thoroughbred

comparative more thoroughbred · superlative most thoroughbred

1. Bred from pure stock.
2. Well-bred and properly educated.

plural thoroughbreds

1. Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”).

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   A CNN analysis of disciplinary records found that the top earning trainers in the sport – whose thoroughbreds win them millions of dollars – have all broken rules meant to keep their horses safe. Trainers slapped with violations have continued racing, pocketing winnings while paying minimal fines. […] During the 2018-2019 season, a staggering 56 horses died at one of the most glamorous racetracks in the country, Santa Anita Park, once home to the famous 1940s thoroughbred Seabiscuit.

   2023 June 10, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon and Pamela Brown, “As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed at keeping the animals safe”, in CNN

2. broadlyAny purebred horse.
3. A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).

   That athlete is a real thoroughbred.

4. A well-bred person.

plural Thoroughbreds · alternative thoroughbred

1. A horse of a breed derived from crosses between Arabian stallions and English mares, bred for racing, with its breeding history recorded in an official stud book.

   He wanted to be at the white-hot center of equine sport, to become a jockey, to be able to feel the thrust and power of a Thoroughbred in its ultimate competition: racing flat out, surging to the head of the herd.

   2007, Gene McCormick, The Blue Collar Thoroughbred: An Inside Account of the Real World of Racing, McFarland, →ISBN, page 103