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How to use racehorse in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Racehorse means a horse that competes in races. Example: “The racehorse pulled out of the Stakes with a hurt foot.”

Examples of racehorse by meaning

nounA horse that competes in races.

  • Until I went to work for Bill I didn't know how good racehorses are.1946, Frank Sargeson, That Summer, and Other Stories, page 31
  • Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164
  • Picture yourself betting on a racehorse, seeing the animal take the lead, and then watching the horse suddenly stop because it pulled a muscle not properly warmed up by its trainers.1984, Steven Adcock, “[Breathing and Form, Warm-up, and Freebody Exercises] Warm-up”, in Steve Adcock’s Partner Workout: A Two-Person...

More sentences with racehorse

  • The racehorse pulled out of the Stakes with a hurt foot.From the entry pull out
  • The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.From the entry overtake
  • This racehorse is the strongest in a weak field.From the entry field
  • I put five pounds on that racehorse.From the entry put on
  • A bowed tendon is one of the most serious leg problems for racehorses .2006, T. A. Landers, Professional Care of the Racehorse, page 206. From the entry bowed
  • The cultural role of horses—racehorses and warhorses—was obviously central to the Āryas and, as a result, so was their poetic role.2020 February 23, Stephanie Jamison, Joel Brereton, The Rigveda: A Guide, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry Ārya
  • He acted like a green racehorse, plunging over his jumps, tearing to the front of the field of riders.2008, Richard R. Rust, Renegade Champion: The Unlikely Rise of Fitzrada, page 91. From the entry green
  • Racehorses are commonly misshod, under-exercised, brought to speed far too quickly, improperly fed, and very little lameness intervention is practiced.1994, Tom Ivers, The Fit Racehorse II, page 299. From the entry misshod

Meaning of racehorse

  1. noun A horse that competes in races.
  2. noun Any member of certain species of genus Congiopodus.

Full definition of racehorse

Questions about racehorse in a sentence

How do you use racehorse in a sentence?
Racehorse is used as a noun. For example: “The racehorse pulled out of the Stakes with a hurt foot.”
What is a short sentence with racehorse?
“I put five pounds on that racehorse.”
What does racehorse mean?
Racehorse means a horse that competes in races.

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