessening its performance in a race the next day …1951 US sl.
– NOBBLER a person who drugs racehorses or racings dogs to affect their racing performance …1982 US sl.
– PADDOCK CRITIC in horse-racing: a person who judges horses by their appearance in the paddock before a race …1897
– PADDOCK JUDGE in horse racing: the official who is in charge of the paddock, who inspects all horses and equipment prior to each race …Bk1985 
– PLATER in horse racing: a farrier …1976 US sl.
– RACE BIRD an enthusiastic fan of horse racing …1971 US sl.
– RACECOURSE EMU a person who scours the racecourse grounds for discarded winning tickets …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– RACE-GOER a frequenter of race-meetings …1880
– RACETRACKER in horse racing: a person who makes their living in some capacity at racetracks …1951 US sl.
– RACING-LOSER † one who loses in or by horse-racing …1680
– RACING TOUT one who surreptitiously watches the trials of racehorses so as to gain information for betting purposes …1812
– RAILBIRD an ardent horse-racing fan; one who watches morning workouts, carefully clocking performances …c1890 US sl.
– STOOPER a person who forages for betting tickets on the ground at racetracks …1960s US sl.
– TALE-TELLER a confidence trickster; a fraudulent racecourse tipster …1900 sl., orig. Aust.
– TATTLER a racecourse tipster, presumed to be fraudulent …1907 Aust. sl.
– TOUT 1. in horse racing: someone who sells generally worthless advice with the promise of inside information bound to help bettors win …1865 UK sl.
  2. a horse racing enthusiast who closely watches workouts and is generally disliked by those on the inside of the sport …1989 Aust. sl.
– TRACK LAWYER in horse racing: someone who constantly resorts to claims of technical rule violations, the pettier the better …1947 US sl.
– URGER a race tipster who seeks a bonus from the winnings of others …1924 Aust. sl.
– VALET in horse racing: a person who attends to a jockey and keeps the equipment in order …Bk1985 
– WRINKLENECK in horse racing: a seasoned and experienced horse handler …1951 US sl.
horse racing – verbs
– BACK THE FIELD to bet on the rest of the horses against the favourite
– BATTLE to attempt to make a living a the racecourse, either by running or gambling on horses …1895 Aust. sl.
– BATTLE THE IRON MEN in horse racing: to bet using pari-mutuel machines …1951 US sl.
– BLAST in horse racing: to tout a racehorse while misrepresenting oneself as having inside information …1956 Amer. sl.
– CALL FOR A CAB of a jockey: to make jerky arm movements as he battles to remain in the saddle …1961 UK sl.
– CARRY THE SILKS in horse racing: to race for a particular owner …1951 US sl.
– CARRY THE TARGET in horse racing, to run in the last position for an entire race …1976 US sl.
– COME CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG in horse racing: to ‘pull’ a horse and thus prevent him from winning …Bk1891 turf sl.
– COME DOWN LIKE TRAINED PIGS in horse racing: to finish a race exactly as predicted …1951 US sl.
– COME HOME EARLY in horse racing: to establish and hold an early lead to win a race …1951 US sl.
– COME ON STRONG in horse racing: to gain steadily and rapidly in a race …1940s Amer. sl.
– COME ROUND ON THE PAINT of a racehorse: to take a bend on the inside …1953 Aust. sl.
– CRAB in horse racing: to belittle a horse’s performance …1948 UK sl.
– CRACK in sports (of a racehorse or human competitor) : to lose a lead as a result of loss of stamina …1880 Amer. sl.
– DROP ANCHOR of a jockey: to restrain a running racehorse …1945 Amer. horse racing usage
– FACE THE BREEZE in horse racing: to be in the position immediately behind and outside the leader …1997 US sl.
– FAKE to tamper with; to dope a horse …c1830 sl.
– FALL IN in horse racing: to barely hold off challengers and win a race …1989 Aust. sl.
– GAG to fix a horserace …1910s sl.
– GALLOP TO A STANDSTILL in horse racing: to tire out …1892
– GO BADLY TO MARKET †* to lose money betting on a horse race …1812
– GO FOR THE DOCTOR 1. to make a great effort, or move very fast esp. in a horse race …1949 Aust. sl.
