Standard-bred adj. Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. (U. S.)
... Travis whipping his mare at every stride. She stood it like the standard-bred she was, and never winced, then she forged ahead farther, and farther, and held the old pacer anchored at her wheels, and the wire ... — The Bishop of Cottontown - A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills • John Trotwood Moore
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