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Recent Examples of maresSunday finale Brown is seeking his seventh Matriarch win in nine years Sunday in the one-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025 During this time, monitor horses for signs of disease and keep pregnant mares with foals at their side in small groups and away from new/returning horses.—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Nov. 2025 The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
Kelly Groenestijn - International Pet Photography Awards 2025 The encounter of two stallions early in the morning on a foggy January day this year gives the image a magical touch.
The latter was shipped to the Indianapolis Colts in a deal that brought New York two first-round picks and wide receiver AD Mitchell, whom the colts drafted in the second round in 2024.
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Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
The Del Mar Futurity, at 7 furlongs, also revolves around Baffert, whose colts have won the past four runnings and 18 of the past 29, dominance that began with Silver Charm winning the Futurity in a mild upset to jumpstart his journey to victory in the 1997 Kentucky Derby.