racehorse

From race +‎ horse.

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racehorse (plural racehorses)

1. A horse that competes in races.
   • 1946, Frank Sargeson, That Summer, and Other Stories, page 31:

     They were bosker horses. Until I went to work for Bill I didn't know how good racehorses are.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:

     Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses.

   • 1984, Steven Adcock, “ Warm-up”, in Steve Adcock’s Partner Workout: A Two-Person Exercise System that Provides Aerobic Benefits, Strength Building, and Flexibility Techniques Without the Need for a Gym or a Single Piece of Equipment, New York, N.Y.: M. Evans and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 27:

     Picture yourself betting on a racehorse, seeing the animal take the lead, and then watching the horse suddenly stop because it pulled a muscle not properly warmed up by its trainers. You’d get pretty heated under the collar, and that’s not the kind of warm-up that’s very beneficial. Horseflesh and humanflesh alike need to be warmed up before strenuous activity.

   • 2015 June 12, Benjamin Morris, “Where Have You Gone, Secretariat?”, in FiveThirtyEight‎, archived from the original on 20 December 2016:

     Clearly, it’s that Secretariat is overrated. OK, exhale. I’m not trolling you. I’m just being extremely nitty about the marginal shades of “really, really great.” By “overrated,” I certainly don’t mean to imply that Secretariat isn’t the best 3-year-old American racehorse in history – he is.

• horse race, horse-race, horserace