How to Use outrider in a Sentence

outrider

noun
  • His deputies and outriders are not quite so deft.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The colt was caught by an outrider and transported back to a barn.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Those looking to the spot where the horse pulled up see an outrider arrive first.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • The horse ran the wrong direction around the track and evaded outriders.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2019
  • For central bankers and their economist outriders, asset prices are a sideshow.
    — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
  • An outrider finally caught the filly near the gap leading to the stable area.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
  • An outrider had a firm hold on Patchy Beaver’s head strap while the other horses cantered back and forth, warming up.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2019
  • He was then judged to be disrespectful of outrider John Cortez after the incident.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 7 July 2019
  • An outrider tried to swoop in at the top of the stretch and corral Bodexpress, but the horse sped up and passed a few competitors near the finish line and kept going.
    — Stephen Whyno, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2019
  • The 3-year-old trained by Richard Mandella was quickly controlled by an outrider after the finish.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Morfin was also accused of using profanity toward the outrider on duty.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2021
  • Unable to maintain social distancing while escorting the horses to the starting gate, outriders covered their mouths with surgical-style masks.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Speaking from Lexington, Reed praised the outrider for his efforts in trying to get Rich Strike to calm down after an intense race.
    — Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2022
  • More than 50 additional cameras will be also used, including a helmet camera on the outrider, who escorts the winning horse and jockey to the winner’s circle.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2018
  • Through the front doors — which boast double leather horse collars — the home’s entryway features an equine sculpture placed on a piece that Churchill Downs outrider Lee Lockwood once had atop his horse.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2022
  • So, it was decided the best way to handle this was to have Santa Anita’s security to issue a citation after the infraction was reported by an outrider.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Meanwhile, the leading outrider of Napoleon’s entourage, who saw a cart blocking part of the road ahead and a carriage blocking the other side of the road, pushed between the two vehicles to create a gap for Napoleon’s driver.
    — National Geographic, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Notably also, these protesters were escorted, at the front and the back of the demonstration, by two police outriders on motorcycles, offering the sort of protection that lately has come to feel rare from the forces of law and order.
    — Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The violation was originally issued by morning outrider Cindy Ellet.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2019
  • Churchill Downs outriders, jockey agents, jockeys Florent Geroux and Julian Leperoux, as well as members of Lukas' barn staff also sat in the crowd.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Velazquez was uninjured, and the riderless Bodexpress galloped on, running slightly wide of the other horses the full 1 3/16-mile distance before being corralled by an outrider after doubling back.
    — Liz Clarke, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2019
  • By contrast, during a recent visit to the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, in July, the king's convoy included four cars and three police motorcycle outriders.
    — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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