horse
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Thirty years ago, Mott brought Cigar to this same track for this same race, hoping his superstar horse would set the modern-day North American record for consecutive victories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"The iron horse wants to run," a sign reads, alongside a phrase in English: "We want to be back on track."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Red and fallow deer eat grasses, leaves and shoots of trees, as well as acorns, sweet chestnuts and horse chestnuts.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“I took off on a horse at 11 years old when my daddy bought me my first one,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Drawing closer, the horse kicking up dust, Caesar’s ease is clear.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Knightsbridge had a short lead as the two horses passed the mile marker, and when they straightened out in the stretch, the race was over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Really, I doubt if they have the horses to go at this, and I can’t imagine why they would want to.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
In a video, Morgan showed the horses being herded away, saying it had been due to "constant pressure".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the village of Budry, cows and horses grazing in the rolling fields give little hint of the heavily militarised Kaliningrad exclave next door.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
A single horse will beat mules or horses pulling a wagon.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
They horsed through the phases, giving everything but getting nothing.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
In one of the three outdoor yards, I horsed around with Dixie Do, a mom mastiff, and her two sons, Jake and Ivan.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
They shaved outside, cooked barbecues, horsed around on the bus to the games.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2020
The boys horsed around with a sapling, pulling on its branches and laughing in the sunlight.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
It was a good deed; but the Rider was soon horsed again.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
One boy and 48 girls, from first-graders to teenagers, competed in a hobby horsing competition in St. Petersburg, Russia.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
In between spurts of dancing and horsing around, the girls hustled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
"I was always in trouble for horsing around . . . acting came second nature to me."
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2022
"We had some guys horsing around at pregame meal and he got hurt," Lloyd said.
From Fox News ● Jan. 16, 2022
He loved to play tricks, delighted in horsing around, always seemed to have a joke at the ready.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
