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
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
DeVaux has done what she can do to prepare her 3-year-old colt, Golden Tempo, for Saturday’s third leg of the Triple Crown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
But Sergio de Sousa, managing partner at Hidden Brook, suggested Essential Quality, a champion colt at 2 and 3 at the start of this decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Even Bing Crosby, owner of a promising colt named High Strike, began goading Howard.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
Is there a record at Santa Anita for 3-year-old colts running on the dirt that trainer Bob Baffert doesn’t own?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
Before long, their colts peeped through the tall grass, begging for food and learning to dance.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
The small, harmless calves and the young colts would be safe from his silent stalk.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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