noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful , fine , good , great , lovely , magnificent
▪
He was mounted on the finest ~ you could ever see.
▪ bay , black , chestnut , grey/gray
▪ thoroughbred
▪ wild
▪ unbroken
▪ nervous , restless
▪ frightened , startled
▪ fancied ( BrE )
▪
The two most fancied ~s finished last.
▪ loose , riderless , runaway
▪
Three jockeys were injured when a loose ~ ran across the track.
▪ fresh
▪
They would need fresh ~s if they were to reach the border the next day.
▪ fast
▪ lame
▪ heavy , shire ( esp. BrE )
▪
Heavy ~s were used for delivering beer.
▪ riding , saddle
▪ carriage , cart (usually carthorse ) , draught/draft , dray
▪ pack
▪ cavalry , police
▪ race (usually racehorse )
▪ quarter ( esp. AmE )
▪ champion
▪
They collected tissue samples for cloning from 75 champion ~s.
▪ pantomime ( BrE )
▪
He got a part as the rear end of a pantomime ~.
▪ rocking
VERB + HORSE
▪ breed
▪ own , train
▪ get ready
▪
Get my ~ ready and wait for me.
▪ saddle
▪ be mounted on , mount
▪ dismount ( esp. AmE ), dismount from
▪ ride
▪ spur , spur on , urge
▪
He urged his ~ into a gallop.
▪ lead
▪ brush , brush down , groom
▪ shoe
▪ stable
▪ handle
▪
She has a knack for handling ~s.
▪ frighten
▪ hobble , tether , tie
HORSE + VERB
▪ canter , gallop , trot , walk
▪
Several ~s trotted past us.
▪ prance
▪ run
▪
There are ten ~s running in the next race.
▪ plod
▪
The weary ~ plodded up the hill.
▪ neigh , snort , whinny
▪ bolt
▪ rear , rear up , shy
▪ plunge
▪
The cart overturned, the ~ plunging and rearing in its traces.
▪ fall , slip , stumble
▪
The ~ stumbled and threw its rider.
▪ throw sb
▪ jump
▪ pull sth
▪
They passed an old ~ pulling a cart full of apples.
▪ graze
▪ stand
HORSE + NOUN
▪ box (usually horsebox ) ( BrE ), trailer ( AmE )
▪
The car in front was pulling a horsebox.
▪ breeder , dealer ( esp. BrE ), lover , owner , rider , trainer
▪ hooves
▪ droppings , dung , manure , shit ( slang )
▪ flesh (usually horseflesh )
▪ fair ( BrE )
▪
Hundreds of animals are bought and sold at the annual ~ fair.
▪ race
▪ racing , riding ( BrE ) ( horseback riding in AmE )
▪ show , trials
▪
He won second prize in a ~ show.
▪ trough
▪
The ~ trough was full of stagnant water.
▪ whip (usually horsewhip )
▪ trading (usually horse-trading ) ( figurative )
▪
political horse-trading
PREPOSITION
▪ on a/the ~
PHRASES
▪ a ~ and carriage , a ~ and cart