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A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. [1] In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing , a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old.
Some breeders consider the quality of the sire to be more important than the quality of the dam. However, other breeders maintain that the mare is the most important parent. Because stallions can produce far more offspring than mares, a single stallion can have a greater overall impact on a breed.
Soaring Softly (1995 in Kentucky – 2015) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose biggest win came in the 1999 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.She originally raced on dirt, with limited success.
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The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for fillies and mares, three years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships .
The breed was built on a mare base of all-purpose farm and carriage horses, today called the Alt-Oldenburger. The modern Oldenburg is managed by the Association of Breeders of the Oldenburger Horse , which enacts strict selection of breeding stock to ensure that each generation is better than the last.
Tregonwell's Natural Barb Mare (foundation mare of family 1) was the fifth dam of Bonny Lass (1723, family 1-a) who was the third dam of Promise (1768, family 1-d) who was the dam of Prunella (1788, family 1-e) who was the dam of Penelope (1798, family 1-o) who was the dam of Web (1808, family 1-s) who was the fifth dam of Queen Bertha (1860 ...
La Troienne (1926–1954) was one of the most famous and influential Thoroughbred broodmares in twentieth century America. She produced 10 winners including two Hall of Fame inductees while at stud, while her daughters in turn produced many notable offspring.