How to Use racehorse in a Sentence

racehorse

noun
  • The result is a book not just about a racehorse, but about race.
    — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2022
  • The racehorse that needed a name turned out to be pretty good.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
  • Like a great racehorse, these marvelous chapters seize the bit and take us on a thrilling run.
    — Emily Bingham, The Courier-Journal, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Dad sends me texts signed with the racehorse emoji—his signature for a few years now.
    — Hazlitt, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The train that rings Vesuvius makes its rounds as racehorses train along the shore.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Over the decades, spates of racehorse deaths have shaken the industry.
    — Wired, 30 Oct. 2019
  • His ideas about many things, such as racehorse aftercare, are admirable.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The one with the little Kentucky racehorse on top of the bottle?
    — Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Queen Elizabeth was an avid horse lover as well as a racehorse breeder.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • Among this group of donors are CEOs, lawyers and racehorse owners.
    — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Two of the shields remained blank to record the name of the initial winner and that racehorse’s image.
    — Kim Wickens, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
  • The former racehorse knew how riders were supposed to direct her.
    — Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2022
  • In fact, 24 of her racehorses won at the prestigious horse races through the years.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
  • Except that Andy had told me that a polar bear is faster in its initial burst than a racehorse out of the gate.
    — Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
  • James is built like a racehorse and his defensive ability is his calling card.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Toni Collette leads the pack of Welsh dreamers who pool their money to buy a racehorse.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
  • And just like Bostwick tagged his prize racehorse, the poodle has a discreet ear tattoo.
    — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The ladies haven’t had that problem, lurching out of the gate like the racehorses at Ascot.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • Owners there have their mares lined up in the hope of getting what is supposed to be the perfect seed from the perfect racehorse.
    — Joe Drape, SFChronicle.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The rest of the letter is breezily taken up with racehorses and shoes, cameras and hi-fi equipment.
    — Kevin Young, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The seven-month-old twins watched as racehorse Dornoch won the last run of the Triple Crown series.
    — Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
  • The track is abuzz, too, about a phenomenal young racehorse named Flightline that has won each of his first four races — by a lot.
    — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
  • And yet, there is the matter of the Portofino’s racehorse-like relentless champing at the bit to surge to the front.
    — Dan Carney, Popular Science, 23 Mar. 2020
  • For Cronin, whose 3-year-old racehorse is also set to run this spring, the same refrain works for both endeavors.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Behind the scenes, a crew of dedicated workers care for the racehorses.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The caterpillars are usually plucked out of trees in the days before the race and given names, like racehorses.
    — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Eligible splurges include yachts, cars, racehorses, and private jets—as long as they’re used for business more than half of the time.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In the meantime, to switch sports for a moment, OpenAI is like a fractious racehorse.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Thank you for putting the disturbing story of the deaths of so many racehorses on the front page of Sunday’s newspaper.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 5 July 2019
  • Paras is a racehorse who, after wandering away from her stable with a purse filled with the day’s winnings in her teeth, finds a new life and new friends in one of the city's parks.
    — Rochelle M. O’Gorman, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2020

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