We've all read classified ads looking for the perfect horse. However, as most of us have found out, there is a big difference between what the ad says and what the ad means. A humerous look at classified ad lingo!
| What They Say | What They Mean |
| Started | Rode Once |
| Green Broke | Rode Twice |
| Ready to Show | Green Broke |
| 10+ Loper | Can't Jog |
| 10+ Jogger | Can't Lope |
| Good Mover | Stubbles Occasionally |
| Barrel Racing Prospect | Just Off the Track |
| Hunt Seat Prospect | Should Be On the Track |
| Western Pleasure Prospect | Too Slow for Barrel Racing |
| Cutting Horse Prospect | Turns & Runs when frightened |
| Reining Horse Prospect | Spins & Runs when frightened |
| 15.2 hh | 14.2 hh |
| 16.3 hh | 15.3 hh |
| Attractive | Bay |
| Flashy | Piebald |
| Good for Beginning Rider | Lame in both front legs |
| Anyone Can Ride | Lame in all four legs |
| Bombproof | Lame in all four legs, Deaf, & Blind |
| Needs Intermediate Rider | Runaway |
| Needs Experienced Rider | Potentially Lethal |
| To Loving Home Only | Expensive |
| To Show Home Only | Very Expensive |
| Can be registered | I think I know which stud got to the mare |
| Pony Type | Small and Hairy |
| Warm Blood Type | Big and Hairy |
| Draft Type | Extremely Big and Hairy |
| TB Type | Big Motor |
| Endurance Type | Extremely Big Motor |
| Must Sell | Insurance company threatened to drop me |
| Sacrifice Sell | Family won't come back till he's gone |
| Clips, Hauls, & Loads | Clippity clippity is the sound his hooves make as he hauls butt across the parking lot when you try to load him |
| Should mature 15.2hh | Currently 14 hands, dam is 14.2, sire is 14.3, every horse in pedigree back 18 generations is under 14 hands, but this horse will defy his DNA and grow |