saddle horse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of saddle horse
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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Today Kelso is employed in Maryland as Mrs. Richard C. du Pont's favorite saddle horse, while Forego is a pensioner in Kentucky.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grateful Newporters presented him with a saddle horse, and for similar service citizens of Fort later gave him a set of silver.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young horses, such as Mountain Pippin, a three-gaited saddle horse owned by Jane's Place; Lieutenant W. M. Cleland's six-year-old Irish hunter Margot; H. Hollon Crowell's hunter Sir Conrad—won more than their usual share of blues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another characteristic Mount is Bargaining for a Horse, showing two farmers, standing near a sleek saddle horse tethered to a barnyard fence, and busily engaged in whittling their way through a deal.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he had money in his pockets, a big shouting laugh for everybody, and a saddle horse for me.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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