broodmare
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of broodmare
Example Sentences
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He looks to buy fillies and mares that are good broodmare prospects, then either resells them or breeds them and sells the foal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
VERSAILLES, Ky. — Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year, has delivered her last foal with her broodmare career ending.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
The princess recalled being told some years ago that the queen even had an iPad to enable her to watch her future racehorses being born in the broodmare stables.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2022
Monomoy Girl will return to Spendthrift Farm in Lexington to become a broodmare, though her breeding plans were not immediately known.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
One or two persons are this very year going to Europe for the sole purpose of importing horses of high reputation: a larger sort of broodmare would, I think, be of more service to them.
From Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Power, Tyrone
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