troop-horse

I was directed to keep close beside them, and accommodated for the purpose with a troop-horse.

Rob Roy 2005

The snaffle-bit is universally used, even by the officers, although the average Russian troop-horse is noted for his hard mouth.

Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Theo. F. Rodenbough

Losing the way, the troop-horse stumbled into a ravine and broke his neck.

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

Then he got his troop-horse to climb up and stand upon it, while this strong-armed constable took hold of the

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

The troop-horse, like all soldiers, has to learn his drill till he becomes as efficient as his rider.

A Horse Book Mary Tourtel

I cannot imagine John's conversation as anything but _ad hominem_, and his jokes as weighty as a kick from a troop-horse, and as pleasant.

From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

Van and his rider flew easily along, bounding over the springy turf with long, elastic stride, horse and rider taking the rapid motion as an every-day matter, in a cool, imperturbable, this-is-the-way-we-always-do-it style, while my poor old troop-horse, in answer to pressing knee and pricking spur, strove with panting breath and jealously bursting heart to keep alongside.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

-- 'The animal was a Hungarian, a troop-horse in the 3rd

Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks

Van, though invoiced as a troop-horse sick, had attracted the attention of the colonel from the very start, and the colonel had speedily caused him to be transferred to his own stable, where, carefully tended, fed, groomed, and regularly exercised, he speedily gave evidence of the good there was in him.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

You ride the troop-horse, and Freake has provided a mare for Margaret.

The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough