colt
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The 4-year-old colt, who was injured at the start of the San Diego Handicap, which he rallied to win, will be put out to stud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The colt already was scheduled to begin stallion duty next year at Coolmore’s Ashford Farm in Versailles, Ky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ron Chernow recounts in his biography of Ulysses Grant a childhood episode in which he was sent to buy a colt with instructions to offer progressively higher sums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Rap musicians Lil Yachty and Lil Wayne, as well as Latin music star Rauw Alejandro, are part of Run Fast Racing, which recently purchased a share of the colt from Los Angeles owner-breeder Glenn Sorgenstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
“I can buy a Percheron colt from Sidney’s for five thousand dollars,” he said aloud.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
While O’Neill never could have expected to be here with his Cal-bred, Baffert will start two of the myriad expensive colts his clients buy each year.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
To his audience, many of them women aged 18 to 30, Johnson presents the world of colts, jockeys and towering headpieces as a networking opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
He married Pamela Yellin in 1980, and in 1995 they moved from New Jersey to River Edge Farm, a 110-acre spread in Buellton, Calif., where they raised fillies and colts to become top racehorses.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
Before long, their colts peeped through the tall grass, begging for food and learning to dance.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
There was the stallion, three mares, their colts, and two geldings for riding.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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