yearling

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Doak added that she and the other volunteers named the yearling "Cookie".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

When Flag is on the verge of becoming a yearling, Jody’s father says, “He’ll be like a person standin’ on the state line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

As a yearling, the horse had been named Cody’s Wish at the suggestion of Mary Bourne, the office manager at Gainsborough, who had stayed in touch with the Korman family.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Washington’s first known wolf death by cougars, in 2013, was an underweight yearling female traveling on a ridgeline in the Cascade Mountains.

From National Geographic • Aug. 25, 2023

It may have been the fastest quarter ever run by a yearling.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand