| 100% | BRIDLE | 6 | Headpiece on a horse to control its movement |
| 51% | REIN | 4 | Narrow strap attached to a horse to control it |
| 45% | PLACEBET | 8 | Money put on a horse to finish second |
| 42% | BIT | 3 | Used to control a horse |
| 42% | REIN | 4 | Leather strap to control a horse |
| 42% | REIN | 4 | Strap used to control a horse |
| 41% | REININ | 6 | Try to control, as a runaway horse |
| 40% | BRIDLE | 6 | Head and mouthgear used to control a horse |
| 40% | GIDDYUP | 7 | Said to a horse to make it gallop |
| 40% | OAR | 3 | A canoeist holds on to it |
| 40% | WATER | 5 | "You can lead a horse to ___, but you can't make it drink" |
| 40% | REINSIN | 7 | Tries to control, as a runaway horse (2 wds.) |
| 40% | REINS | 5 | Straps that an equestrian uses to control a horse |
| 40% | HOP | 3 | "___ to it!" ("Get a move on!") |
| 40% | STEP | 4 | "__ on it!"; cry to a slowpoke |
| 40% | HOP | 3 | ___ to it (get a move on) |
| 40% | STEP | 4 | "__ on it!"; cry to a dawdler |
| 40% | NECK | 4 | Word used on both sides of "and" to make a common phrase meaning "a close contest," that has its origins in horse racing |
| 39% | ICE | 3 | It's hard to get a grip on |
| 39% | SAND | 4 | It sticks to a towel on the beach |
| 39% | UNICORN | 7 | A magical horse with a horn on its head |
| 39% | SPEC | 4 | It's risky to build a house on this |
| 39% | BALLAST | 7 | Stones carried on a ship to balance it out |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | Metal on its way to a refinery |
| 38% | PAT | 3 | Tap on a seat when you ask someone to sit on it |
| 38% | REDFLAG | 7 | This is flown on a beach when it's unsafe to swim |
| 38% | SAWHORSE | 8 | A frame to rest wood on to safely cut it |
| 38% | DRESSAGE | 8 | Method of training a horse to perform manoeuvres in response to the body signals of its rider |
| 38% | PIE | 3 | It might sit on a sill to cool |
| 38% | PUT | 3 | "Not to ___ too fine a point on it ..." |