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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

Pletcher said a declining foal crop has led to fewer races, which means trainers have fewer opportunities to take the traditional step from maiden race to allowance race to stakes race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

He looks to buy fillies and mares that are good broodmare prospects, then either resells them or breeds them and sells the foal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

However, the National Centre for Birds of Prey believed it was "most unlikely" that sea eagles would be capable of flying off with a foal.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

A beautiful horse, a strawberry stallion he had raised from a foal.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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 team of scientists also investigated the long-term consequences of young foals being treated with antibiotics.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

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

Now, a year later, Kenyon still mourned him, even though his father, taking pity on him, had promised him the pick of next spring’s foals.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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

According to one report, about 20,000 thoroughbreds are foaled every year in the U.S., and the Kentucky Derby takes only 20 three-year-olds.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2020

‘Away now, Shadowfax! Run, greatheart, run as you have never run before! Now we are come to the lands where you were foaled, and every stone you know. Run now! Hope is in speed!’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

Among those at the foaling was co-owner Ann Holbrook, who campaigned Zenyatta with her former husband, A&M Records co-founder Jerry Moss.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

“This particular herd is foaling now and pregnant now,” Jessica Blome, their lawyer, told Du on Wednesday.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022

Banke not only is as competitive as Jackson was, but she also has found true solace amid the foaling barns and pastures of Stonestreet Farms.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 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