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foal

[fohl] / foʊl /
NOUN
young horse
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Each new foal bore the promise of outperforming a carefully chosen set of parents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

People don't always realise they can be taking on a near-lifetime commitment, he said, as a donkey foal can live for up to 50 years.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Two horses were dead when he arrived, including a foal that appeared stillborn or miscarried.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

Dwindling foal crops, shrinking purses and a stagnant and aging fan base has pointed to California racing being on the edge of extinction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2025

A foal with a parrot mouth called Sweetheart.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Horse-obsessed Gurbanguly has churned out numerous books about Akhal-Tekes and even penned a rap song in honour of one of his foals.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

The consultants recommended that racing emulate the NBA and show off lifestyle content—“from foals at the farm to fashion and food at the races”—that would help the sport look cool.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

The 51-year-old told the BBC he was on his way to Canterbury to drop the foals off for a friend when the crash happened between junctions 24 and 25 eastbound at 08:50 BST on Saturday.

From BBC Oct. 12, 2023

The process is called docking and often is performed on foals using a special constricting band, the American Veterinary Medical Association explained on its website.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2023

He saw among the galloping herd three foals, their small flanks sweating with the effort of speed.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Both donkeys had, in fact, foaled at the exact same time.

From BBC May 3, 2025

He also gave sworn friend Jamuqa for a mount Toqto’a’s yellowish white mare with a black tail and mane, a mare that had not foaled for several years.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

The purses are built from nominations of horses and stallions from the day a horse is foaled.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2023

Knicks Go was foaled on Jan. 29, 2016, meaning he actually turns 6 on Saturday.

From Seattle Times Jan. 28, 2022

A regally bred mare named Brushup had foaled a near-black colt, a son of Man o’ War, and they couldn’t take their eyes off of him.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

That includes avoiding peak foaling periods and hot weather that would stress the horses.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

Leigh says the bureau has erroneously concluded that peak foaling season is the same for all herds — from March 1 through June 30.

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2023

“The foaling was filled with ease and elegance and both mom and baby are in excellent health and exude happiness,” a post on the site Zenyatta.com said.

From Washington Times Jun. 12, 2023

As Our Josephina began the unenviable act of foaling, the foal’s emerging hooves looked alarmingly large.

From Washington Post Apr. 29, 2015

Noah, the foaling groom at Claiborne, had summed it up about as well as anyone when he pulled Seabiscuit into the world: “Runty little thing.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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