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In horse terms, the phrase hot means that the particular horse is excitable and hyper. Some horses who get like this can become hard to control. Horses who generally get hot are mostly hunter/jumper breeds like warmbloods and thoroughbreds. There are a couple different ways it is used.
If a horse is very stallion-like in its behavior but appears to be a gelding, it may be something called a rig, or ridgling. In times past, before modern veterinarian medicine ensured gelding was done properly, a horse left with some testicular and epididymis tissue may have exhibited stallion-like behavior.