foal

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

Staff at Dalscone Farm in Dumfries now have a unique family-of-three after a series of events left the two mothers believing the foal was theirs.

From BBC ● May 3, 2025

There were some heavy farm horses grazing in the meadows and often a racehorse mare out to grass with her foal.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

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

The process is called docking and often is performed on foals using a special constricting band, the American Veterinary Medical Association explained on its website.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

He used to arrive late to their accounting class with singular excuses—a cow’s lack of appetite, the difficult birth of two foals.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

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

‘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

Leigh says the bureau has erroneously concluded that peak foaling season is the same for all herds — from March 1 through June 30.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

“The foaling was filled with ease and elegance and both mom and baby are in excellent health and exude happiness,” a post on the site Zenyatta.com said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

“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

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

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison