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Equine Classification

• Equine (ē-kwīn) includes horse, pony, donkey, and mule.

Stallion

• Stallion: Adult uncastrated male horse (entire) used for serving females (stud purposes).

Mare

• Mare: Adult female horse used for breeding.
• Broad mare: A mare kept for breeding.
• Mare with foal: A mare and her foal running together.

Foal

• Foal: A horse of either sex less than one year old.
• Suckling foal: A nursing foal.
• Weanling foal: Foal weaned at 4-6 months of age.
• Colt foal: Male foal.
• Filly foal: Female foal.

Yearling

• Yearling: A horse over one year and not exceeding two years old.

Colt

• Colt: A young male horse over one year.

Filly

• Filly: A young immature female horse usually over one year old.

Gelding

• Gelding (geld): A castrated male horse at any age.

Rig (Cryptorchid)

• Rig (Cryptorchid): Male horse over twelve months in which one testicle is retained in the abdomen and not descended into the scrotum. Testicles normally descend into the scrotum before 11-12 months of age.
• Double rig: A male horse over 12 months in which both testicles are retained in the abdomen and do not descend into the scrotum.

Additional Equine Terms

• Brood mare: Breeding female equine.
• Maiden mare: Female equine never bred.
• Barren mare: Intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season; an open mare.
• Wet mare: Intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season.
• Aglactic mare: Intact female horse not producing milk.
• Pony: Equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature (not a young horse).

Aged Horse

• Aged horse: A horse over 8 years, but the term is commonly used to indicate older horses of 15 years or more.

Cob

• Cob: A short-legged horse.

Pony

• Pony: A special breed of horse where both the sire and dam are ponies.

Herd

• Herd: A group of equines.

Band

• Band: A group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeding mares, and the immature offspring of his mares.

Donkey

• Donkey = ass = burro
• Jack or Jack ass: Intact male donkey.
• Jenny: Intact female donkey.

Mules

• Mule: A cross or hybrid between a donkey and a mare.
• Hinny or Jennet: A hybrid between a stallion and a she-donkey.

Zebras

• Zebra: Several species of African equids united by their distinctive black and white stripes.
• Zebra stallion: Male zebra.
• Zebra dam: Female zebra.
• Zebra foal: Young zebra.