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  • The filly's head whirled around and she nickered softly before fumbling toward me, nudging my palm as I held my hand out.
  • She looks a smart young filly. The Sun
  • I met Erma Lee, a chestnut two-year-old filly, by Stormy Atlantic, that had yet to run. Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track
  • Any colt or filly who wins a Classic is likely to be much sought after as a stallion or brood mare.
  • The William Haggas-trained filly was sent off favourite on her debut in a maiden race at Salisbury, but ran green and only got going late before being narrowly beaten into third.
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  • I was in this fillying about, smecking away and being like the ring-leader, dressed in the heighth of nadsat fashion. Where's the show?
  • He said he plans to race his new filly, who was consigned by Bridlewood Farm.
  • Gets weight all round as the sole three-year-old filly. The Sun
  • If a filly is as good as a colt, they ought to compete," said Jackson. Rachel Alexandra holds off Mine That Bird, wins Preakness
  • The application of blinkers worked a treat on this filly at Ayr last time when she romped home by eight lengths in a maiden race.
  • Once she'd taken Destiny and named her, Put had been amused enough to call the filly's half-brother by a matching name. Beast Master's Circus
  • Considering filly the infection of water to jet and the structure characteristic of oil wells be disused in shallow sea. Design linear shaped charge cutters of answer for the fact.
  • The filly may very well be better than the 3-year-old colts this season, but she will have a tough trip and faces by far her sternest test to date. Guide to Preakness picks from pros and computer
  • Next to him was a picture of the young filly that had snaffled his heart. Times, Sunday Times
  • Babcook CJ, Hedrick MH, Filly RA, Goldstein RB, Callen PW, Harrison MR, et al. Gastroschisis: can sonography of the fetal bowel accurately predict postnatal outcome? CHOP abdominal wall defect publications
  • I hated this time of year as the young colts or filly used to be brought to the forge to have something done to their feet.
  • The bay filly scored her first career win on August 27 at Newmarket after finishing second in her career debut on August 14.
  • Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf runner-up Spook Express suffered a compound dislocation of her left fetlock joint near the finish of the Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park on November 25 and had to be euthanized.
  • The other horse just outstayed him but she's a super filly.
  • As it turned out, the filly was the lone survivor of the Christmas massacre and they called her Bugz. Deanne Stillman: The Luckiest Horse in Reno: A Christmas Story
  • Trainer Chip Woolley, who will have Mike Smith ride Mine That Bird after Borel opted for the filly, is quietly confident that his slightly built horse can do it again. Rachel Alexandra: Can girl power win out?
  • The mother of [Garrett] Redmond’s 2-year-old filly is Jefferson’s Secret, whose sire is Colonial Affair. Archive 2005-09-01
  • This promising filly gets a feather weight as she only cost 800 and she has proved a shrewd buy. The Sun
  • He held the gad near the filly's eyes, giving her a good look at it. DOUBTING THOMAS
  • The filly Morning Pride by-passes the 1000 while City On A Hill sits out the 2000 after sustaining a splint injury which will keep him off the track until the middle of June.
  • She's an extremely good filly. The Sun
  • She was sent to England, where she foaled the Kingmambo filly, to be bred to the ill-fated Dubai Millennium.
  • Maria Luisa has been a frustrating filly for punters to follow even though she has paid her way for her connections throughout the season.
  • Her last foal was the Storm Cat filly Dreamlike, who was foaled in 1997 but is unraced.
  • But in the final furlong our filly was the only one running on. The Sun
  • Had the rearmost hoof of the filly been a few inches left or right of where it landed, then Fallon's injuries might have been much more serious and the championship would be effectively over.
  • Stoute added that he would probably keep the filly running over the same distance.
  • She covers so much ground for a small filly and quickened well. The Sun
  • A young filly wants to be safe and she'll be more flighty and reactive.
  • The application of blinkers worked a treat on this filly at Ayr last time when she romped home by eight lengths in a maiden race.
  • Mercy foaled, a beautiful filly with no star and white streaks in her mane and tail instead of flecks.
  • John Gosden has a powerful squad of horses at his disposal again this season and the Manton trainer saddles a promising filly in Lurina in the Directa Gaffa Maiden Stakes.
  • I need filly dollars, but Pm ten dollars short.
  • The application of blinkers worked a treat on this filly at Ayr last time when she romped home by eight lengths in a maiden race.
  • It was a first win this year for a filly now returned to sprint distances after failing to stay in two classics. Times, Sunday Times
  • The brood mare section has classes for sport horses, filly and colts, foals, Irish Draught mares, Irish Draught filly foal qualifiers and Irish Sport horse foal qualifier.
