yearling

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Doak added that she and the other volunteers named the yearling "Cookie".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

When Flag is on the verge of becoming a yearling, Jody’s father says, “He’ll be like a person standin’ on the state line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Eclipse bought 11 horses during what would be Journalism’s yearling crop.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

The yearling would have barely made a sound as she trotted through brush and dry pine needles on an overgrown path that dropped into a steep canyon.

From National Geographic • Aug. 25, 2023

One morning, when working all the yearlings over two furlongs—a quarter of a mile—in sets of two, he paired Seabiscuit with Faust, the fastest yearling in the barn and a future major stakes winner.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand