on the muscle
English
Prepositional phrase
on the muscle
- (horse-racing) Of a horse: frisky and energetic, seeming keen to race.
- 1973, Chronicle of the Horse (volume 36, issues 1-13, page 5)
- Tallhato was "on the muscle" going down the backside, attempting to run out. That's not the formula to beat a filly like Windy's Daughter.
- 1990, Harness Horse (volume 56, issues 5-8, page 22)
- I really wasn't able to rest him too much because he was on the muscle more than usual tonight.
- 1973, Chronicle of the Horse (volume 36, issues 1-13, page 5)