saddle horse

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Recent Examples of saddle horse 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 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 The Devil was a saddle horse ridden by Maj. Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saddle horse
Noun
  • 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
  • The organization lacks jurisdiction over quarter horses, such as Js on Fire, or other racing breeds, which are instead regulated by state commissions that operate under reciprocal enforcement agreements but do not uniformly adopt testing thresholds or methods.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The mount, when finished, will stand 128 feet (39 meters) tall (coincidentally the size of the ELT's entire mirror) and weigh 2,600 tons.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Investigators found structural cracks in the engine mount that likely led to failure.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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
  • What does the phrase squeaky bum time, the racehorse Devon Loch, and the Portuguese proverb ‘morrer na prais’ all have in common?
    Ian Irving, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • In the meantime, to switch sports for a moment, OpenAI is like a fractious racehorse.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • This is a warhorse expected to pull a buggy around a cottage.
    Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Idea of You premiere in 2024 was the perfect place for this youthful, rock star-esque pony with bangs.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Each July the fire company organizes the annual pony swim, for which upward of 40,000 people pour out to witness.
    Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026

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“Saddle horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saddle%20horse. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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