DCHP-1 Online

Red River horse Obs.

• n. Originally, a wild pony, a mustang; later generalized in the West as a name for any horse, often with a derogatory or contemptuous connotation.

  See also: cayuse ((n.))  

  • 1871  (1873)  . . . a Red River cart is a very limited conveyance, and a Red River horse . . . an animal capable of wonders.