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小雌馬

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小雌馬(Filly)是對於雌性幼的稱呼,以與成年的雌馬英语Mare區分。在大多數情況下,小雌馬是四歲以下的雌性馬;但在部分國家的賽馬界中,例如英國美國,小雌馬的界定為五歲以下。[1][2] 雌性幼駒通常在二歲時性成熟,並擁有生育能力,但一般來說,她們在停止生長前(通常是四至五歲)不應生育。[3]

不同年齡的小雌馬
A weanling filly
剛斷奶的英语weanling雌性溫血馬英语Warmblood
A two year old filly
兩歲的雌性純種馬
A three-year-old Arabian filly
三歲的雌性阿拉伯馬

參考文獻

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  1. ^ Hammond, Gerald. The Language of Horse Racing. London: Taylor & Francis. 2000: 79. ISBN 1-57958-276-1. OCLC 44923115. 
  2. ^ Privman, Jay. Zenyatta completes perfect season. Daily Racing Form (Breeders' Cup). October 24, 2008 [September 7, 2011]. (原始内容存档于2012-03-29). 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 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.)
  3. ^ Ensminger, M. E. Horses and Horsemanship: Animal Agriculture Series. Sixth Edition. Interstate Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8134-2883-1 p. 149-150