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trotter

noun

Definition of trotter

as in racehorse

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Recent Examples of trotter The race welcomed para-athletes, and trotters with strollers were also invited to take part. — Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025 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 More than 1 million trotters will participate in those races. — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for trotter

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Noun

The Queen tends to sport the brooch during equine events to honor King Edward VII and his legendary Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Epsom Derby in 1909.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of racehorse

Noun

When her grandparents once ran a restaurant and lived in the massive apartment above it, her grandmother kept a row of personalized bunnies on top of a roughly 7-foot pony wall, with one representing each family member.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
For young children, there are pony rides, crafts and pony parties, or the Cupcake Express, a riding and grooming session with the resort’s miniature horse, Cupcake.

— Katie Riley, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of pony

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

Definition of packhorse

Noun

Three horses have been struck by vehicles on Assateague Island this summer; two of them have died, including a beloved mare last week.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Five older fillies and mares were entered in the 61/2-furlong sprint on the main track.

— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of mare

Noun

Beside the wounded Appaloosa was a friendly bay roan, there to keep the Appaloosa calm.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
The effort builds on roughly two years of development, during which the company has assembled the ancient bluebuck genome, created a reference genome using the roan antelope, completed comparative genomic analysis, and established foundational cellular and reproductive systems for the species.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026

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