| SKITTISH | (Of a horse) nervous |
| YEARLING | Horse nervous in early gallop initially (8) |
| CENTAUR | One of a race of creatures in Greek mythology with the head, arms and torso of a man and the legs and lower body of a horse (7) |
| LENGTH | Linear extent of a swimming pool, typically calibrated in metres; or, the span of a horse from nose to tail as a measure of the lead in a race (6) |
| RACK | One of the four gaits of a horse or pony; or, a general name for a farm where a hound puppy is sent for training (4) |
| DAM | The partner of a sire as a parent of a horse |
| PASTERN | Part of a foot of a horse |
| GIRTH | Piece of tack passing under the barrel of a horse or pony to secure a saddle (5) |
| CANTER | An easy, three-beat gait of a horse, between a trot and a gallop in speed (6) |
| CENTAURS | In Greek myths, creatures with the upper body of a man and the lower body of a horse (8) |
| BARREL | Container of staves bound with hoops traditionally made by a cooper; or, the belly of a horse (6) |
| ABLAZE | Eagerly desirous of a white mark on the face of a horse |
| NEIGHBOUR | Border on the sound of a horse and the sound of a pig (9) |
| SNICKER | Sound of a horse ... requiring almost all of a chocolate bar? (7) |
| SADDLE | Name a seat for a rider on the back of a horse (6) |
| LORIMER | Which surname originally meant 'a maker of the metal parts of a horse harness'? (7) |
| LORINER | A maker of the metal parts of a horse harness (7) |
| SPREADAPLATE | Of a horse, to lose a shoe before or during a race |
| HAND | Measure of four inches used to determine the height of a horse, typically from the ground to the highest point of the withers (4) |
| MANE | Long part of a horse, short part of a giraffe |
