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  2. Mare - Wikipedia

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    A broodmare. Note slight distension of belly, indicating either early pregnancy or recent foaling. 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

  3. Foal - Wikipedia

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    A foal at about weaning age. A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for donkeys. 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".

  4. Horse breeding - Wikipedia

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    A foal will begin to eat hay, grass and grain alongside the mare at about 4 weeks old; by 10–12 weeks the foal requires more nutrition than the mare's milk can supply. Foals are typically weaned at 4–8 months of age, although in the wild a foal may nurse for a year.

  5. Live foal guarantee - Wikipedia

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    Live foal guarantee is a common provision in horse breeding contracts. It is a form of a warranty offered to the mare owner by the stallion owner. Basically, it says that if the mare fails to produce a live foal from the breeding, the stallion owner will breed the same mare again without charging another stud fee. Therefore, the stud fee is ...

  6. Woman Jumps Into Icy Stream to Save Newborn Wild Horse Foal ...

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    The foal was only a few hours old when her rescuer pulled her out of the icy stream in Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, Australia. The district is known for its alpine sports and rocky ...

  7. Filly - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. File:Dales Pony Mare & Foal at the Dales Pony Society Breed ...

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  9. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    Examples include New Forest, Dartmoor and Exmoor ponies in their native locations, stock horse s on many ranches in the American west, and some modern Iberian horses in Spain and Portugal. Herds often consist only of mare s (with or without suckling foal s), but stallion s may be turned out in the mating season, with weanling s (especially colt ...