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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 called a "jenny". A broodmare is a mare used for breeding.
Contrary to popular misuse, "colt" refers to a young male horse only; "filly" is a young female. Though many horse owners may simply breed a family mare to a local stallion in order to produce a companion animal, most professional breeders use selective breeding to produce individuals of a given phenotype, or breed. Alternatively, a breeder ...
A young female horse. Normally a horse under four years of age, [1]: 78 but can also be used of a horse under three years of age. [8]: 186 Any female horse that has had a foal is referred to as a mare, regardless of her age. [1]: 78 five gaited A horse with five gait s: walk, trot, canter, rack, slow gait. flank The side of a horse. float 1.
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A newborn horse is "foaled". After a horse is one year old, it is no longer a foal, and is a "yearling". There are no special age-related terms for young horses older than yearlings. When young horses reach breeding maturity, the terms change: a filly over three (four in horse racing) is called a mare, and a colt over three is called a stallion.
The word dzo technically refers to a male hybrid, while a female is known as a dzomo or zhom. In Mongolian , it is called a khainag (хайнаг). There is also the English portmanteau term of yattle —a combination of the words yak and cattle , [ 1 ] as well as yakow [ 2 ] [ 3 ] —a combination of the words yak and cow .
The Percheron is a breed of draft horse that originated in the Huisne river valley in western France, part of the former Perche province, from which the breed takes its name. . Usually gray or black in color, Percherons are well-muscled, and known for their intelligence and willingness to wo
A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare.There are two specific definitions in use: In most cases, a filly is a female horse under four years old.; In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, the world of horse racing sets the cutoff age for fillies as five.