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foal

[fohl] / foʊl /
NOUN
young horse
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Each new foal bore the promise of outperforming a carefully chosen set of parents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Pletcher said a declining foal crop has led to fewer races, which means trainers have fewer opportunities to take the traditional step from maiden race to allowance race to stakes race.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

A donkey foal at a popular farm park has ended up with two mums after a "one in a million" birth.

From BBC May 3, 2025

Jody stared stupidly at the wet, panting foal.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

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

The team of scientists also investigated the long-term consequences of young foals being treated with antibiotics.

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

Today he had managed to capture two unicorn foals.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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

According to one report, about 20,000 thoroughbreds are foaled every year in the U.S., and the Kentucky Derby takes only 20 three-year-olds.

From Washington Times Sep. 28, 2020

A regally bred mare named Brushup had foaled a near-black colt, a son of Man o’ War, and they couldn’t take their eyes off of him.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

As Our Josephina began the unenviable act of foaling, the foal’s emerging hooves looked alarmingly large.

From Washington Post Apr. 29, 2015

He knowed, I reckon, that maybe I weren’t no horse foaling.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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