old war-horse

On his old war horse, Traveller, he rode into Lexington alone to take up his college duties.

Bobby thought, "Can it be she really cares for that old war horse?"

But Grandfather Fragini's cheeks had a hectic flush; his heart was beating with the exhilaration of an old war-horse.

With the intricacies of a conjectural case in view the judge threw up his head like an old war horse and declared his opinion.

The only way you could keep that old war horse out of the World Series would be to hit him with an axe!