horse

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The Grand National at Aintree is among the highlights of the British horse racing calendar.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Maybe value can continue to beat growth, but there are speedier steeds in the investing-factor horse race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

While Freud, Mr. Phillips tells us, describes human beings “as driving the horse in the direction the horse wants to go,” Rorty “wants us to wonder what are better alternative descriptions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The previous horse to do that was Red Rum.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Cunningham rode into the surf so that the horse was in water up to his knees, and the sea licked at the lord’s boots.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff