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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

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

"Usually, if an animal loses a calf or a foal or a lamb, they will stay with the dead animal," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

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

“Through inside contacts I have with the State Animal Husbandry Board. Don’t you remember last week when their inspector was out here examining Judy? They’re eager to have her foal; she’s an unmatched superior.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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

Mr Cameron said some of the smaller foals would weigh about 10kg, the equivalent of a lamb which is four or five weeks old.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

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

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

A lot of owners passed on the horse last year because he was foaled on April 30, making him the youngest horse in the race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 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

"Newmarket - where Frankel was foaled and forged," proclaims the promotional video at the National Horseracing Museum in the Suffolk town.

From BBC ● May 4, 2013

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

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

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

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2015

He knowed, I reckon, that maybe I weren’t no horse foaling.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison