foal
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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
He looks to buy fillies and mares that are good broodmare prospects, then either resells them or breeds them and sells the foal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
However, the National Centre for Birds of Prey believed it was "most unlikely" that sea eagles would be capable of flying off with a foal.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
Dwindling foal crops, shrinking purses and a stagnant and aging fan base has pointed to California racing being on the edge of extinction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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
Mr Cameron said it was unlikely the foals had been taken by people.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
More than 260 foals are among the 2,643 animals that have been rounded up for transport to government holding pens since July 9, the agency said on its website Saturday.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
He saw among the galloping herd three foals, their small flanks sweating with the effort of speed.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
The purses are built from nominations of horses and stallions from the day a horse is foaled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
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
They said it also ignores evidence the herds are still in the midst of foaling season when the use of helicopters is largely prohibited.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
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
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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