broodmare
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- noun
- /ˈbruːdˌmɛr/
- Specialized
:
yegua de cría
- - Starlight is a very expensive broodmare.
- broodmare horse
Examples
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One of the broodmares is foaling.
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All the horses were broodmares—that is, pregnant.
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If he had his way I'd stay home forever and be a broodmare.
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- I wanted to ask you about that sale of those broodmares that my mother stopped a few weeks ago.
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There are a dozen good broodmares in that mob.
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Demand for quality broodmares and strong participation from both foreign and domestic buyers, particularly at the top levels of the market, generated solid business trade throughout Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale, which concluded Friday.
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She also has some broodmare value since her dam was a very durable racehorse who won over $200,000 and has produced many hard-knocking winners.
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In addition to the bloodline bonus points for his amazing sire, Frankel is out of a mare who has spent her time in the paddocks as productively as a broodmare possibly could.
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Secretariat was the best racing son of the greatest stallion of his time and was out of an outstanding broodmare who had already produced a son, Sir Gaylord, who proved to be a top-class racer and good sire.
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Starlight is a very expensive broodmare known for producing champion foals.
Synonyms
A female horse kept for breeding
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Broodmare is made of brood meaning 'young' or 'offspring' and mare meaning 'female horse', the same brood you see in 'a brood of chicks'. So a broodmare is a female horse kept to produce foals.