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In the wild, colts are driven from their herds by the herd stallion somewhere between the age of one and two. This may be, in part, an instinct to prevent
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Levine, Marsha Ann; Renfrew, Colin; Boyle, Katherine V.; Research, McDonald Institute for Archaeological (August 26, 2003).
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in the United Kingdom, a colt is defined as an uncastrated male from the age of two up to and including the age of four.
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is a horse of either sex between the ages of one and two. A young female horse is called a
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Summerhayes, RS, Encyclopaedia for Horsemen, Warne & Co, London & New York, 1966
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is a male equine with a retained testicle or one which has been incompletely castrated.
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The term "colt" only describes young male horses and is not to be confused with
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An adult male horse, if left intact, is called either a "
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Colt (horseracing)
Colt
male
horse
foal
yearling
filly
mare
horse racing
Thoroughbreds
Proto-Germanic
etymologically
stallion
castrated
gelding
ridgling
inbreeding
bachelor herd
A weanling colt
weanling
A yearling colt
yearling
A two-year-old colt
A three-year-old colt at a racetrack
OED
Merriam Webster
Saunders Veterinary dictionary
Websters (with narrow exceptions)
Collins
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