ADJ
beautiful, fine, good, lovely, magnificent
She rode her beautiful horse across the meadow every morning before work.
bay, black, chestnut, grey, piebald, roan, skewbald | thoroughbred | feral, wild | unbroken | highly-strung, nervous, restless, skittish | frightened, startled, terrified | placid
fancied
The fancied horse stumbled at the final jump and lost the competition.
loose, riderless, runaway
A riderless horse galloped through the village after escaping from the farm.
fresh
The rider stopped at the inn to get a fresh horse before continuing his long journey.
lame
heavy, shire
A shire horse pulled the old wagon slowly down the country lane.
riding, saddle | carriage, cart, carthorse | draught, dray | pack | cavalry, police | race, racehorse
pantomime
The children laughed loudly when the pantomime horse fell over during the Christmas show.
rocking
VERB + HORSE
breed
get ready
Before the long journey, we had to get our horses ready with supplies and water.
saddle | be mounted on, mount | ride | lead | brush down, groom | shoe | stable
handle
My grandfather taught me how to handle horses when I was just a child.
ill-treat | frighten | hobble, tether
nobble
The trainer was arrested after someone tried to nobble his horse before the big race.
HORSE + VERB
canter, gallop, trot, walk
The horse cantered along the quiet country lane on a sunny afternoon.
prance
run
The horse ran across the field faster than we expected.
plod
The old horse plodded slowly along the country lane toward the barn.
neigh, snort, whinny | bolt | rear (up), shy
plunge
The frightened horse plunged forward when the fireworks exploded nearby.
fall, slip, stumble
The old horse slipped on the icy path while we were riding through the forest.
throw sb | jump
pull sth
The farmer's horse pulled the heavy wagon across the muddy field.
prick up its ears | graze
HORSE + NOUN
box
We loaded the pony into the horse box before driving to the competition.
breeder, dealer, lover, owner, rider, trainer
droppings, dung, manure, shit
The farmer spread horse manure over the fields to help the crops grow better.
fair
The local horse fair attracts farmers and buyers from across the region every spring.
race | racing, riding
show, trials
At the weekend, my sister competed in horse trials for the first time and finished in third place.
trough
The farmer filled the horse trough with fresh water every morning.
whip
trading, horse-trading
The two companies engaged in some tough horse-trading before finally reaching an agreement on the price.
PREP
on a/the ~
PHRASES
a horse and carriage/cart, horse-drawn
The bride arrived at the church in a beautiful horse and carriage.