Horse Terminology!
- Event Prospect = Big Fast Horse
- Dressage Prospect = Big Slow Horse
- Hack Prospect = Pretty Color
- Sporting Prospect = Short Fast Horse
- Camp Prospect = Fast Horse which can turn
- Endurance Prospect = Fast Horse which will turn sometimes
- Flashy = White Socks
- Attractive = Bay
- 15.2hh = 14.3hhh
- 16.2hh = 15.3hh
- To Loving Home = Only Expensive
- To Show Home Only = Very Expensive
- Needs Experienced Rider = Potentially Lethal
- Elegant = Thin
- In Good Condition = Foundered
- Free Moving = Bolts
- Quiet = Lame in Both Front Legs
- Dead Quiet = Lame in All Four Legs
- Good in Traffic (Bombproof) = Lame all Round, Deaf and Blind
- Loves Children = Kicks and Bites
- Pony Type = Small and Hairy
- Arab Type = Looks startled
- TB Type = Looks Terrified
- Quarter Horse Type = Fat
- Warmblood Type = Big and Hairy
- Draught Type = Big and Exceedingly Hairy
- Easy to Catch = Very Old
- Must Sell = Wife has left home and taking kids
- All Offers Considered = I am in Traction for 6 months
- Reluctant = Sale Comes with Title Deeds to Sydney Harbor Bridge
LOL.... I had a list like that once.... I remember it had on it things like:
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Spectacularly marked = horrible conformaion, pretty spots
Good mother = horrible at everything else
Always in the ribbons = 10th place.. out of 10
Needs intermediate rider = runaway
Needs advanced rider = dead runaway
Bombproof = just dead
etc!
YES! I would say that only schmucks or super-duper beginners fall for that stuff, but the sad thing is that I almost fell for it once.... or twice. Not that I'm advanced or anything, but I would LIKE to think "I know better"!
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