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cutting horse

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Definition of cutting horse

as in quarter horse

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Recent Examples of cutting horse 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 Bailey turned his focus to the Iron Rose Ranch and bred and trained competitive cutting horses in Carbondale. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025 It is named after a champion cutting horse and features ostrich vamps, goat quarters and roses stitched into the leather. — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025 The model met the cowboy, who trains in Weatherford for cutting horse events, at a horse show. — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cutting horse

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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

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Because the mother cow was severely engorged, the calf wouldn’t have been able to nurse, prompting Ladd and the ranch hands to saddle horses, ride out into the snow, rope the cow, and milk her.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 Feb. 2026
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

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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

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