1
a
: foal
especially
: a male foal
b
: a young male horse that is usually not castrated and has not attained an arbitrarily designated age (such as four years)
2
: a young untried person
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a colt who looked to the team's more experienced players for advice
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But the odds on the 4-year-old son of City of Light shortened again Sunday morning when two of the colt’s closest rivals — former Eddie Read champion Gold Phoenix and Atitlan — were scratched from the 1 1/16-mile turf run for older horses.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
While watching a nesting crane keeping a chick warm beneath its feathers, she was startled when a bright yellow gosling popped out instead of a crane colt.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
Too much time had passed to give the colt colostrum, a nutrient-dense fluid produced by mother mammals in the days after giving birth to properly nourish their newborns.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
The colt instead is preparing for the Belmont Stakes on June 7.
Journalism, ridden by Umberto Rispoli and trained by Michael McCarthy, entered the field of nine horses at 6-5 odds.
—Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
While watching a nesting crane keeping a chick warm beneath its feathers, she was startled when a bright yellow gosling popped out instead of a crane colt.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025
Too much time had passed to give the colt colostrum, a nutrient-dense fluid produced by mother mammals in the days after giving birth to properly nourish their newborns.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
The colt instead is preparing for the Belmont Stakes on June 7.
Journalism, ridden by Umberto Rispoli and trained by Michael McCarthy, entered the field of nine horses at 6-5 odds.
—Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
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“Colt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colt. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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colt
noun1
: foal entry 1
especially
: a young male horse
2
: an inexperienced young person
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