Horse Classifieds-Glossary of Terms/Nickers and Snorts

• Event Prospect: Big, fast horse
• Dressage Prospect: Big, slow horse
• Pleasure Prospect: Pretty color
• Sporting Prospect: Short, fast horse
• Barrel Prospect: Fast horse, which can turn
• Endurance Prospect: Fast horse which will turn sometimes
• Flashy: White sock
• 15.2 hh: 14.3 hh
• 16.2 hh: 15.3 hh
• Big trot: Can't canter within a two-mile straightaway
• Nicely Started: Longes, but we don't have enough insurance to ride him yet
• Bold: Runaway
• Good Mover: Runaway
• Athletic: Runaway
• Quiet: Lame in both front legs
• Dead Quiet: Lame in all four legs
• Good in Traffic (Bombproof): Lame all around, deaf, and blind
• Pony type: Small and hairy
• Arab Type: Looks startled
• Thoroughbred Type: Looks terrified
• Easy Keeper: Fat
• Easy to catch: Dead
• Elegant: Thin
• Black: Brown and/or dirty
• Well-Mannered: Hasn't stepped on, run over, bit, or kicked anyone for a week
• Professionally Trained: Hasn't stepped on, run over, bit, or kicked anyone for a month
• Clips, Hauls, Loads: Clippity Clippity is the sound his hooves make as he hauls butt across the parking lot when you try to load
him.
• Should Mature 16 hands: Currently 14 hands, dam is 14.2, sire is 14.3, every horse in his pedigree back 18 generations is under 15 hands, but this horse will defy his DNA and grow
• To Loving Home Only: Expensive
• To Show Home Only: Very Expensive
• To Good Home Only: Not really for sale unless you can 1) Pay twice what he is worth 2) are willing to sign a 10 page legal document allowing current owner to tuck in beddy-bye every night
• For Sale Due to lack of Time: Rider cannot afford to spend any more time in the hospital
• Any Vet Check Welcome: Please pay for us to find out what the !@#$ is wrong with him!
• Recently Vetted: Someone else found something really wrong with this horse.
• Must Sell: Spouse has left home and taken kids
• All Offers Considered: I am in traction for 6 months