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{{About|the type of horse|the American city|Philly}} | {{About|the type of horse|the American city|Philly}} | ||
A '''filly''' is a [[female]] [[horse]] that is too young to be called a [[mare]]. | [[File:Kate (Major AA x Bey Sharose).jpg|thumb|A [[yearling (horse)|yearling]] [[Arabian horse|Arabian]] filly]] | ||
A '''filly''' is a [[female]] [[horse]] that is too young to be called a [[mare]]. In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. In some nations, such as the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]], the world of [[horse racing]] sets the cutoff age for fillies as five years old.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hammond |first=Gerald |title=The Language of Horse Racing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJ4zH2P_6mMC&q=colt|year=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |location=London |isbn=1-57958-276-1 |oclc=44923115|page=79}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.breederscup.com/content.aspx?id=36192 |title=Zenyatta completes perfect season |first=Jay |last=Privman |work=[[Daily Racing Form]] |publisher=[[Breeders' Cup]] |date=October 24, 2008 |access-date=September 7, 2011 |quote=It was the perfect end to a perfect day by a perfect filly. [[Zenyatta]], the best older female horse in the country, completed a perfect season. . . by winning the $2 million [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Ladies' Classic]] on Friday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting, the first of two days of the 25th Breeders' Cup championships.}} (Zenyatta was foaled in 2004, making her a 4-year-old at the time.)</ref> Fillies are [[sexually mature]] by two and are sometimes bred at that age, but generally, they should not be bred until they themselves have stopped growing, usually by four or five.<ref name="HandH149">Ensminger, M. E. ''Horses and Horsemanship: Animal Agriculture Series.'' Sixth Edition. Interstate Publishers, 1990. {{ISBN|0-8134-2883-1}} p. 149-150</ref> The equivalent term for a male is a [[colt (horse)|colt]]. When horses of either sex are less than one year, they are referred to as [[foal]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Modern Livestock and Poultry Production |author=James R Gillespie|year=2000|publisher=Thomson Delmar Learning|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_yVilNaM4z0C&q=Filly+definition+horse&pg=PA645|isbn=978-0-7668-1607-7}}</ref> | |||
Fillies are [[sexually mature]] by two and are sometimes bred at that age, but generally, they should not be bred until they themselves have stopped growing, usually by four or five.<ref name=HandH149>Ensminger, M. E. ''Horses and Horsemanship: Animal Agriculture Series.'' Sixth Edition. Interstate Publishers, 1990. {{ISBN|0-8134-2883-1}} p. 149-150</ref> | |||
The equivalent term for a male is a [[colt (horse)|colt]]. When horses of either sex are less than one year, they are referred to as [[foal]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Modern Livestock and Poultry Production |author=James R Gillespie|year=2000|publisher=Thomson Delmar Learning|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_yVilNaM4z0C&q=Filly+definition+horse&pg=PA645|isbn=978-0-7668-1607-7}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Filly Triple Crown]] | * [[Filly Triple Crown]] | ||
* [[Weanling]] | * [[Weanling]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
==External links== | |||
*{{wiktionary inline|filly}} | |||
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[[Category:Types of horse]] | [[Category:Types of horse]] | ||
[[Category:Female horses]] | [[Category:Female horses]] | ||
[[Category:Horse racing terminology]] | [[Category:Horse racing terminology]] | ||
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A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. In most cases, a filly is a female horse under four years old. In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, the world of horse racing sets the cutoff age for fillies as five years old.[1][2] Fillies are sexually mature by two and are sometimes bred at that age, but generally, they should not be bred until they themselves have stopped growing, usually by four or five.[3] The equivalent term for a male is a colt. When horses of either sex are less than one year, they are referred to as foals.[4]
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