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The name is a complex pun. In Spanish, ante has several meanings and can function as a standalone word as well as a suffix. One meaning is "before" or "previously". Another is "in front of". As a suffix, -ante in Spanish is adverbial; rocinante refers to functioning as, or being, a rocín. "Rocinante", then, follows Cervantes's pattern of using ...
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
Peregrine, a term in astrology for a planet with no essential dignity; Peregrine (horse) (1878 – c. 1898), British racehorse, winner of the 2000 Guineas in 1881; Peregrine, full title: Peregrine: American Immigration in the 21st Century, an online journal on immigration to the United States
The word peregrine originally meant "foreign", from the Latin peregrinus. The term broadened to mean "wandering" or "travelling" from the habits of young peregrine falcons ( falco peregrinus , meaning " pilgrim falcon" in Medieval Latin ), which would travel long distances to find a suitable nesting place in a high place. [ 1 ]
Criollo horse with winter coat (strawberry roan color) Throughout the 19th century, a large proportion of the horses were crossed with imported European Thoroughbred, coach, and draft horse stallions, and a larger, coarser, long-striding multi-purpose, saddle-cart horse resulted. However, the crossbreeding nearly ruined the native Spanish horse ...
Custer was a better sire of bucking horses than he was a bucking horse, and had sired strong quality athletes with longevity. [17] Stone also discovered that some 30 head of the bucking horses used for the 1996 National Finals Rodeo (NFR) were descendants of Custer, and at least 15 were provided by Sankey. Custer was thought to be sired by Gray ...
The tradition of hackamore use in the United States came from the Spanish Californians, who were well respected for their horse-handling abilities. [16] English journalist and artist, William Redmond Ryan (1823 - 1855), described the Californio method for taming horses using a jáquima , which he calls “ hackamore ”, while living in ...
Peregrine was a brown horse bred in England by Mr Taylor Sharpe. He stood 16 hands high and had white markings on the heels of his hind feet. [2] In September 1879 the yearling was offered for sale and bought for 450 guineas by the trainer Robert Peck on behalf of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster. [3]