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A regally bred mare named Brushup had foaled a near-black colt, a son of Man o’ War, and they couldn’t take their eyes off of him.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

At about five o'clock the little mare that had foaled yesterday gave in, and would travel no farther.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

She could say Brindle had gone dry and the blind mare had foaled, or that crops were good; but what was that to say when her heart was thirsting and drying up?

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 by Various

Marzetti's mare had foaled, the progeny being a daughter; the horse that was staked was worse, and I found my old horse had also ran a mulga stake into his coronet.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

He intended to explain that a pony had foaled in the stable.

From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir