But the beefy San Diego high school students shopping there were probably not thoroughbred breeders.

"Don't Thoroughbred owners have their own trainers?"

I swindled a widow and some orphans out of their last cow, which is a very good one, though not thoroughbred, I believe.

Its meadows were as lush as any in the area, and the horses at pasture were beautiful though not Thoroughbreds.

Many jump racers, especially those bred in France, are not Thoroughbreds, being classified as AQPS.

Three years later, on a blind date involving Roosevelt Raceway ("that's trotters, not thoroughbreds," Mr. Schwartz notes), Mr. Schwartz met Sheryl, who was 18.

D'Artagnan sneak into the king's palace and reveals his feeling to the bichonm singing that "I am not thoroughbred, which is a minus, but I am noble hearted, and that is a plus" and that he is "ready to fight a dozen cats" for her.

He also has made a name for himself in thoroughbred racing.

We have no idea whether thoroughbred horses love to race.

There are now about 40 thoroughbred horses on the farm.

Fayette County is the center of the nation's thoroughbred industry.

There's more of the same in this show drawn from a thoroughbred collection.

These days, a sense of urgency is sweeping through the state's thoroughbred industry.

It was considered the most prestigious thoroughbred sales in the world.

There has been no racing at the thoroughbred track since Saturday.

That was the year of the first recognized thoroughbred race in America, at a nearby site.

The other is thoroughbred racing in the summer, when the population doubles to 50,000.

Tomorrow it will return to playing host to thoroughbred horses.

Most people thought the thoroughbred season in Saratoga was only for the rich.

"I want to have a bet on every thoroughbred race run.

I hope one day Concord will also be known for its thoroughbred horses.

So far, the thoroughbred industry does not seem interested.

No other sport has the short shelf life of thoroughbred racing.

The presence of so much decay made the thoroughbred uneasy.

Bell was a long time owner of thoroughbred race horses.

She is the most successful female thoroughbred rider in racing history.

In just 48 hours this past weekend, the bottom fell out of the thoroughbred racing season.

The town is well known for its farming and thoroughbred stables.

A large thoroughbred horse stud also has its base there.

But those were the days when we all helped subsidize thoroughbred racing.

His dream, he said, is to retire and raise thoroughbred horses.

But until recently, no one thought to use this technology on thoroughbred horses and other valuable animals.

Even a thoroughbred like Thomas can have a bad moment.

This race is for 3 years old or more thoroughbreds.

What good would such a famous thoroughbred be to him?

In the winter, more than 1,500 thoroughbreds call the area home.

There are men who can make thoroughbreds nervous so they run their best.

But I was like a thoroughbred who wasn't given a chance.

He's a thoroughbred, which means nervous, from your point of view.

He was born into a family involved in the Thoroughbred racing industry.

A thoroughbred, if ever there was one, the police inspector thought.

In his only season with the Thoroughbreds, he coached the team to an 18-4 record.

But the threat of rain did not stop families from coming to see the thoroughbreds in action.

"They're always stealing something or other and they've got a good eye for a thoroughbred."

That's what she was, a thoroughbred, with her glossy black hair and dark eyes.

They shipped more than six hundred thoroughbreds out of the country.

Over the years, this has become the world's largest sale of thoroughbreds.

In fact, 95 percent of the thoroughbreds alive today are his descendants.

"I like to see these young thoroughbreds; they help my image," Jackson said.

Now you give a thoroughbred a licking and see what happens.

But she had still looked beautiful and very purposeful, a real thoroughbred.

"This is like making a bet on a thoroughbred," he said.

Even in this vast assembly they stood out as thoroughbreds.

Back in Kentucky thoroughbreds often "race among themselves on the field," the doctor said.

A Kentucky thoroughbred would have had a hard time keeping pace.

They came in second place to the Thoroughbreds in 1978.

For those who nurture and love thoroughbreds, however, there is no such worry.