quarter horse

Definition of quarter horsenext

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Recent Examples of quarter horse 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 After Robert Mitchum’s death in July 1997 at age 79, Jim continued to breed racing quarter horses at his ranch in Skull Valley. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025 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
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
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Thursday that the pony had left its enclosure the night before in a neighborhood off San Felipe Road.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
  • Add some texture by creating messy waves with a curling iron before gathering the hair into a low pony.
    Ariana Yaptangco, InStyle, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • People still can pool together resources with friends to buy a racehorse for $10,000 and see what happens.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Sometimes that means being the one to say no — to the racehorse, the castle in Scotland, the vintage Ferrari.
    Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • Add orange peels to the fridge—a simple hack that’s prettier than a box of baking soda.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 27 July 2026
  • The singularity claim arrived within days of the hack, in the middle of a US–China race and a fresh executive order asking labs to share models with the government before release.
    Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
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

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“Quarter horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter%20horse. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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