stock horse

American  

noun

Western U.S.

1. a horse or pony used in herding cattle.

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Etymology

Origin of stock horse

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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

She looks like an awful old stock horse, don't she?

From The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas by Gaunt, Mary

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

A bullock-wagon was drawn up on the side of the road, and a lean stock horse, hitched to a post, stood twitching his tail to keep the flies away.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah

A surer, better stock horse was never ridden, and always ridden by the writer.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward