1
: a castrated animal
specifically
: a castrated male horse
2
archaic
: eunuch
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The 6-year-old gelding hasn’t run since finishing third in the Grade 2 Turf Sprint on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
Among its olive groves and stone courtyards lives a small herd of three beloved geldings: two young Appaloosas, Leo and Kana, and a wise Percheron named Asher.
—Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
California has experienced no such drought in producing winners of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, the race for colts and geldings that usually identifies the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby the following May.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Crossing the finish line at odds of 18-1, this seven-year-old gelding shook up the world in more ways than one.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
Among its olive groves and stone courtyards lives a small herd of three beloved geldings: two young Appaloosas, Leo and Kana, and a wise Percheron named Asher.
—Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
California has experienced no such drought in producing winners of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, the race for colts and geldings that usually identifies the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby the following May.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Crossing the finish line at odds of 18-1, this seven-year-old gelding shook up the world in more ways than one.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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“Gelding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gelding. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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gelding
noun
geld·ing
ˈgel-diŋ 
: a castrated animal
especially
: a castrated male horse
Medical Definition
gelding
noun
geld·ing
ˈgel-diŋ
: a castrated animal
specifically
: a castrated male horse
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