hand-ride

American  

[hand-rahyd] / ˈhændˌraɪd /

verb (used with object)

hand-rode, hand-ridden, hand-riding

1. to ride (a horse) in a race without using a whip or spurs, urging it on with only the hands.

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verb (used without object)

hand-rode, hand-ridden, hand-riding

1. to hand-ride a horse.

Etymology

Origin of hand-ride

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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hand-ride hand-ridden hand-riding hand-rode

He was especially conscious of when jockeys would gently hand-ride a horse to victory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

The one-time Kentucky Derby favorite breezed to hand-ridden 2 ¾-length victory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2019

The winning margin was a hand-ridden 3 ½ lengths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2019

As the field streaked into the final turn, he urged Affirmed into the lead, whipping, then hand-riding, opening a generous gap that carried Affirmed to the wire an easy winner.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jockey Eddie Arcaro stung Olympia once with the whip, then gave the form players a chill by hand-riding the horse through the last sixteenth.

From Time Magazine Archive

A full length is closed, but Clayton settles down to hand-riding again and no more of the gap is closed.

From History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 by O'Connor, John Lawrence

That rider, confident of victory, had slipped his quirt over his wrist and was hand-riding his horse when a brief, deep yell of dismay from the crowd made him jerk a glance over his shoulder.

From The Garden of Eden by Brand, Max

Jockey Juan Hernandez used the whip once in the early stretch and then hand-rode him easily to the finish line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2022

Jockey Victor Espinoza hand-rode the horse in the stretch and could have won by whatever distance wanted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2019