How to Use thoroughbred in a Sentence

thoroughbred

1 of 2 adjective

• In 1863, the first thoroughbred horse races took place in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• And at Churchill Downs, a bronze of the thoroughbred Barbaro stands in full gallop, a jockey in the tack.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2021
• Phantom Is and IIs are great, but this thing is a thoroughbred.
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
• That event was Preakness Stakes, one of the legs of thoroughbred racing’s triple crown.
  — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2020
• Western way of life?—it’s not so far away from the world of thoroughbred horse breeding.
  — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2023
• Four times he has been named thoroughbred racing's trainer of the year.
  — Steve Almasy, CNN, 15 May 2021
• Belmont Park in New York opens for its first thoroughbred meet.
  — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2021
• That means thoroughbred and harness racing must share the track, and take turns with each style of racing.
  — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
• One was born into horse racing, the son of a renowned thoroughbred trainer.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2023
• The Preakness Stakes is the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown but this year any chance of a thoroughbred winning all three events has been nixed.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 May 2022
• The area is known for its thoroughbred horse farms, which surround the working-class neighborhood.
  — Bycurt Anderson, Fortune, 7 June 2023
• James Ben Ali Haggin, a wealthy attorney and thoroughbred owner, built the mansion in the 1910s.
  — Chanslor Gallenstein, National Review, 27 Feb. 2021
• There is a lot to enjoy for a new fan introduced to thoroughbred racing.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• Like all sports, thoroughbred racing has its fair share of jargon.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 24 Jan. 2023
• All of the thoroughbred jockeys raced July 4, the biggest day of the Los Alamitos seven-day meeting.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2020
• Is there anything the sport of thoroughbred racing holds sacred?
  — New York Times, 13 May 2021
• The first holds a gleaming white diamond cut into a teardrop, and the second a thoroughbred Colombian emerald in the same shape.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Jan. 2023
• Yes, even thoroughbred racehorses need a morning at the spa.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2021
• Lone Star Park was the highest seller in the city in May after thoroughbred racing season kicked off April 22.
  — Maria Leontaras, Dallas News, 16 July 2021
• More than 50 years ago, the Serum Institute began as a shed on the family’s thoroughbred horse farm.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman New York Times, Star Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
• Father and son are buried behind the office in a graveyard that is a who’s who of thoroughbred royalty.
  — Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, 10 June 2023
• The daytime thoroughbred racing did not have a racing or training death this year.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
• Born in the Bluegrass State in 1850, Lexington broke speed and earnings records to become the era's reigning thoroughbred sire.
  — Emily Bingham, The Courier-Journal, 17 Mar. 2023
• The offspring of fast, pedigreed mares are more expensive at the thoroughbred auctions.
  — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• As the mines have altered a picturesque valley known for its grape vines and thoroughbred horses, some locals have pushed back.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
• Geroux kept his eyes on the biggest prizes in thoroughbred racing — the Kentucky Derby.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2022
• The thoroughbred tracks of The Stronach Group, which is among the top lobbying entities in the state, face an uncertain future in Maryland.
  — Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2023
• Saturday’s concert was held as the finale event for the Pegasus World Cup, one of the premiere thoroughbred horse races in the country.
  — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
• Perestroika — Paras for short — is a 3-year-old filly thoroughbred who’s just come off a win at a racetrack in Paris.
  — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2020
• One of the most famous of those horses is the thoroughbred stallion Cactus Ridge, who retired undefeated in 2004.
  — Alicia Dennis, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024

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thoroughbred

2 of 2 noun

• The Blazers should build a strong lead in time to deploy the bench and keep the thoroughbreds healthy.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 30 Aug. 2023
• The share that goes to thoroughbred tracks adds up to about $8.6 million per year.
  — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• Last spring, Plank allowed Vonn to ride one of his thoroughbreds at the farm.
  — Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• If horse racing is the sport of kings, thoroughbreds are the kings of horse breeding.
  — Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 4 May 2018
• And Beach is looking to find Espinoza the next great thoroughbred.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2019
• Four months is a lifetime for a 3-year-old thoroughbred.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 27 Aug. 2020
• The upset is the only loss of the year for Citation, who becomes the eighth thoroughbred to sweep the Triple Crown.
  — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• But afterward, the thoroughbred goes back to the barn for food, rest and relaxation.
  — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2021
• The win gave trainer Mark Casse the final two jewels in the showcase for 3-year-old thoroughbreds.
  — Tom Canavan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2019
• No one would argue that Kentucky's state horse should be the thoroughbred.
  — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• The event will feature the world's top thoroughbreds in 14 races, each carrying a purse of at least $1 million.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2019
• Her husband Gary explained the mix of relief and pride about one of the most unique roads a thoroughbred ever has traveled.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2020
• Some people in the horse racing industry are calling the deaths of 12 thoroughbreds at Churchill Downs a string of bad luck.
  — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2023
• Jockey Emisael Jaramillio was tossed from Cryognic just a few steps from the wire, which meant the thoroughbred was out of the running.
  — Charles Curtis, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2017
• Giving a thoroughbred a cool name can be harder than winning the race.
  — Rachel Aretakis, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2018
• Every May, racing fans from around the world flock to Churchill Downs in Louisville, eager to watch thoroughbreds — many of them reared in the rolling hills nearby — tear around the track.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2019
• Two years have passed since thoroughbreds thundered down the homestretch at Les Bois Park racetrack.
  — Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 13 Oct. 2017
• Running the biggest race of a brief career, Flightline left no doubt about this year’s top thoroughbred.
  — Gary B. Graves, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
• Over the next several days, more thoroughbreds from the training center that had run from the fire that afternoon were found and brought to the racetrack.
  — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• In racing terms, a cocktail was originally a word for a horse that was a mixed breed rather than a thoroughbred.
  — Bee Wilson, WSJ, 22 July 2021
• Messier has proven to be the cream of that crop, and while Baffert’s name will not formally be attached to the thoroughbred, expect the horse to bring some of that Baffert magic to the track.
  — Zack Jones, Forbes, 7 May 2022
• Chapin, 32, of Wenham, was riding her 12-year-old thoroughbred, Joinem.
  — Sofia Saric, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• The condition, though not fatal, can leave thoroughbreds out of sorts for weeks with running noses and aching muscles.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2019
• When Baffert moved to thoroughbreds, Yakteen went with him.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• Read full article My mouth is dry and my heart is thumping as the 18 thoroughbreds gallop by just a horseshoe throw away.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
• The thoroughbreds emerged from every door, ears perked and puzzled by our appearance.
  — Darrell Kunitomi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• The responses confirmed my suspicions: There was just too significant a drop-off from the two thoroughbreds to the rest of the pack.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2018
• Moments before the second race began, murmurs and gasps rippled through the Turf Club: a thoroughbred had slipped loose and bolted around the track.
  — Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2019
• 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
• The most powerful man in this ancient city rides through the streets on prized thoroughbreds and in vintage Rolls-Royce convertibles.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2018

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