Filly
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A filly is a young female horse, too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.
- A common developmental definition is a female animal that has not reached sexual maturity; this usually means it is under 24 months of age.
- However, horse owners more commonly define a filly as a female horse under the age of three years old.
- Horse-racing sets the cutoff age for fillies as younger than four years.
The equivalent term for a male is a colt. When horses of either sex are very young, they can also be referred to as foals.[1]
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- ^ James R Gillespie (2000), Modern Livestock and Poultry Production , Thomson Delmar Learning, ISBN 0766816079
