Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This means an ugly person. You never put a horse up wet with sweat, so cowboys figured that must make them ugly.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was one job of a cowboy. He rode along the fences checking to see if they needed repair.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant a cowboy who rode around from ranch to ranch, exchanging news and gossip for meals. You could also say grub-line rider.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was a way of saying that when you signed on with a ranch, you stayed loyal. The brand represented the ranch and you rode under that brand.
The present tense of rode is ride. Example: The cowboy rode off into the sunset. (past tense) The cowboy rides off into the sunset. (present tense)
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was a horse-riding phrase. It meant to ride a horse until it was overheated. The image is of your horse in an oven baking because you rode it too long or too fast.
He didn't ride a horse he rode an ostrich.
The horse that he rode to get there was called 'friday'.
Gene Autry
The phrase rode hard refers to riding a horse, in a demanding manner; sometimes people ride a horse for a long distance, or at a gallop, which tires the horse out to an unusual degree. That is the literal meaning of riding hard. The term is also used as a metaphor. If anything has been "rode hard" that means you have used it in a particularly stressful manner which may tend to wear it out or damage it.
The cowboys horse is called Sunday!!!!
He rode into town on Friday, he bumped his head, then he lived there for three days, he rode back home on Thursday. He was not sure how that could happen, but actually, he was dreaming!!!!!!!
At least one of them is the name of the horse.