racehorse
Equine bred for speed
A racehorse is a horse bred and trained for competitive racing.
The term usually refers to Thoroughbreds raced on flat tracks or over jumps, though it includes standardbreds for harness racing and quarter horses for sprints.
Figuratively, someone who works like a racehorse works hard and fast: She's been a racehorse all quarter.
Of pure ancestral line
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- studbookPedigree registry for livestock
- sireMale animal parent
dam · foal · colt · filly · yearling · stallion · mare · gelding
Professional race rider
- trainerOne who conditions others
- groomBetrothed man; stable worker
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
workout · clocker · conditioning · soundness · form · fitness · blinkers · tongue-tie
Open-entry competition
- stakesPosts or wagers
- purseBag for personal items
- handicapImposed competitive disadvantage
- maidenUnmarried young woman
classic · distaff · trifecta · exacta · stewards · claiming · allowance · graded
Grass-covered earth surface
- dirtLoose dry earth
- ovalElongated rounded shape
- homestretchLast portion before completion
- backstretchTrack's far straightaway
grandstand · rail · inside · paddock · saddling · parimutuel · railbird · infield
Record-setting Triple Crown champion
- SeabiscuitDried survival bread
- AffirmedDeclared to be true
- NijinskyBallet's gravity defier
- EpsomSurrey town, salts namesake
thoroughbred
Of pure ancestral line
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- studbookPedigree registry for livestock
sire · dam · foal · colt · filly · yearling · stallion · mare · gelding · broodmare
jockey
Professional race rider
breeze · workout · clocker · conditioning · soundness · form · fitness · blinkers · tongue-tie · whip
derby
Open-entry competition
maiden · classic · distaff · trifecta · exacta · stewards · claiming · allowance · graded · furlong
turf
Grass-covered earth surface
- dirtLoose dry earth
- ovalElongated rounded shape
- homestretchLast portion before completion
backstretch · grandstand · rail · inside · paddock · saddling · parimutuel · railbird · infield · surface
Secretariat
Record-setting Triple Crown champion
- SeabiscuitDried survival bread
- AffirmedDeclared to be true
- NijinskyBallet's gravity defier
- equinesmare, stallion, donkey, foal, pony
- swift runnerscheetah, sprinter, gazelle, pronghorn, greyhound
- Racehorsesthoroughbred, standardbred, colt, filly, mare
- sport animalsgreyhound, polo pony, sled dog, show dog, rodeo bull
- horse racingthoroughbred, horses, jockey, jockeys, thoroughbreds
- horsesmare, mares, stallion, stallions, colt
racehorseworkhorse
Reliable, tireless producer
draft horse · plow horse · pack horse · carriage horse · beast of burden
- piss like a racehorseVoid with great volume
- peeing like a racehorseUrinating in great quantity
- pee like a racehorseVoid an impressive volume
- pissing like a racehorseUrinating in enormous quantity