racehorse

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Recent Examples of racehorse The health and safety of racehorses has been a contentious subject for decades, drawing consistent protests at the Del Mar track, including on Saturday. Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025 The train that rings Vesuvius makes its rounds as racehorses train along the shore. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 July 2025 The technology is good for injury recovery in both humans and animals, long been used in equine therapy for racehorses. Kristin Auble, Vogue, 10 July 2025 According to The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, every horse who ran the race is a descendant of famed racehorse Secretariat. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for racehorse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racehorse
Noun
  • My youngest son is the most dismayed so far at Sam having to leave his faithful pony companion, Bill, behind at the gates of Moria.
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond the ponies, travelers can enjoy fishing, kayaking, endless beaches, bird watching, and more.
    Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • His sweetbreads in pig trotter ragu evoke his memories of eating pork knuckle at his grandmother’s house.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
  • Use a variety of bones like knuckle bones, pig trotters and chicken feet for a better broth.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Crimson Tide Year: 1995 Director: Tony Scott Runtime: 2h 3m Crimson Tide is from a time when Washington was the brash up-and-comer and Gene Hackman was the warhorse veteran.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below: For an old warhorse, Freaky Friday looks darn cute.
    Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 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
Noun
  • The new data fueled bets on Fed rate cuts as political pressure mounts on the central bank.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • As pressure mounts, the White House says Trump still has confidence in Kennedy.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Monday’s special Labor Day card features two $100,000, dirt stakes races — the one-mile Tranquility Lakes for older fillies and mares and the Generous Portion, a 5½-furlong sprint for Cal-bred 2-year-old fillies.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • And Lilly is the kindest mare ever.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On occasion, Andrea has been known to ride his favorite black stallion down the streets of the town, much to the surprise of the visitors.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 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
  • 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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