Topic: As fast as greased lightning...

[Betsy]

Well, not that--it's kind of a cliche.

But I need cowboy slang for:  "She rode (her horse) as fast as a.....(something)"

Any ideas?  Thanks, in advance!!

[Marissa Doyle]

as fast as a spooked rattlesnake?

[scribblegirl]

...as fast a Gila monster running on hot desert sand.

[vickiwatson]

Galloped is the correct term for the fastest gait of a horse, so maybe rather than saying she rode her horses as fast as... you could say she galloped...

off into the sunset

[amberturner]

...as a greased tornader.

[olmue]

Lizards are pretty fast--maybe something with that?

[mlbrown]

...a jackrabbit with its tail on fire
...a spooked salamander
...a hornet in a hailstorm (doesn't make a whole lotta sense, but I like the sound of it:))

[Venessa Ann Schwarz]

...as an arrow shooting through the praire wind.

[swanndown]

...fast as a preacher's tongue

....fast as greased gossip

....fast as a late-to-dinner cougar

[Betsy]

Thanks!  I see a couple I like.  But keep them coming.

[KatyD]

Faster than a tumbleweed in a hurricane.

[mlbrown]

Faster than a tumbleweed in a hurricane.

Ooo, that's a good one. Maybe a tumbleweed in a tornado?

[LTMadison]

striking rattlesnake

a windmill in a thunderstorm

a roadrunner being chased by a wiley coyote

a shiver of fear

a stroke of luck

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[majanecka]

as fast as a steam engine

[Julia]

Lots of good ideas here - but I'm wondering about the context. Is she racing away from something? Is she just going fast because she likes to? Is the horse running away with her? There's a big diff between galloping "away from" or "to" something and I think you'd want your phrase to speak to that.