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| PROP | Refusing to break with field from gate. Standing flat-footed. Also, when a horse suddenly stops running by extending his forefeet. |
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| PUBLIC TRAINER | One whose services are not exclusively engaged by a single stable and who accepts horses from a number of owners. |
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| PURSE | A prize of money to which owners of competing horses do not contribute. |
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| QUARTER | One quarter of a mile (440 yards or 1,320 feet). |
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| QUARTER CRACK | Crack in wall of hoof running downwards from coronet. |
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| QUARTER POLE | Marker one-quarter mile from the finish. |
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| QUARTER-HORSE | Breed of horse especially fast for a quarter of a mile, from which its name is derived. |
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| QUINELLA | Wager in which two horses are selected. They must finish first and second and the order does not matter. |
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| RABBIT | A horse that is considered to have little chance of winning a race but is entered purely to ensure a fast pace and to tire out the other front-runners, softening up the competition for the benefit of another horse. |
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| RAIL RUNNER | Horse who prefers to run next to the inside rail. |
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| REFUSE | When a horse will not break from the gate. In jumping races, balking at the jump. |
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| RESERVE | A horse which is placed on standby and is allowed to race only if one of the original field is withdrawn (scratched). |
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| RIDDEN OUT | Refers to a horse that has been ridden to give everything he has got. Nothing held in reserve. |
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| RIDE SHORT | Use short stirrup leathers. |
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| ROAN | Mixture of white and red (or brown) hairs (mainly US) |
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| ROARING | Deep, prolonged cough, generally when a horse is galloping. |
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| ROGUE | Ill-tempered horse. |
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| ROMP | Running (or winning) with utmost ease. |
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| ROUTE | In US, a race distance of a mile or longer. |
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| ROUTER | Horse who performs well at distance races. |
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| RUN-OUT BIT | A special type of bit to prevent a horse from bearing out (or in). |
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| SADDLE CLOTH | Cloth under the saddle on which number (and sometimes horse's name) denoting post position is displayed. |
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| SAVAGE | To bite another horse or a person. |
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| SCALE OF WEIGHTS | Range of handicap weights to be carried by horses in a race according to age, distance, sex, and time of year. |
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| SCHOOLING | Accustoming a horse to starting from the gate and to teach him racing practices. In steeplechasing, more particularly to teach a horse to jump. |
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