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stake horse

noun

  1. a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stake horse1

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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Example Sentences

His race showed that Trainer John Morris has been doing some good work with the colt and has a stake-horse in his stable.

It was like the touch of a whip on the flanks of a stake horse.

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