cow pony

noun

Definition of cow ponynext
as in quarter horse

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cow pony
  1. quarter horse
  2. saddle horse
  3. mount
  4. cutting horse
  5. pony
  6. warhorse
  7. racehorse
  8. trotter
Noun
  • On the car ride to the casino, Sarris is riffing on his friendship with Grateful Dead member Mickey Hart, who bought Sarris a quarter horse as a gift.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress has canceled its Saturday night card for quarter horses and thoroughbreds amid evacuations in the area of a malfunctioning chemical storage tank in nearby Garden Grove, track officials announced.
    — Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
Definition of quarter horse
Noun
  • Along with the thousands of cows, the property is home to 180 bulls, 7,500 yearlings, and 130 saddle horses.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The farm also had saddle horses, a team of Belgian draft horses that helped haul manure and feed, and plenty of chickens that supplied eggs for those big breakfasts every morning (followed by even larger dinners at noon and suppers in the evenings).
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Definition of saddle horse
Noun
  • The room, finished in Domingue lime paint, is illuminated by a 1950s Isamu Noguchi Akari floor lamp and surface-mount spotlights by Lucifer Lighting.
    — Punch Hutton, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026
  • This small yet intriguing photo gallery mounts changing exhibits by Icelandic photographers from the 19th century to the current day.
    — Carolyn Heller, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of mount
Noun
  • Tickets are now on sale for the event that will bring together celebrities and skilled cutting horse trainers to raise funds for the medical center.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Yellowstone actor and cutting horse trainer Jake Ream will make his directorial debut on the second picture on the Perlino Pictures slate, The Color of Winter, which is due to film in Utah in the new year.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Definition of cutting horse
Noun
  • Thursday that the pony had left its enclosure the night before in a neighborhood off San Felipe Road.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
  • Add some texture by creating messy waves with a curling iron before gathering the hair into a low pony.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, InStyle, 21 July 2026
Definition of pony
Noun
  • The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Definition of warhorse
Noun
  • Sometimes that means being the one to say no — to the racehorse, the castle in Scotland, the vintage Ferrari.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • Purchasing a racehorse often required hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, along with ongoing training, veterinary, and management expenses.
    — Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of racehorse
Noun
  • In the East Village, the stylish Hunan Slurp is known for spicy stir fries and less common proteins, including frog, pig trotter, and century egg.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The race welcomed para-athletes, and trotters with strollers were also invited to take part.
    — Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025
Definition of trotter
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