gelding

Example Sentences

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The six-year-old gelding scored its biggest win to date at the Bart Cummings over 2,520m at Flemington last month, before a third behind Half Yours at the Caulfield Cup.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

Police arrested 118 people on the day of the race, in which the gelding Hill Sixteen suffered a fatal injury.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

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

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2024

In the final race of the day, a non-Breeders’ Cup race, Bus Buzz, a 3-year-old gelding, was pulled up by jockey Edwin Maldonado in mid-stretch and the horse was vanned off.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023

The gelding was mine, a gift from a great-uncle on my mother’s side.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover