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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.
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In 1976, three stallions and three mares were imported to Germany from Portugal to begin a sub-population there. [5] In March 2004, a small breeding herd of Sorraia horses was released on the estate of a private land owner who dedicated a portion of his property so that these horses could live completely wild, as did their ancestors.
Horses were known to humans on what is now the Iberian Peninsula as far back as 25,000 to 20,000 BC, as shown by cave paintings in the area. [1] Among the local wild horses originally used by humans were the probable ancestors of the modern Lusitano, as studies comparing ancient and modern horse DNA indicate that the modern "Lusitano C" group contains maternal lineages also present in wild ...
Portugal Burguete [10]: 21 2001 population: 3300; [11]: 57 heavy work and meat horse Caballo de deporte español [13] Spanish Sport Horse: 2001 population: 2350 [11]: 56 Caballo de las Retuertas [10]: 21 Retuertas: population 60-140; feral, first described in 2005 [14] Caballo de Monte del País Vasco [10]: 21 Basque Mountain Horse
A mare is a female horse. Mare is the Latin word for "sea". Mare may also refer to: People. Surname. Mare (surname) Walter de la Mare (1873–1956), English poet and ...
Mare milk is milk lactated by female horses, known as mares, to feed their foals. It is rich in whey protein, polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin C, [1] and is a key ingredient in kumis. In several European countries, including Germany, it is sold powdered. [1] Mare milk is sometimes chosen over cow milk for its purported health benefits. [2]
The word mare comes (through Middle English mare) from the Old English feminine noun mære (which had numerous variant forms, including mare, mere, and mær). [2] Likewise are the forms in Old Norse/Icelandic mara [3] as well as the Old High German mara [5] (glossed in Latin as "incuba " [6]), [7] while the Middle High German forms are mar, mare, [8] [10]