What's the difference between thoroughbred and underbred?

Thoroughbred


Definition:

  • (a.) Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.
  • (n.) A thoroughbred animal, especially a horse.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A 5-year-old Thoroughbred gelding was examined because of a small axillary wound sustained 5 days earlier and had resulted in extensive subcutaneous emphysema.
  • (2) Three basic techniques (and one modified technique) were developed, allowing successful excision of subepiglottic cysts in 10 horses (5 Standardbreds, 4 Thoroughbreds, and 1 Quarter Horse; mean age, 3.5 years) via peroral approach.
  • (3) It's so magnificent, like the swishing mane of a thoroughbred stallion … Too late, snip snip, off it comes.
  • (4) Plasma concentrations of estrogens, gestagens, cortisol (F), 13, 14-dihydro, 15-keto PGF2 alpha (PGFM) and pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) in 10 Thoroughbred mares were measured for a 11-month pregnancy period.
  • (5) Thoroughbred horses were run at maximal O2 uptake on a high-speed treadmill until fatigued.
  • (6) Esophageal stenosis was diagnosed in a 7-day-old Thoroughbred foal referred for evaluation of bilateral milky nasal discharge.
  • (7) Thoroughbred horses have been bred exclusively for racing in England since Tudor times and thoroughbred horse racing is now practised in over 40 countries and involves more than half-a-million horses worldwide.
  • (8) No significant associations were detected between laryngeal hemiplegia and any ELA antigen in Thoroughbreds.
  • (9) The source of a previously described radiolucent crescent in the flexor cortex of the distal sesamoid (navicular) bone on the palmaro45 degrees proximal-palmarodistal oblique (Pa45 degrees Pr-PaDio) clinical radiographic projection was investigated in 48 forelimb navicular bones from 24 Thoroughbreds by use of high-detail radiography and x-ray computed tomography (CT).
  • (10) The difficulties that arise in filling out marking certificates for thoroughbreds are described.
  • (11) Her horse Barber’s Shop won the Tattersalls & RoR Thoroughbred Ridden Show.
  • (12) A Thoroughbred stallion with erectile dysfunction following paraphimosis was managed to allow consistent ejaculation.
  • (13) A project to determine if intraarticular corticosteroid therapy was deleterious to the racing Thoroughbred was carried out in the 1971, 1972, and 1973 racing seasons.
  • (14) Changes in concentration of a number of blood metabolites in 30 thoroughbred horses were recorded after an 1110 metre race.
  • (15) Gross post mortem examinations were performed on the lungs of 26 Thoroughbred horses of known exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) status.
  • (16) The gluteus medius of two killed Thoroughbred horses were sampled along the muscle and across the muscle at four different depths.
  • (17) The cumulative pregnancy rate after five services was 85% for Quarter-horse and 77% for Thoroughbred mares (P less than 0-05).
  • (18) Following either exercise or intravenous injection of adrenaline in six thoroughbreds, there was an increase in erythrocyte creatine content and a decrease in ATP concentration.
  • (19) Two foals aged 35 and 48 h from 2 Thoroughbred studs died several hours after developing clinical signs of depression, severe haemorrhagic diarrhoea and dehydration.
  • (20) Six Thoroughbred horses were biopsied the day before and within 30 minutes of completion of the speed and endurance test.

Underbred


Definition:

  • (a.) Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.

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