2. to use a whip on a horse during a race …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– GO TO THE DOCTOR to place a large wager on a horse …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– GUARD to see that horses or hounds from one stable are separated in a race …1893 sporting sl.
– GYM to travel or to gain admission to, usually a racecourse, without paying the full charge .,..1930s UK criminals’ sl.
– HALTER in horse racing: to claim a horse …sl.
– KICK 1. of a horse: to speed up in a race …1980 Aust. sl.
2. of a jockey: to urge a horse on in a race …1982 Aust. sl.
– LIP in horse racing: to win by the slightest of margins …1989 Aust. sl.
– LUG IN of a racehorse: to tend to run toward the rail …1964 US sl.
– MUD of a racehorse: to run well on muddy track conditions …1978 US sl.
– NIGGLE in horse racing: to urge a horse with hands and rein …1948 UK sl.
– NOBBLE in horse racing: to drug a horse to impair its performance …1847 Brit. sl.
– PADDLE in horseracing: to try hard without success …1989 Aust. sl.
– PAD THE RING in horseracing: to place many small bets on several horses in a race while placing a large bet on one horse away from the track, hoping that the small bets on other horses will drive the odds on you horse up …1951 US sl.
– PLAY THE NEDDIES to gamble on horses …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– POACH in horse racing: to gain unfairly or illicitly an advantage, esp. a start in a race …c1891 sl.
– PULL of a jockey: to deliberately ride a racehorse to lose …1895 Aust. sl.
– PULL A HORSE’S HEAD OFF to check a horse’s progress that he does not win …c1860 sl.
– PULL UP of a jockey: to deliberately ride a racehorse to lose …1936 Aust. sl.
– ROMP in horse racing: to move rapidly, and with ease …c1890 sl.
– ROMP AWAY WITH in horse racing: to win a race easily …c1890 sl.
– ROMP HOME in horse racing: to win very easily …1888 sl.
– ROMP IN in horse racing: to win very easily …1888 sl.
– RUN A DRUM of a racehorse: to perform as tipped …1962 Aust. sl.
– RUN DEAD in horse racing, of a horse: to be deliberately pulled up so that it does not run at its best; to deliberately lose …20C Aust. sl.
– RUN LIKE A HAIRY DOG of a racehorse: to perform badly in a race …1912 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– RUN LIKE A HAIRY GOAT of a racehorse: to perform badly in a race …1919 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– SALUTE THE JUDGE to win a horse race …1977 Aust. sl.
– SCORE of a horse or rider: to win a race …1969 Aust. sl.
– SHOWER DOWN to whip a racehorse …Bk1974 Amer. jockey usage
– SNUG in horse racing: to rein the horse in to preserve energy for a sprint later in the race …1951 US sl.
– WAKE UP in horse racing: to stimulate a horse illegally by electric shock or drugs …1947 US sl.
horse racing – phrases
– COULDN’T WIN IF HE STARTED THE NIGHT BEFORE of a slow racehorse …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– IN TOWN in horse racing: on major metropolitan tracks …1989 Aust. sl.
– IT’S RABBITS OUT OF THE WOOD! it’s ‘splendid’ or sheer profit or a windfall! …1932 racing catchphrase
– ON HIS OATS of a racehorse: racing without the benefit of a stimulant …1994 US sl.
 
HORSE RIDING – adjectives
– LEER † having no burden or load; also, of a horse: without a rider …1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SADDLE-SICK indisposed through riding; bruised and sore from long riding …1823 Sc.
– TURNED OFF thrown from a horse …1960 Amer. dial.
– UNCOLTED deprived of a horse …1596
horse riding – adverbs 
– AHORSE on horseback …1860
– BAREBONES bareback, without a saddle …1940 Amer. dial.
– BEAST-BACK on horseback …1890 Amer. dial.
horse riding – nouns
– ABANDONED HABITS the riding dress of the up-market courtesans who frequented Rotten Row in London’s Hyde Park …c1870 sl.
– ADEQUITATION † a riding towards …1676
– FARTKNOCKER a hard fall; esp. when thrown from a horse …1968 Amer. cowboys’ usage
– GUT-HOOKS riding spurs …1930s Amer. sl.
