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Right in the bottom by a wild horse! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brumby

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'a wild horse' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'right in the bottom by' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'the bottom' becomes 'bum' (synonyms).
'r' placed into 'bum' is 'brum'.
'brum'+'by'='BRUMBY'

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(Other definitions for brumby that I've seen before include "One Australian breaks in" , "H [HORSE]" , "Wild horse in Australia" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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