What is a female horse called?
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Mare – commonly referred to as a female horse.
Filly – young female horse (foal) typically under the age of 2.
Dam – mother (often mentioned when indicating the lineage of a horse with known breeding, such as “this horse’s dam is…”).
Male equivalents:
Stallion – intact (non-castrated) male horse.
Gelding – castrated male horse.
Colt – young male horse.
Sire – father (used to denote the parentage, as in “this horse was sired by…”).
Foal – young horse, regardless of gender.