ponies

plural of pony

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Noun
  • Music is one way the mares, part of Nodiff-Netanel’s nonprofit called Mini Therapy Horses, comfort people, especially hospital patients, in Southern California.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 9 May 2026
  • The day before the Kentucky Derby each year is known as Ladies’ Day, with several stakes races for fillies and mares, highlighted by the Kentucky Oaks.
    Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • According to experts, stallions are known to engage in fierce, sudden battles, which is one reason North Carolina law prohibits anyone from coming within 50 feet of the horses.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • The stallions are known to engage in fierce battles in public spaces, including chasing, kicking and biting.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • Laurel Park The 2026 Preakness run at Laurel Park is now in the books and Winner Napoleon Solo has placed himself in the conversation as one of the top three-year-old colts in the country.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
    Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • This day in sports history 1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • The race is a prelude to the Preakness, featuring 3-year-old fillies (female race horses).
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • My dad described nearly dying several times, once as a child from getting kicked in the head and chest by a horse.
    Eythana Miller, The Dial, 23 June 2026
  • The company creates a separate legal entity for each horse and offers ownership interests to investors through SEC-qualified offerings.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Cerebras is, however, facing pressure to open more data centers, as are cloud infrastructure providers, while public opposition mounts and permitting processes can drag on.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
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“Ponies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ponies. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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