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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 ...
In addition, the breed club, kennel club, or other governing authority may have other restrictions on the type of animal that can be used for breeding to produce offspring that can be registered. For example, some horse registries allow backbred and crossbred individuals to be breeders. However, most dog registries do not accept crossbred ...
Zenyatta (foaled April 1, 2004) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Classic and Breeders' Cup Distaff and 19 of her 20 starts. She was the 2010 American Horse of the Year, and Champion Older Female in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
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.
In the awards for 2014, in spite of her abbreviated season, she still received five votes for American Champion Older Female, though the award that year went to Close Hatches by a wide margin. [59] Beholder won her third Eclipse Award when she was named the 2015 American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse, taking 256 of the 261 votes. [60]
Pages in category "Female horses" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Filly; M. Mare; Mare milk
Malathaat is a bay mare who was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Stables. [2] She was sired by Curlin, who was the two-time American Horse of the Year.Curlin was known for his class – the ability to carry his speed over classic distances – with wins including the 2007 Preakness Stakes, 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic and 2008 Dubai World Cup.