– JIGGLE a slow, steady trot …1934 Amer. dial.
– JODS jodhpurs …M20 colloq.
– MANAGE an enclosed place for the training of saddle-horses and for the practice of horsemanship; a riding-school …1655
– MANAGERY † horsemanship; a place of exercise for horses …1685
– NETHER-SIDE the side at which a horse is mounted …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OBEQUITATION †* a riding about …1658
– ON-LOUPING the act of mounting a horse …1792 Sc.
– SAIL a ride in a cart or other vehicle, or on horseback …1830 Sc.
– SKYBUGGING scanning the sky aimlessly while riding a horse; also, not paying attention …1982 Amer. dial.
– SUICIDE four horses driven in a line …Bk1904 sl.
– TANTIVY a rapid gallop; a ride at this pace …a1658
– TORMENTORS riding-spurs …1875 sl.
– WALLOP * a horse ride at a gallop …1896
– WAND † a stick or switch for urging on a horse …c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
horse riding – person
– CABALLERO a horseman; a gentleman …1837
– GALLOPER one who gallops on horseback, esp. of hunters …1575
– GLORY RIDER one who rides an outlaw horse for the satisfaction of trying to conquer the beast …Bk1945 US Western sl.
– HARD GOER a horse rider who possesses considerable stamina …1778
– HORSEBACKER one riding on horseback …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– QUICK-SPUR † one who rides quickly …1600
– PISTOL a young rider, an inexperienced hand …1944 Amer. West usage
– RACKABACK a man on horseback with a woman behind him riding side-saddle …c1786 sl. 
– RANK-RIDER † a rapid, headlong, or reckless rider; a moss-trooper, a highwayman …1590
– ROADSTER a person who prefers the road to cross country riding …1885 hunting jargon
– SADDLE TRAMP a person who rides horseback through the countryside …1942 US sl.
– SALTY RIDER one with guts …Bk1945 US Western sl. 
– SITTER † one who sits on a horse or other animal; a rider …a1340
horse riding – verbs 
– ABEQUITATE † to ride away …1627
– ADEQUITATE † to ride by …1626
– BACK 1. to mount a horse; to ride on a horse …1821 Eng. & Amer. dial.
2. to give a horse its first lesson in carrying a rider …1932 Sc.
– BAKE to ride in such a way as to overheat a horse …1944 Amer. dial. West
– BERIDE † 1. to ride around; to beset with horsemen …a1000
† 2. to ride by the side of …1690
– BESTRIDE to ride, to mount a horse, etc. …c1000
– BUGGY ALONG to go on horseback or in a buggy …1954 Amer. dial.
– BUY A PIECE OF THE GROUND to be bucked off a horse …1968 Amer. dial.
– CHASE A CLOUD to be thrown high from a horse …1944 Amer. dial.
– DIRTY ONE’S SHIRT to be thrown from a horse …1961 Amer. dial.
– DUST IT to ride or go quickly; to hasten, to hurry, to make off …1650 colloq.
– EAT DIRT to be thrown to the ground by a horse or steer …1936 Amer. dial.
– EAT GRASS to be thrown to the ground by a horse or steer …1977 Amer. dial.
– FAG ALONG to ride fast …1960 Amer. cowboy usage
– FALL of a horse: to unseat a rider …1835 Amer. dial.
– FAN to strike a horse so as to urge it on, esp. by use of one’s hat …1915 Amer. dial.
– FLUTTER THE RIBBINS to drive (ribbins = reins) …Bk1903 sl.
– FORK to mount a horse …L19 US sl.
– FORK LEATHER to ride a horse …1931 US West. sl.
– GIVE ONE THE WIND OF THE MARE’S TAIL to ride off from one at once …1883 Eng. dial.
– GO TO LEATHER to hold on to the saddle while riding a horse …1922 Amer. dial.
– GRAB THE APPLE to hang on to the horn of a saddle while riding …1941 Amer. dial.
– GRAB THE NUBBIN to hang on to the horn of a saddle while riding …1937 Amer. dial.
– GRAB THE POST to hang on to the horn of a saddle while riding …1944 Amer. dial.
– HAIRPIN to mount a horse …1927 Amer. dial.
