Fine trappings don't make the horse, and they don't take thoroughbreds from a grocer's cart.
There was a stud of thoroughbreds at Hazelwell, not large, but select, some of the mares boasting of blue blood such as can seldom be obtained after much search.
The two magnificent thoroughbredsstruggled desperately, they fought for victory as only "blue bloods" can, and they knew what it all meant as well as the riders.
Seeing an exhibition of thoroughbreds advertised, with many for sale, a trip was made for the sole purpose of filling this pleasant need in our comfortable chimney corner, and so making our little menage complete.
Afterward, the thoroughbreds from the foothills went side by side.
Isabel's appointments from her own stable had recently arrived and now she could hardly wait to try the thoroughbredsin different styles of vehicles.
The sun had touched the zenith when the thoroughbreds stood in their stalls.
He is our only enemy, and in all his stable of thoroughbreds he has not one that can approach The Prince!
He bet on his own horses, some of which were in every race, and he nearly always won, for his thoroughbreds belonged to a strain which was hard to beat.
He caught one of the grazing thoroughbreds and straddled it with an ease that filled the author's soul with envy.
Storm mules have the reputation now that Storm thoroughbreds used to have in Basil's day: and they sell at a far surer profit.
But, after all, no speculation comes up to betting on thoroughbreds that go flashing by with a feather-weight on them.
When you drive those glossy thoroughbreds that are being trained for you, you will wonder how you could ever bear to sit behind Leo," he said, and laughed when I pretended not to understand.
He depended upon his silver stop watch to divide the thoroughbreds into two classes--those which were short of work and those which were ready.
From the direction of the track came the muffled beat of hoofs, swelling to a crescendo, and diminishing to a thin tattoo as the thoroughbreds rounded the upper turn.
They are young, too; and if you'll dehorn them, I believe they'll make your thoroughbreds hump themselves to keep up with them at the milk pail.
We will start the dairy with twenty thoroughbreds and six scrubs.
Not any thoroughbreds that I know of; mostly common kinds and grade Jerseys or Holsteins.
The champion Arab of the world was matched against one of the worst thoroughbreds in training; the English "plater" carried about five stone more than the pride of the East, and won by a quarter of a mile.
The man was a great lord, he was totally disinterested and utterly generous, he never betted a penny, and he only preferred to see the superb thoroughbreds gallop.
I'm not talking about Lad and Bruce, but the thoroughbreds that are brought up in kennels and that have all their sense sacrificed for points.
Old Lem Hunt had accused him of being a thief, once on a time, when some thoroughbreds had been missing from the San Leon corrals, and Alaric had had hard work to prove his innocence.
But it was noticeable that of all the splendid thoroughbreds within the paddock one was by far the finest.
Many a dark-skinned raider bestrode one of Belding's fast horses, and indeed all except his selected white thoroughbreds had been stolen.
Dick leaned beside her, now with his eyes on her face, now gazing out into the alfalfa field where Belding's thoroughbreds grazed and pranced and romped and whistled.
Upon completing this trip he went to Casita with a number of his white thoroughbreds and shipped them to ranchers and horse-breeders in Texas.
That a man should know nothing of thoroughbreds was perfectly inexplicable to Gaynor.
I know nothing about the race course," he said, "but from what I see of the thoroughbreds I believe a man would have to be of very low order if their noble natures did not appeal to him.
Above the dark waters jockeys in silken jackets and on sweating thoroughbreds drifted to and fro like helpless butterflies.
The girl seemed so slight and yet so masterful on these great larruping thoroughbreds she always rode!
Then, after a facetious dissertation onthoroughbreds as against cow-ponies, Blue Smoke was led out.
The thoroughbreds reached out into that long, tireless running stride that brought their riders nearer and nearer to the Ortez rancho and the Mexican agent of the guerilla captain whose troops were so sadly in need of beef.
The start of the race could not have been better, the seventeen thoroughbreds getting away in almost perfect alignment, after having been at the post less than four minutes.
It was his first ride on a bush horse, which he found very different from the thoroughbreds he had known.
Compared with the thoroughbreds of Langdale Station, the horse was heavily built, but it had beautifully made shoulders and back.
Thoroughbreds on the turf are wont to stick their noses out while running, because this affords them the best breathing power at very high speed.
There are many more worthless brutes among thoroughbredsthan among the common herd.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thoroughbreds" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
