question about horses at the finish line

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Blue Eyes

Ummmm..... I want an aggressive race horse. Maybe you don't. I prefer mine to dig in when the tough gets going, not back down when challenged. When I say "aggressive" I am not implying the horse needs to savage the other horse. That's called a savage, not an aggressive race horse. And a horse that is interested in the other horses for other things than racing is usually called "studish" not aggressive.

Sorry, guess we have a different view on what "aggressive" means. Dictionary term for aggressive:

"characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country."

I guess the term I would have used for what you're talking about would be "assertive."

Sorry for the misunderstanding.