cutting horse

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A saddle horse specially trained to separate individual animals from a cattle herd.

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: cutting horse

Light saddle horse trained to cut (isolate) livestock, especially cattle, from herds. Most are quarter horses, with the intelligence, speed, and ability to make quick starts, stops, and turns. A well-trained cutting horse can maneuver an animal away from a herd and into a corner with little direction from a rider or, in some cases, without a rider.

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Not a breed, but a class of horse used for working cattle on the range, in cattle camps and in yards. Several varieties exist, e.g. Canadian Cutting horse, American Cutting horse. See also australian Stock horse.

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