racehorse

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Recent Examples of racehorse But there's also race history, manifested in fandom by Secretariat, the almost mythical champion racehorse known as Big Red who ruled the tracks in the mid-1970s. Javier Zarracina, USA Today, 1 May 2026 In the meantime, to switch sports for a moment, OpenAI is like a fractious racehorse. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026 Soon, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched a helicopter search-and-rescue operation, while Nicholas' father — multimillionaire racehorse owner Alfred Vanderbilt — funded his own search team. Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026 The first two racehorse deaths of 2026 in California occurred at Santa Anita. Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for racehorse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racehorse
Noun
  • This is represented through a furry pony hair texture at the mudguard.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 16 May 2026
  • DJs and live music carry through the day, with a classic car show, a Hair and Fashion Show, and kids’ areas with games, inflatables, and pony rides scattered throughout.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • In the East Village, the stylish Hunan Slurp is known for spicy stir fries and less common proteins, including frog, pig trotter, and century egg.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The race welcomed para-athletes, and trotters with strollers were also invited to take part.
    Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But these warhorses have been rejuvenated in startling ways.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • This is a warhorse expected to pull a buggy around a cottage.
    Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
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
Noun
  • In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.
    Ben Coxworth May 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2026
  • But most entrants don’t win any prize money, and owners typically don’t pay jockeys aside from a small mount fee.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
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
  • Breeding value exploded as stallion economics transformed Thoroughbred racing.
    Nicole Kraft, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • No curtains blowing in the wind and white stallions.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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

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“Racehorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racehorse. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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