gelding

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Goodie Two Shoes, trained by Ireland's Joseph O'Brien and ridden by Wayne Lordan, finished in second place, with English gelding Middle Earth in third.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

She rode the gelding to victory at the Group 1 Caulfield Cup last month -- the first woman to win that race in its 149-year history -- and will start from an ideal barrier eight.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

Danish, fresh from politically gelding Roy in public, recognizes this advantage too.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2024

Mongolian Groom, a 4-year-old gelding, was euthanized after breaking his left hind leg in the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita in California.

From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2023

The old knight looked at her son with a faint flicker of amusement in his watery grey eyes, though his gelding whickered uneasily and sidled away from the direwolf.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin