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Recent Examples of quarter horse
The death toll over a serious equine virus at Los Alamitos grew to 12, with five more horses euthanized after an outbreak of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in the barn of quarter horse hall of fame trainer Heath Taylor.
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John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Los Alamitos runs a year-round quarter horse and thoroughbred meeting that is partly made up of lower level thoroughbred horses.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Next October his first set of quarter horses are set to go into futurity, a competition which offers staggering prize money to winners.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 July 2024
Riding through the festival crowd on horseback to her Saturday evening set on the Great Northern Stage, Ferrell hopped off the quarter horse, immediately strapped on an acoustic guitar and went right into a jam with her band.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
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John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Los Alamitos runs a year-round quarter horse and thoroughbred meeting that is partly made up of lower level thoroughbred horses.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Next October his first set of quarter horses are set to go into futurity, a competition which offers staggering prize money to winners.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 July 2024
Riding through the festival crowd on horseback to her Saturday evening set on the Great Northern Stage, Ferrell hopped off the quarter horse, immediately strapped on an acoustic guitar and went right into a jam with her band.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarter horse
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The farm also had saddle horses, a team of Belgian draft horses that helped haul manure and feed, and plenty of chickens that supplied eggs for those big breakfasts every morning (followed by even larger dinners at noon and suppers in the evenings).—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2025
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Mackinac Island Carriage Tours, private livery tours, drive-yourself carriages and saddle horses will still be available but will have alternate routes to avoid the Arch Rock.—
Jasmin Barmore,
Detroit Free Press,
2 Sep. 2023
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It is named after a champion cutting horse and features ostrich vamps, goat quarters and roses stitched into the leather.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
21 Mar. 2025
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The model met the cowboy, who trains in Weatherford for cutting horse events, at a horse show.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
14 Feb. 2025
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As the costs of the trade war mount in both countries – expected to increase inflation in the U.S. and unemployment in China – the outcome will likely depend on which leader has the greater tolerance for the political costs of decoupling.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
Christian Science Monitor,
15 Apr. 2025
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The episode is interspersed with clips of a home game against the Blue Jays in late June, in which the Red Sox mount a late comeback capped by Duran’s walk-off single.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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And although stans were happy to celebrate the end of the Eternal Sunshine era with the new short film, they were especially shocked by Ariana’s choice to rock her signature pony—which gave us flashbacks to her Thank U, Next days.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
1 Apr. 2025
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While Wicked era Ariana solely relied on light sparkly makeup, Ariana is now seen wearing dramatic lashes, cat eye liner, and of course her 2018 high pony.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
1 Apr. 2025
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Whether that brawny youth can bring that sort of unbridled thinking under real-race weights, in real tack, against real, experienced racehorses that have won multiple stakes remains to be seen.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The extraordinary compound has seen centuries of transformation, from Chumash villages to a bustling cattle ranch, a haven for champion racehorses, and even the world’s largest orchid farm.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2025
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The National Symphony Orchestra is planning warhorses by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich and world premieres by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center’s composer in residence; Valerie Coleman; and others.—
Javier C. Hernández,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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All three warhorses will be first-ballot Hall of Famers.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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While the number of outages appeared to decline, Spotify posted on social media that rumors of a hack were misguided.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
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The source of the hack has not yet been identified.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?—
Drew Zieff,
Outside Online,
16 July 2024
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In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.—
Moira Hodgson,
WSJ,
30 Dec. 2021
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“Quarter horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter%20horse. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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