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saddle horse

n.

A horse bred or schooled for riding.

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saddle horse

n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a lightweight horse kept for riding only Compare carthorse Also called saddler

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saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only mount, riding horse Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times remount - a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle palfrey - especially a light saddle horse for a woman warhorse - horse used in war prancer - a mettlesome or fiery horse hack - a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. cow pony - a light saddle horse trained for herding cattle quarter horse - a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia Morgan - an American breed of small compact saddle horses Plantation walking horse, Tennessee walker, Tennessee walking horse, Walking horse - a horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk American saddle horse - a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky Appaloosa - a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump Arab, Arabian - a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia Lipizzan, Lippizan, Lippizaner - a compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage; "a Lippizan is black or brown when born but turns white by the time it is five years old" buckskin - horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail crow-bait, crowbait - an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows dun - horse of a dull brownish grey color gray, grey - horse of a light gray or whitish color