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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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

Mr Best said; "That's where the confusion got deeper. Both mums thought the foal was theirs. Both were behaving exactly the same way, almost mirroring each other's behaviour."

From BBC ● May 3, 2025

“Last February he rode a seabull across the Straits of Semper, in a storm, to rescue a unicorn foal who had been swept out to sea,” said Warren.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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 51-year-old told the BBC he was on his way to Canterbury to drop the foals off for a friend when the crash happened between junctions 24 and 25 eastbound at 08:50 BST on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2023

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

For example, herds of wild horses consist of one stallion, up to half a dozen mares, and their foals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

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

"Newmarket - where Frankel was foaled and forged," proclaims the promotional video at the National Horseracing Museum in the Suffolk town.

From BBC ● May 4, 2013

‘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

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