stock horse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stock horse
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Her spirits and mouth healed, she performed well a few weeks ago at a local county stock horse competition.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
They knew every foot of every trail in a badly broken country, and Chief, though sure-footed, was not a stock horse.
From The Land of Strong Men by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)
Brown Betty was a thoroughly good stamp of a stock horse, with plenty of quality; while not, perhaps, of the class of Monarch and Bobs, she was by no means a mount to be despised.
From Mates at Billabong by Bruce, Mary Grant
But he was a stock horse first and a hurdle racer as an afterthought; and a good stock horse knows his rider's mind, if that rider is a good man.
From Back to Billabong by Bruce, Mary Grant
He had brought up a quiet cobby sort of stock horse from the Hollow, plain enough, but a wonder to go, particularly over broken country.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf
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