Good Breeding

How well are you clued in to horse breeds? Four of them are waiting to be revealed in this crossword. Give yourself free rein to solve. (Answers on page 226.)

ACROSS

1.   Bogus

5.   La ___ (Milan opera house)

10. Groups for soccer moms et al.

14. It springs eternal

15. Like every crossword answer

16. Troop group

17. Scalawags

18. German breed often seen in the Olympics

20. Slangy good-bye

22. ___ pentameter

23. Nigeria’s capital

24. Fireplace guards

25. String in a string quartet

27. Gas and oil, e.g.

28. Figure skater Midori

29. Layout

31. Like maple trees

35. Skip a turn

37. “Air Music” composer Ned ___

39. Classic soft drink

40. Easily split rock

42. Matadors’ foes

44. Shoot the breeze

45. More peculiar

47. Flinches, e.g.

49. Window over a door

52. Baker’s dozen?

53. Soprano Farrell

54. They gambol a lot

57. Old Spanish breed, the mount of kings

59. Song in an opera house

60. A thou

61. Uptight

62. “Who killed ___ Robin?”

63. Steak order

64. Guru followers

65. Leg joint

DOWN

1. The Flying Dutchman, e.g.

2. Last word in The Wizard of Oz

3. Nez Perce horse

4. Peyote source

5. Big beer glass

6. Santa follower

7. Mother's sister, to her niece

8. Sign of summer

9. Consultant's offering

10. It's good on pasta

11. Survivor group

12. At full speed

13. Lip-___ (fake singing)

19. Some peers

21. Shield: Var.

24. Excellent

25. CEOs and such

26. Slanted: Abbr.

27. Uproar

30. Carved pole

32. French draft horse

33. It's cool

34. Chihuahua sounds

36. Alley Oop's time

38. Glacial drifts

41. Detroit dud

43. Sinks below the horizon

46. Dunkable treats

48. Antiaircraft fire

49. "Coffee, ___ me?"

50. Actress Lisa (Melrose Place)

51. Tree of the birch family

52. Cheeky

54. Stool pigeon

55. Paddy crop

56. Japanese rice wine

58. Number after cinque