: an uncastrated male horse : a male horse kept for breeding
also
: a male animal (such as a dog or a sheep) kept primarily as a stud
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Twenty died in 2025, including a 20-year-old stallion, a 31-year-old mare and six other mares over age 20, according to the annual report.
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Several of the horses were fairly crazy stallions and one was blind.
—Literary Hub, 6 Apr. 2026
The poisoning of a champion stallion opens an investigation that starts to expose tensions and secrets inside an aristocratic horse breeding dynasty.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Assistant trainer Dennis O’Neill purchased the horse in 2015 at a price of $400,000 before stallion Uncle Mo became the nation’s leading first-crop sire.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Jan. 2026
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Several of the horses were fairly crazy stallions and one was blind.
—Literary Hub, 6 Apr. 2026
The poisoning of a champion stallion opens an investigation that starts to expose tensions and secrets inside an aristocratic horse breeding dynasty.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Assistant trainer Dennis O’Neill purchased the horse in 2015 at a price of $400,000 before stallion Uncle Mo became the nation’s leading first-crop sire.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Stallion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stallion. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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stallion
noun
stal·lion
ˈstal-yən 
: a male horse
especially
: one kept especially for breeding
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