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Recent Examples of foal
The royal also got to see some breeding mares and foals up close, gently petting some horses and feeding one a carrot.
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Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Camy, having just lost her own foal, could potentially step in.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
For a small breeding operation, losing a foal represents not just heartbreak, but months — sometimes years — of planning and investment.
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Ryan Brennan
april 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
The ad follows a Clydesdale foal that forms a friendship with a young bird.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Camy, having just lost her own foal, could potentially step in.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
For a small breeding operation, losing a foal represents not just heartbreak, but months — sometimes years — of planning and investment.
—
Ryan Brennan
april 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
The ad follows a Clydesdale foal that forms a friendship with a young bird.
—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foal
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Insulin can come from pig pancreases, estrogen from the urine of pregnant mares.
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But those first few crops of kids exceeded expectations in their 2-year-old seasons, and so owners started bringing him higher-class mares.
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With the win, the colt lofted his trainer Cherie DeVaux to yet a more exalted rung on racing history’s ladder.
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The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
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Mares use this land as a nursery, stallions retreat there to recover from injuries caused by fighting, and old horses go deep into the marsh to lay themselves to rest.
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In the world of thoroughbred racing, stallions reign supreme, as owners and leading farms try to create champion sire lines that can sustain a breeding enterprise for decades.
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My husband Louis and I looked up and saw Dick, a 1,500-pound bay gelding, pause on the skyline and calmly survey the mad scramble of men and horses below him.
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Deniz, a 16-year-old gelding, died on June 9.
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This day in sports history 1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight.
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The race is a prelude to the Preakness, featuring 3-year-old fillies (female race horses).
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The white equine with a red cape originated as a centaur who was transformed into a full horse and given enhanced abilities through witchy ways.
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The horse park has also started Specialized equine therapy for veterans.
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“Foal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foal. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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