小雌马
小雌马(Filly)是对于雌性幼马的称呼,以与成年的雌马区分。在大多数情况下,小雌马是四岁以下的雌性马;但在部分国家的赛马界中,例如英国和美国,小雌马的界定为五岁以下。[1][2] 雌性幼驹通常在二岁时性成熟,并拥有生育能力,但一般来说,她们在停止生长前(通常是四至五岁)不应生育。[3]
参考文献
编辑- ^ Hammond, Gerald. The Language of Horse Racing. London: Taylor & Francis. 2000: 79. ISBN 1-57958-276-1. OCLC 44923115.
- ^ 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.) - ^ Ensminger, M. E. Horses and Horsemanship: Animal Agriculture Series. Sixth Edition. Interstate Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8134-2883-1 p. 149-150