Advertisement
Advertisement
stake horse
noun
a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.
Word History and Origins
Origin of stake horse1
Example Sentences
On that the sheriff was ready to stake horse and groom, and a hundred dollars beside, that he couldn't do it; but, as it was, he would bet all the money he had about him; and he would go to fetch it when it fell—for he never thought it possible for any gun to carry so far.
It was like the touch of a whip on the flanks of a stake horse.
The New York students, who love all favorites, were enraptured: here was a stake horse, with Arcaro up, out for a gallop; any price was a good one.
It was just before sundown, and a bunch of horses which had been run into the corral when the stake horse was changed had not gotten far away.
That much lead will stop a stake horse.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse
