Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word THOROUGHBRED

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Definitions of THOROUGHBRED

1. Bred from pure stock.
2. well-bred and properly educated.
3. A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
4. A well-bred person.
5. A horse of a breed derived from crosses between Arabian stallions and English mares, bred for racing, with its breeding history recorded in an official stud book.
6. Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred ("horse bred for racing").
7. (loosely) Any purebred horse.

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Examples of Using THOROUGHBRED in a Sentence

• Manhattan Handicap, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
• The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse.
• January 3 – In the court of James I of England, the king's favorite George Villiers becomes Master of the Horse (encouraging development of the thoroughbred horse); on April 24 he receives the Order of the Garter; and on August 27 he is created Viscount Villiers and Baron Waddon, receiving a grant of land valued at £80,000.
• Lexington Stakes (Keeneland), a thoroughbred horse race held at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky.
• Bowling Green Stakes, an American thoroughbred horse race held annually in Saratoga Springs, New York, U.
• The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.
• The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
• Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989), also known as Big Red, was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse who was the ninth winner of the American Triple Crown, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races.
• Due to animal cruelty, the racing of Thoroughbred horses has been steadily declining in popularity worldwide, a massive amount of organisations and individuals have boycotted the sport.
• Northern Dancer (May 27, 1961 – November 16, 1990) was a Thoroughbred that, in 1964, became the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
• Nijinsky (21 February 1967 – 15 April 1992) was a Canadian-bred, Irish-trained champion Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
• The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.
• The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.
• Excelsior Stakes previously the Excelsior Handicap, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually.
• Planters had depended on the labor of enslaved African Americans to work the commodity crops of tobacco and hemp, as well as care for thoroughbred horses and other quality livestock.
• The La Habra Stakes, run since 1973 at the Santa Anita Park Thoroughbred race track, is named for La Habra.
• Arlington Heights is known for the former Arlington Park Race Track, home of the Arlington Million, a Breeders' Cup qualifying event; it also hosted the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in 2002.
• It is known for its thoroughbred breeding farms, such as Upson Downs Farm and Sunny Acres Horse Farm (now occupied by Forever Green Farm Riding Academy).
• Planters cultivated tobacco and hemp, and raised blooded livestock, including Thoroughbred racehorses, and cattle and sheep.
• The town sits just off Interstate 64 and among several major thoroughbred breeding operations, such as Three Chimneys Farm and former Gov.
• Located in what became known as the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, where farmers also raised thoroughbred horses and other high-quality livestock, the city was officially incorporated on February 13, 1837.
• From 1949 to 2018, it was the site of the Hazel Park Raceway, considered a high-quality facility originally used for both Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing.
• Nearby is East Rutherford, in which can be found the Meadowlands Sports Complex, home to the National Football League's New York Giants and New York Jets, and a racetrack at which both thoroughbred horse racing and harness racing are conducted.
• Ogden Mills (December 18, 1856 - January 29, 1929) – American financier and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.
• Matz, an American Olympics equestrian rider and Thoroughbred horse trainer who won the 2006 Kentucky Derby.

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