foal

Each new foal bore the promise of outperforming a carefully chosen set of parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Two horses were dead when he arrived, including a foal that appeared stillborn or miscarried.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

A brown foal with a white stripe on its muzzle teetered on toothpick legs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

Seven days ago, farm owner Ben Best had been cleaning a pen in the morning when he noticed a foal standing between his two pregnant donkeys, Star and Mary.

From BBC ● May 3, 2025

Loki stayed away for the best part of a year, and when he showed up again, he was accompanied by a gray foal.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Horse-obsessed Gurbanguly has churned out numerous books about Akhal-Tekes and even penned a rap song in honour of one of his foals.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

The consultants recommended that racing emulate the NBA and show off lifestyle content—“from foals at the farm to fashion and food at the races”—that would help the sport look cool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Breeders and trainers of thoroughbred foals typically keep highly detailed records of each animal’s birth, diet and health, as well as any veterinary care they receive.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

A herd of about 40 mares, stallions and foals graze lazily on dry grass over the rugged Stolovi mountain in Serbia's southwest, one out of three such bands of wild horses in the Balkan country.

From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023

Curiously, Hard Tack appeared to be stamping his foals in a mold that was the polar opposite of his own.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Both donkeys had, in fact, foaled at the exact same time.

From BBC ● May 3, 2025

He also gave sworn friend Jamuqa for a mount Toqto’a’s yellowish white mare with a black tail and mane, a mare that had not foaled for several years.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

A lot of owners passed on the horse last year because he was foaled on April 30, making him the youngest horse in the race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

Knicks Go was foaled on Jan. 29, 2016, meaning he actually turns 6 on Saturday.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

‘Away now, Shadowfax! Run, greatheart, run as you have never run before! Now we are come to the lands where you were foaled, and every stone you know. Run now! Hope is in speed!’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

That includes avoiding peak foaling periods and hot weather that would stress the horses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

Among those at the foaling was co-owner Ann Holbrook, who campaigned Zenyatta with her former husband, A&M Records co-founder Jerry Moss.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

“This particular herd is foaling now and pregnant now,” Jessica Blome, their lawyer, told Du on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022

“If we have a mare foaling at 1 a.m. and another at 5 a.m., she is up watching both of them. She knows every horse she owns and there are no shortcuts with her.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2015

Noah, the foaling groom at Claiborne, had summed it up about as well as anyone when he pulled Seabiscuit into the world: “Runty little thing.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand