Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A horse bred and trained to race.
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- noun A
horse which competes inraces .
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- noun a horse bred for racing
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Examples
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One potential monster of a racehorse is a draw in itself, but two in the same race is unmissable.
Dewhurst duel between Frankel and Dream Ahead 'best ever' juvenile race Greg Wood 2010
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Among the birds we generally shot, was the painted goose, whose plumage is variegated with the most lively colours; and a bird much larger than a goose, which we called the racehorse, from the velocity with which it moved upon the surface of the water, in a sort of half-flying half - running motion.
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One of the surprises of the new Disney film, "Secretariat," starring Diane Lane as Penny Chenery, the owner of the legendary Thoroughbred racehorse, is a particularly humorous performance by John Malkovich.
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The most famous Triple Crown winner in racehorse history becomes a movie star this weekend with the release of Disney's "Secretariat," the story of the thoroughbred, his owner Penny Chenery (Diane Lane) and how they managed to set records in 1975 that haven't been matched since.
'Secretariat': Talking with director Randall Wallace about his horse story Jen Chaney 2010
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Dad says they are called racehorse monitors because they can run so fast, and that he once knew a pet one called Phar Lap.
totem 2009
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Dad says they are called racehorse monitors because they can run so fast, and that he once knew a pet one called Phar Lap.
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The man at the other end would be Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, a Westernized nephew of King Fahd's and a publisher better known as a racehorse owner.
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Owning a racehorse is an exhilarating, rewarding pursuit if you know how to play the game.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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Owning a racehorse is an exhilarating, rewarding pursuit if you know how to play the game.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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The man at the other end would be Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, a Westernized nephew of King Fahd's and a publisher better known as a racehorse owner.
THE NEWS BLOG 2003
chained_bear commented on the word racehorse
The H.M.S. Racehorse was listed as a "transport" captured at Yorktown in 1781.
October 29, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word racehorse
"...if Dan Patch ever lost—and every trainer will tell you that if your horse keeps racing, he will lose (stuff happens: ankles twist; horses drop dead in front of you; shoes fly off; protesting suffragettes swarm onto the track; you just never know)—he would perforce no longer be 'The Undefeated Dan Patch'..."
—Charles Leerhsen, Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 253
October 28, 2008