– HANDLE THE RIBBINS to drive (ribbins = reins) …Bk1903 sl.
– HELL to gallop or go noisily …a1951 Amer. West. usage
– HIT LEATHER to ride away …1947 US West. sl.
– HUNT LEATHER to reach for a hand-hold on the saddle horn while riding a bucking horse …1893 US West. sl.
– IRON OUT to ride a restive horse until it is calm enough to work …1936 Amer. dial.
– IRON OUT THE HUMPS to ride a restive horse until it is calm enough to work …1944 Amer. dial.
– JAUNCE † to cause a horse to prance, to caper …1593
– JAUNSEL †* to ride a horse with an easy pace, to trot or jaunt about …1590
– JAUNT † to make a horse prance up and down; to exercise or tire a horse by riding him up and down …1570
– JICKER to ride or run smartly, to trot …1897 Sc.
– JIGGLE to ride at a slow, steady trot …1934 Amer. dial.
– LARK 1. to ride in a frolicsome manner; to ride across country …1813 sporting colloq.
  2. in riding: to clear a fence with a flying leap …1834
– LAY WHIP to ride or drive fast …1936 Amer. dial.
– LEAP AFOOT † to spring to the ground from horseback; to dismount …1481
– LIGHT to get down off a horse; to dismount …1899 Amer. dial.
– LINK DOWN to get down from a horse …1935 Amer. dial.
– OBEQUITATE †* to ride about …1623
– ONLIGHT to alight; to dismount from a horse or carriage …1825 Eng. dial.
– PACK THE MAIL to ride or move quickly; to go fast, to run …1942 Amer. dial.
– POUND LEATHER to ride a horse fast …1907 Amer. dial.
– PULL LEATHER to reach for a hand-hold on the saddle horn while riding a bucking horse …1915 US West. sl.
– REEF to slide the legs back and forth along the horse’s sides as one spurs …1968 Amer. dial.
– REST ONE’S SADDLE to dismount …1966 Amer. dial.
– SCOUSE to cause to gallop, to ride hard …1883 Eng. dial.
– SET THE HAIR to ride a horse long enough to take the meanness out of him …1936 Amer. dial.
– SHIG-SHOG to trot or amble in riding …1897 Eng. dial.
– SHOW DAYLIGHT of a rider: to allow one’s seat to leave the saddle …1929 Amer. dial.
– SIT LIKE A MONKEY ON A GRIDIRON to be a bad, or very ungraceful, horseman …1923 colloq.
– SKIRR † to ride rapidly through …1605
– SPIN to move rapidly; to run quickly; to ride or drive at a rapid and even rate …a1400-50
– SUN ONE’S MOCCASINS to be thrown from a horse …M20 US colloq.
– TAKE LEATHER to hold on to the saddle while riding a horse …1922 Amer. dial.
– TANTIVY †* to ride full tilt; to hurry away …1681
– TIVY * to ride rapidly …1842
– TOP OFF among cowboys: to ride a difficult or unbroken horse until it becomes manageable …1906 Amer. dial.
– TOTE THE MAIL to ride or move quickly; to go fast, …1908 Amer. sl.
– TOUCH LEATHER to hold on to the saddle while riding a horse …1922 Amer. dial.
– UNCLOSE † to unharness a horse …1615
– UNLIGHT to alight, to dismount …1901 Eng. dial.
– WALK † to take air and exercise on horseback …1541
 
HORSESHOE – nouns
– BECK a horseshoe …1863 Eng. dial.
– IRON a horseshoe …1873 Eng. dial.
– REMOVE an old horseshoe used again; the act of re-shoeing a horse with the old shoes …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
horseshoe – person 
– NAIL-BENDER a carpenter or horseshoer …1924 Amer. dial.
horseshoe – verbs 
– REMOVE to re-shoe a horse with the old shoes …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
HORSESHOES (game) – nouns
– BARNYARD GOLF the game of quoits or horseshoes …1929 Amer. dial. jocular
– RING-A-PEG the game of horseshoes, quoits, or a similar game …1965 Amer. dial.
– RING-THE-PIN the game of horseshoes …1965 Amer. dial.
– RING-THE-STOB the game of horseshoes …1965 Amer. dial.