How to Use quarter horse in a Sentence
quarter horse
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Now Brown has a creole quarter horse with blue eyes named Misty.
—Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Feb. 2021
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The 5-year-old quarter horse broke sharply, leaving behind a field that had no chance to catch up.
—Hal Lundgren, Houston Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2018
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Is Cool, an elegant chestnut mare, and Your Just Jesse, a fiery quarter horse.
—Star Tribune, 16 Sep. 2020
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The quarter horse suffered a severe facial cut to the bone and a fracture above its left eye, likely caused by its head hitting the windshield.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
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Morgan's chestnut quarter horse and Jenna's overo paint were still and solid as rocks.
—Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 5 Sep. 2017
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Steve Asmussen’s father, Keith, is a co-owner of the horse and a former quarter horse jockey.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 14 Apr. 2021
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The frown quickly fades as she is handed a safety helmet and told that Scooter, a 16-year-old quarter horse, is waiting.
—Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2022
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American quarter horses are used in the sport of reining, a sort of Western dance in which rider and horse are in sync as the horse spins and runs around an arena.
—Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 4 May 2018
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The Bradshaws have moved along with their quarter horse breeding operation to a smaller Texas ranch south of the river.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
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A few hours later her quarter horse son, From Above, won the sixth race during Los Alamitos nighttime program.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2021
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Smarty, a quarter horse, had no intention of being loaded into a trailer in the middle of the night.
—Ian Morris, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2020
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Baffert was a quarter horse trainer in the late 1980s when Mike Pegram, a longtime horse owner, urged him to switch to thoroughbreds.
—Joe Drape, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
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The following year, Gamble switched to all four games on a Saturday up at Nippert, and all of a sudden, the Showdown took off like a quarter horse down a fast track.
—Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, 10 July 2018
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Lily, an American quarter horse, stands in her stall, ears forward as a stranger approaches.
—Wes Swietek, The Seattle Times, 25 Dec. 2017
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Out the window, a weak December sun rose above a corral steaming with quarter horses, which Kretz raises and sells.
—New York Times, 5 July 2018
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Hialeah continued in recent years with quarter horse racing and a casino.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2018
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Baffert’s obsession with the break comes from his background working with quarter horses — the sprinters of the horse racing world — where the start is critical.
—Nora Princiotti, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2018
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The couple own about two dozen horses, a mix of thoroughbreds and quarter horses that mostly run in New Mexico and Arizona.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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Lewis, who specializes in lower-level quarter horses, thought the horse needed to run farther than 400.
—Hal Lundgren, Houston Chronicle, 12 May 2018
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Bradshaw has moved his quarter horse breeding operation to a smaller Texas ranch.
—Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2022
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Their father, Jeff, who wears 10-gallon hats and cowboy boots, moved to Leadville from Minnesota and began buying quarter horses.
—Shauna Farnell, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020
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Jewel is a granddaughter of Dash Ta Fame, a famous barrel racing quarter horse stallion.
—Brett Hoffman, star-telegram, 15 Jan. 2018
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The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has awarded a license for a new facility with plans to offer quarter horse racing in the state.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
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Lewis, who works 40 hours a week for an electric company in addition to training quarter horses, might have to add financial tips to his busy schedule.
—Hal Lundgren, Houston Chronicle, 12 May 2018
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The cast for each approximately two-hour show includes about 20 actors and their Andalusians or quarter horses — which are used more for jousting and games.
—Jessica Peralta, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
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That's been with Baffert, who first encountered quarter horses as a kid on his family's Nogales, Arizona ranch, his entire career.
—Fletcher Page, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2018
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Take a cinematic cruise down the long flat farm roads, cooing at highland cattle and relaxed quarter horses or stop to collect a local farmer’s bounty in exchange for a few dollars in the honor system jar.
—Kaitlyn Wylde, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2018
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The legislation would allow casinos to operate card games without also having to run quarter horse or harness races or jai alai matches.
—Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2021
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When Lukas switched to thoroughbreds, Baffert stayed in quarter horses but eventually got talked into trying the more prestigious form of racing.
—John Cherwa, latimes.com, 16 May 2018
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Love County has been attracting quarter horse trainers since the 1980s who move there to take advantage of the moderate climate, sandy soils, affordable land and low property taxes.
—Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
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