gelding

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He walked on to the horse ambulance, was evaluated at Churchill Downs and then was transferred to an equine hospital in Lexington, Ky., where it was determined that the gelding’s injuries were not repairable.

From Los Angeles Times

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