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- noun Plural form of
broodmare .
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Examples
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Most of the time my father referred to the broodmares as bitches or nags, but while they were birthing he would click his tongue and whisper to them as if they were children.
The God of Animals Aryn Kyle 2007
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Most of the time my father referred to the broodmares as bitches or nags, but while they were birthing he would click his tongue and whisper to them as if they were children.
The God of Animals Aryn Kyle 2007
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From more broodmares filling pastures in New York to network broadcasting of benchmark races, the thoroughbred industry is in a healthier spot compared to 2010.
Liz O'Connell: Horse Racing 2011: NTRA Chief Alex Waldrop Weighs In Liz O'Connell 2011
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From more broodmares filling pastures in New York to network broadcasting of benchmark races, the thoroughbred industry is in a healthier spot compared to 2010.
Liz O'Connell: Horse Racing 2011: NTRA Chief Alex Waldrop Weighs In Liz O'Connell 2011
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After the animals are retired, the Runcos find homes for them through rescue groups, or sell them to become show horses or broodmares.
Beasts of Burden: What happens to thoroughbred racehorses after retirement 2010
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After the animals are retired, the Runcos find homes for them through rescue groups, or sell them to become show horses or broodmares.
Beasts of Burden: What happens to thoroughbred racehorses after retirement Laura Ann Mullane 2010
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He shined as a sire of broodmares and was among the top 10 leading North American broodmare sires for the last eight years.
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In 1992, Mellon began a major dispersal of his stables by selling most of the broodmares at his 4,000-acre Upperville, Va., breeding operation.
Obituary: MacKenzie T. Miller, worked with Paul Mellon's thoroughbred Sea Hero to win 1993 Kentucky Derby T. Rees Shapiro Washington Post Staff Writer 2010
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Even so, blue-blooded broodmares don't come cheap.
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Mr. Marsh undertook a search that lasted nearly three years and saw the Lloyd-Webbers invest an average of 500,000 guineas to acquire six broodmares (thoroughbreds in Britain are bought in guineas, which are worth just over a pound).
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