yearling

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About half a dozen volunteers responded to the appeal and brought blankets and warm water for the yearling.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“What he did ... was pretty impressive to me,” Baffert said of the son of Not This Time who sold for $1.15 million as a yearling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 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

Researchers also documented more recent cougar kills: a seven-year-old female wolf in 2019, the yearling female in early September of last year, and then a wolf pup later that month.

From National Geographic • Aug. 25, 2023

Before they had reached the Belt, Groundsel’s party was attacked by a pair of stoats, one old and the other a yearling.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams