quarter horse

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Recent Examples of quarter horse Ware’s uncle, Carlos Pedraza, said the horse is a quarter horse. Tiffani Arnold, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024 The death toll over a serious equine virus at Los Alamitos grew to 12, with five more horses euthanized after an outbreak of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in the barn of quarter horse hall of fame trainer Heath Taylor. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 Los Alamitos runs a year-round quarter horse and thoroughbred meeting that is partly made up of lower level thoroughbred horses. John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024 Next October his first set of quarter horses are set to go into futurity, a competition which offers staggering prize money to winners. Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for quarter horse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarter horse
Noun
  • 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
  • Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, private livery tours, drive-yourself carriages and saddle horses will still be available but will have alternate routes to avoid the Arch Rock.
    Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • There are dual noise-canceling microphones and a screw mount on the bottom for attaching it to a tripod too.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 23 May 2025
  • For outdoorsy types, the AWD-only Woodland model gets a slightly more aggressive front end design, all-terrain tires, roof rails with crossbars for cargo, and a rear activity mount for additional carrying capacity.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The 5 Star Farm petting zoo — which has events listed on its website dating back more than 15 years — features animals like camels, ponies, llamas and more, according to its website.
    Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
  • The dead included a Nepalese citizen and a local Muslim pony ride operator.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Snap Decision began his career as a solid enough racehorse, running for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey on tracks in New York and Florida.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2025
  • There's an entire section that dictates how to depreciate a racehorse over three years (true story), but try finding a simple explanation of whether your crypto losses offset your W-2 income.
    Darren T. Case, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Cisco Systems The old tech warhorse, still crucial to many tech systems, will report Wednesday after the bell.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 13 May 2025
  • Ride Giannis Into the Paint—and the Pacers Into the Ground With no Lillard for now, the Bucks’ offensive warhorse is back to full-time duty.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One easy hack is opting for a low-maintenance hair color.
    Lisa DeSantis, Glamour, 22 May 2025
  • Brown reported the three malicious Instagram and TikTok hack checkers that Socket discovered to the Python Package Index security team, and they have now been removed.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
  • In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021

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“Quarter horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter%20horse. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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