pony

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Recent Examples of pony Beyond the ponies, travelers can enjoy fishing, kayaking, endless beaches, bird watching, and more. Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025 Guests can enjoy free, kid-friendly attractions such as inflatable obstacle courses, face painting, bungee trampolines, a pony boy meet-and-greet, and more. Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025 The sovereign made sure to give the pony a pat on the nose before moving on. Stephanie Petit, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025 This was at a time when most of the robber barons couldn't have picked their children out of a police lineup, and Jay Gould was taking his daughter around the garden on a pony with a leading rein. Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pony
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Noun
  • This is the epitome of mare e montagna (mountain and sea).
    Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But the path to the winner’s circle might be a bit more difficult for the 5-year-old daughter of Uncle Mo in the 1 1/8-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kelly Groenestijn - International Pet Photography Awards 2025 The encounter of two stallions early in the morning on a foggy January day this year gives the image a magical touch.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Horses — selectively bred by humans over millennia — lack this response and will just keep pumping out foals.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
  • The first foal to reach the shore receives a special title—either King or Queen Neptune, depending on its gender—and is given away via a raffle.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • What would the American West be without untamed mustangs roaming the plains?
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Ocracoke is home to a herd of Wild Banker Horses that are the descendants of Spanish mustangs that ended up on the island after a shipwreck several hundred years ago.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Crossing the finish line at odds of 18-1, this seven-year-old gelding shook up the world in more ways than one.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • However, the 7-year-old gelding has won the track’s top summer grass race for older horses – the Grade II Del Mar Handicap – three straight years.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • The Del Mar Futurity, at 7 furlongs, also revolves around Baffert, whose colts have won the past four runnings and 18 of the past 29, dominance that began with Silver Charm winning the Futurity in a mild upset to jumpstart his journey to victory in the 1997 Kentucky Derby.
    Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The big colt was runner-up to Skippylongstocking in the G2 Gold Cup at Santa Anita and could factor underneath at a price.
    Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, a rearing bronco with deep orange eyes is included in the design for these Broncos.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Games included team members trying to stay on a bucking bronco while having footballs fired at them and team members trying to be the first to grab a stationary football from a standing position.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two straight years and eight times since 1996.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In 1988 his filly Winning Colors became only the third filly to win the Kentucky Derby.
    Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025

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