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"Al Khamsa" (الخمسة) is a designation applied to specific desert-bred bloodlines of the Arabian horse considered particularly "pure" by Arabian horse breeders, who sometimes also describe such lines by use of the Arabic word asil, meaning "pure". It also refers to a mythical origin story of the breed. Al Khamsa roughly translates as 'The ...
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.
0–9. 2005 Breeders' Cup; 2005 Breeders' Cup Classic; 2006 Breeders' Cup; 2006 Breeders' Cup Classic; 2007 Breeders' Cup; 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic; 2008 Breeders' Cup
After the 2009 Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic, Cocoa Beach was retired to join the Godolphin broodmare herd. [2] She is the dam of Imperia, winner of the 2014 G3 Pilgrim Stakes , and the graded stakes placed mare Lido.
A young female before she has had a calf of her own [2] and who is under three years of age is called a heifer (/ ˈ h ɛ f ər / HEF-ər). [3] A young female cow that has had only one calf is occasionally called a first-calf heifer.
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 could, using individuals of differing phenotypes, create a new breed with specific characteristics.
[2] [8] In 2003, they had a win at the Belmont Stakes, with Empire Maker and also had wins in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 2001, 2005 and 2009 with Banks Hill, Intercontinental and Midday. [2] They won the Breeders' Cup Classic with Arrogate in 2016, and the Breeders' Cup Mile with Expert Eye and Breeders' Cup Turf with Enable in 2018 ...
To prep for the upcoming Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs, Round Pond ran in the Molly Pitcher Stakes and Beldame Stakes, finishing second and third, respectively. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Round Pond was sent off at outsider odds of 14–1 in the 2006 Breeders' Cup Distaff , the bettors giving most of the attention to Fleet Indian , who was entering the ...