horse country
Rural riding territory
Horse country is a region known for equestrian activities—breeding, racing, polo, or fox hunting.
The term typically implies rolling pastures, white-fenced estates, and rural wealth: Loudoun County is Virginia horse country.
It suggests both a landscape and a social milieu of landed gentry and old money.
- equestrian eventsCompetitive mounted riding disciplines
- steeplechaseObstacle course race
- foalingEquine birth process
- dressageCompetitive precision riding
- fox huntingHorseback canine-assisted pursuit
white fences · hunt club · show jumping · farrier · tack room · stud farm · pastures · riding lessons · morning workout · Northern Virginia · ranches · mare · bluegrass · Kentucky Derby · thoroughbred racing · polo · paddocks · Wellington
- KentuckyLouisville, Lexington, Frankfort, Kentucky Derby, bourbon
- rural areasvillage, villages, hamlet, hamlets, countryside
- Bourbonbourbon, straight bourbon, craft bourbon, Kentucky bourbon, bourbon whiskey
horse countryurban sprawl
Uncontrolled peripheral development
industrial zone · downtown · inner city · metropolis · rust belt
horse countrycompany town
Employer-owned settlement
skid row · public housing · factory town · mill town · steel town
horse countryblighted area
Deteriorated, neglected district
brownfield · urban blight · asphalt jungle · oil field · slag heap