Thoroughbred
See also: thoroughbred
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editThoroughbred (plural Thoroughbreds)
- A horse of a breed derived from crosses between Arabian stallions and English mares, bred for racing, with its breeding history recorded in an official stud book.
- 2007, Gene McCormick, The Blue Collar Thoroughbred: An Inside Account of the Real World of Racing, McFarland, →ISBN, page 103:
- He wanted to be at the white-hot center of equine sport, to become a jockey, to be able to feel the thrust and power of a Thoroughbred in its ultimate competition: racing flat out, surging to the head of the herd.
Further reading
edit- Thoroughbred on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Thoroughbred”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Thoroughbred”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.