cow pony

noun

Definition of cow ponynext
as in quarter horse

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cow pony
  1. quarter horse
  2. saddle horse
  3. mount
  4. cutting horse
  5. pony
  6. warhorse
  7. racehorse
  8. trotter
Noun
  • 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.
    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
Definition of quarter horse
Noun
  • 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
  • The Devil was a saddle horse ridden by Maj.
    Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2021
Definition of saddle horse
Noun
  • The aluminum mount is super strong, and attaches to basically anything—a camper, roof rack, your 4Runner’s trunk, or a truck bed’s tie down rails.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Berger mounts whispered conversations in shadowy hallways, deploys slow-motion sequences backed up by an operatic score, and builds striking tableaus of cardinals warily eyeing one another—elements that are then deliberately paired with hammy, self-aware dialogue.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of mount
Noun
  • The supermodel competed in a few cutting horse events earlier this year, pocketing over $13,000 in winnings.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2024
  • In her 50s, Buckley started riding cutting horses, which are trained to separate a cow from its herd.
    Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 10 July 2019
Definition of cutting horse
Noun
  • Kim and her pint-sized cutie get acquainted with a miniature pony.
    Maria Yagoda, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The chief animal protagonists in this story are two dogs and a polo pony.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of pony
Noun
  • The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.
    Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of warhorse
Noun
  • Among this group of donors are CEOs, lawyers and racehorse owners.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
  • These pastures raise many of the state’s famous Kentucky Derby racehorses.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2024
Definition of racehorse
Noun
  • One Studios International is getting on its trotters through its eye-catchingly titled doc If Pigs Could Talk.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The steaming pigeon and trotter pie at St. John comes to mind, as does a haunch of venison, served on lush spring greens, at the aforementioned Palmerston.
    Will Hawkes, Saveur, 29 May 2024
Definition of trotter
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