gelding

Example Sentences

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The unbeaten gelding routed his rivals with a nine-length triumph that had racing followers purring.

From BBC

It was a fifth consecutive victory for the unbeaten gelding.

From BBC

“This was the stallion that became a gelding and now she’s a mare,” she said of herself, in her first speech to lawmakers as a member of Parliament, making a pun on the word “mayor.”

From New York Times

Working horses were geldings, which typically lasted less than five years on the taxing jobs, said Sean Kheraj, a professor of Canadian and environmental history at Toronto Metropolitan University.

From Washington Post

Instead of punishing Ser Criston with a gelding or death, she takes him to her side, acknowledging they have a common enemy in the form of an old love.

From Salon