競走馬(きょうそうば)

きょうそうば
noun
racehorse
animal-mammalsports
1. racehorse
A horse bred and trained to run in horse races, in Japan mostly thoroughbreds.
競走馬(きょうそうば)が走(はし)る。
Racehorses run.
サラブレッドの競走馬(きょうそうば)は、2歳(さい)ごろからレースに出(で)る。
Thoroughbred racehorses start racing at about two years old.
Retired racehorses sometimes start a second life at riding clubs.

競走(きょうそう) (a race) + 馬(うま), read ば.

Common collocations

Watch out

競走(きょうそう) (a race, running against others) and 競争(きょうそう) (competition in general) share a reading. The horse is always 競走(きょうそう)馬(ば).