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an adult female horse
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Recent Examples of mare
Bred with stronger British mares, these thoroughbreds define the sport.
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Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Wohlfeil’s decision noted that between the 2024 and 2025 rodeos, the rodeo management team adjusted the rules to not permit the use of electric prods — which had drawn criticism — and also to bar the use of mares known to be pregnant.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
The 6-year-old allowance-level mare Angelic Appeal was euthanized after being injured in a race on the Santa Anita turf course on Saturday, and the maiden 4-year-old colt Cornhuskerchris was euthanized after being injured in training on the Santa Anita training track on Sunday.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
Jean got up during the night to check on the mares that were ready to give birth.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
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Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Wohlfeil’s decision noted that between the 2024 and 2025 rodeos, the rodeo management team adjusted the rules to not permit the use of electric prods — which had drawn criticism — and also to bar the use of mares known to be pregnant.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
The 6-year-old allowance-level mare Angelic Appeal was euthanized after being injured in a race on the Santa Anita turf course on Saturday, and the maiden 4-year-old colt Cornhuskerchris was euthanized after being injured in training on the Santa Anita training track on Sunday.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
Jean got up during the night to check on the mares that were ready to give birth.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mare
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The ad follows a Clydesdale foal that forms a friendship with a young bird.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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For the second year in a row, the ad features a Clydesdale foal from the company’s Warm Springs Ranch facility in central Missouri.—
Gary T. Mills,
Florida Times-Union,
26 Jan. 2026
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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
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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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Meanwhile, a 7-year-old gelding owned by former NFL quarterback Jake Delhomme won the Grade II, $500,000 New Orleans Classic — and set a track record.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Cole, a Belgian gelding who’s about 12 years old, calmly stood tied to a rope in the barn on the Kuehls’ property as visitors walked up to him and rubbed above his nose.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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Baffert said Potente would start once more before the Derby; one possibility is the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 4, a race in which another Baffert colt, Cherokee Nation, is expected to run.—
Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Baffert said the colt would make one more start before the Derby.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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An undefeated filly won the $100,000 Dixie Belle Stakes on Saturday, just not the one that most bettors expected.—
Bob Wisener,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Thurby, a celebration of Kentucky’s heritage featuring live entertainment; and the Kentucky Oaks, a race for 3-year-old fillies (female horses).—
Chase Jordan
February 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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American farms employed 26,493,000 equines in 1915.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Therapists often ignored signs of equine distress or treated them merely as reflections of a patient’s emotional state, rather than as concerns warranting attention in their own right.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Mar. 2026
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Horses brought the firefighting apparatus and a big steed, aptly named Goliath, sensed the danger and ran out of the way, not before being injured.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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That left only Louverture’s charging steed — representing Haiti’s founding moment — against a lush tropical backdrop and azure sky.—
Stefanie Dazio,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Mare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mare. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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