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The male-specific term is castration, while spaying is usually reserved for female animals. Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing. [2] In male horses, castrating is referred to as gelding. An animal that has not been neutered is sometimes referred to as entire or intact.
A mature female horse, usually four years of age or older. Also denotes any female horse that has given birth, regardless of her age. [1]: 134 Compare filly. mare line See tail-female. markings Generally refers to white markings on the horse's face, legs, and sometimes the occasional body spot on an otherwise solid-colored horse. [1]: 134
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. The word can also be used for other female equine animals, particularly mules and zebras, but a female donkey is usually
More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, and are used until the horse is three or four. When the foal is nursing from its dam (mother), it may also be called a "suckling". After it has been weaned from its dam, it may be called a "weanling". When a mare is pregnant, she is said to be "in foal". When the mare ...
A few horse owners delay gelding a horse on the grounds that the testosterone gained from being allowed to reach sexual maturity will make him larger. However, recent studies have shown that this is not so: any apparent muscle mass gained solely from the presence of hormones will be lost over time after the horse is gelded, and in the meantime ...
Detroit Horse Power partners Sabrina Cesaire (far right) and Chief Greyhawk (far left) are co-founders of Detroit Equestrian Play Therapy. They brought Molly, an 18-year-old female horse (left ...
The best horse name for your female or male horse or pony is on this list of cute, classic, popular, funny, and rare name ideas, like Seabiscuit and Goldie. 156 Popular Horse Names From Stately ...
Several books about her have been published, including Ruffian, Burning from the Start, Ruffian, A Racetrack Romance, Ruffian: Horse Racing's Black Beauty, and The Licorice Daughter, My Year with Ruffian. In Lexington, Kentucky, the road into the Masterson Station Park is named "Ruffian Way" and a monument in her honor can be found inside the park.