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

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

The farm staff considered the idea of trying to find an orphan foal to give to the bereaved donkey, but Mr Best said he realised why that wouldn't work.

From BBC ● May 3, 2025

She thought she had property rights in the foal, Specklebottom’s blood line being what it was.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" 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

Mr Cameron said some of the smaller foals would weigh about 10kg, the equivalent of a lamb which is four or five weeks old.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

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

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

‘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

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

“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

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

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 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