filly
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Smith said the filly “broke really well but she must have hit herself leaving the gate. She was real choppy and didn’t feel comfortable.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
True to form, we’ve got a filly that’s qualified for the Kentucky Oaks with Fondly, who won the Virginia Oaks, and we’re going to run in the Kentucky Oaks.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
Other notable successes included the 2008 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with the brilliant unbeaten filly Zarkava.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025
Rather than trying to replicate his Derby trip, Hernandez may copy a little of what Robby Albarado, now Mystik Dan’s exercise rider, did for McPeek in winning the 2020 Preakness with filly Swiss Skydiver.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
One afternoon in May of 1936, driving a filly around the far turn of California’s Bay Meadows Racecourse, Neves was on the lead and looking like a cinch to win.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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