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Definition of Standardbred
1. a. Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders.
Definition of Standardbred
1. Noun. (horse racing) A breed of horse bred specifically for harness racing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Standardbred
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Standardbred
Literary usage of Standardbred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public School Methods (1921)
"Like the Thoroughbred, the standardbred was evolved for the sole purpose of speed
... In fact, the standardbred may be styled the trotting horse of America, ..."
2. Management and Breeding of Horses by Merritt Wesley Harper (1913)
"CHAPTER X THE standardbred HORSE The standardbred breed includes both the ...
The origin of the standardbred horse.—This breed is of American origin, ..."
3. The Breeds of Live-stock by Carl Warren Gay (1916)
"AMERICAN standardbred HORSE. Plate IV. By John A. Craig 86. The trotting horse
has entered more largely into the pleasures and uses of the American people ..."
4. The Breeds of Live-stock: By Live-stock Breeders by Carl Warren Gay (1916)
"AMERICAN standardbred HORSE. Plate IV. By John A. Craig 86. The trotting horse
has entered more largely into the pleasures and uses of the American people ..."
5. Animal Husbandry for Schools by Merritt Wesley Harper (1919)
"The standardbred compared with the Thoroughbred. — In conformation the trotter
and pacer tends to be angular, the muscles and joints showing prominence, ..."
6. Animal Husbandry for Schools by Merritt Wesley Harper (1913)
"... of Messenger { Daughter of Messenger There are several notable families of
standardbred horses, of which the Hambletonian descending from Hambletonian ..."
7. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"It is seen that about the middle of the past century the leading families of the
standardbred trotter had their inception, and the breed began to assume ..."
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