Thesaurus results for QUARTER HORSE

quarter horse

noun

Definition of quarter horse

as in saddle horse

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Recent Examples of quarter horse 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 Their connection traced back to Lukas’ days training quarter horses in New Mexico before getting into thoroughbreds and becoming one of the faces of the sport. — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026 Rancher Rick Plummer, whose family raises quarter horses, has sued over the city's annexation of land neighboring his property for the data center. — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026 In mid-December, Jett, an appendix quarter horse, was battling a fever and had been eating and drinking minimally. — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quarter horse

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarter horse

Noun

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

Definition of saddle horse

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

Companies borrowing heavily to build computing capacity could face a squeeze if financing costs rise faster than revenue, particularly where construction expenses and depreciation mount before facilities reach full utilization.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
As public backlash to data centers mounts, investors are trying to discern whether moratoriums or other hurdles could hamper forecasts for size and completion of data center projects.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of mount

Noun

Through the years, the singer has remained remarkably loyal to her lengths, whether swept up into a gravity-defying pony, styled into a sleek ballerina bun, or cascading down her back.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The park will also be home to the city’s softball fields and pony and colt league fields, bringing them together in one place, Long said in the video.

— Yvette Orozco, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pony

Noun

Cecil made Frankel a champion racehorse who was unbeaten in all 14 starts and earned a final victory at the Champion Stakes at the iconic Ascot Racecourse.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Derek Thompson once stood in the winner's circle next to a champion racehorse named Shergar, owned by one of the richest royals in the world, who dominated on the tracks in the 1980s.

— Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of racehorse

Noun

Gerwig explained that the classic-rock warhorse matches her vision of the film, which adapts Lewis’ origin story for Narnia.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026
The race at Sepang saw old warhorses Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton show their class in challenging conditions.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of warhorse

Noun

After traveling a mile or two, the packhorses settled down, pretty much satisfied with their places.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
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