  • Trained by Kent Jensen, the dark bay two-year-old filly was ridden by David Essman.
  • But she is a fantastic looking filly with a great pedigree. The Sun
  • Abby was lying down, softly nuzzling a brown filly with soft fur, a blaze like Abby's and a blanket on her rump.
  • She beat them fair and square and she's a very good filly. Times, Sunday Times
  • Now 11, last week's yearling filly at Doncaster was her first to make the sales ring.
  • She is as good a filly as there is. The Sun
  • Despite the drops, Tuesday's session did produce the sale's probable top-priced colt and filly, two of eight seven-figure yearlings sold on the day.
  • I think the filly is a better horse than Mine That Bird, bar none. Mine That Bird, Rachel Alexandra worthy of rivalry
  • Proving that history does indeed repeat itself, the dark bay or brown filly showcased the same talent that first surfaced a year ago when she charged up four wide around the final turn after tracking the pace in fifth down the backstretch.
  • Doctor, frivolling with a lovely filly, pedigree not known. The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
  • The chestnut filly's win also gave the young female jockey her first Group 1 stakes triumph.
  • Bootstaylor BS, Filly RA, Harrison MR, Adzick NS: Prenatal sonographic predictors of liver herniation in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. CHOP congenital diaphragmatic hernia publications
  • She is such a tiny filly but her Oaks second was no fluke. The Sun
  • To see the little filly stay on to beat such a high-class field was the thrill of a lifetime. The Sun
  • Without a professional individual to bring her out, that filly would rot.
  • The bay filly has five wins from nine starts and has earned $381,080.
  • This filly struck first time out last season and was unlucky not to win more. The Sun
  • This promising filly gets a feather weight as she only cost 800 and she has proved a shrewd buy. The Sun
  • The substance nandrolone laurate, which was found in the filly's system, is banned from being administered to racehorses. Times, Sunday Times
  • He held the gad near the filly's eyes, giving her a good look at it. DOUBTING THOMAS
  • She covers so much ground for a small filly and quickened well. The Sun
  • Justine watched her father's steady hand movements towards the filly's head as she shied away.
  • The Raven Run was the third time Bridgmohan had teamed up with For All We Know, and his second win aboard the chestnut filly.
  • The filly was her own property, and she was breaking it for her own riding. Openings in the Old Trail
  • Harrison MR, Adzick NS, Longaker MT, Goldberg JD, Rosen MA, Filly RA, Evans MI, Golbus MS: Successful repair in utero of a fetal diaphragmatic hernia after removal of herniated viscera from the left thorax. CHOP congenital diaphragmatic hernia publications
  • She is a very good filly and has been unlucky. Times, Sunday Times
  • The filly was the second recent Derby standout to suffer this fate, after Barbaro, the 2006 champion, had to be put down after suffering a leg injury at the 2006 Preakness Stakes. Derby Death Stirs Call for Change
  • We thought she was more of a mile-and-a-half filly, which is perfect for the Oaks. Why Frankie Dettori is more focused on the 2011 Oaks than the Derby
  • Pastors on Patrol" reminds me of Hell's Grannies and "Irish Send Fast Filly to Feature in Festival" is too lyrical to be anything but an alliterate contrivance. Archive 2008-09-01
  • It also prompted Bailey to tout the filly, trained by Frank Brothers, as a possible starter in the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
  • The filly has been raced twice this season.
  • The homebred four-year-old filly will return to the Duke of Roxburghe's stud in England at Floors Farms.
  • At this moment he came in unobserved and, seeing me thus, was wroth at the sight and made off, as the Arab filly hearing the tinkle of her bridle. — The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • Narrow defeat by a seasoned filly last seen winning a group one in Ireland is hardly a disgrace. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was a first win this year for a filly now returned to sprint distances after failing to stay in two classics. Times, Sunday Times
  • In her outing prior to the Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship, she finished fourth in an allowance / optional claiming race at Laurel.
  • Also, prior to deworming again I would suggest a fecal exam to check to see what type of parasites the filly has and the amount.
  • ‘She's a lovely, good-tempered cremello filly,’ he said, a hint of pride in his voice.
  • She is such a tiny filly but her Oaks second was no fluke. The Sun
  • Quite as in some great racing-stable an ambitious horseman might imagine that he detected in some likely filly the signs and lineaments of the future winner of a Derby, so in Berenice Fleming, in the quiet precincts of the Brewster School, Cowperwood previsioned the central figure of a Newport lawn fete or a London drawing-room. The Titan
  • The filly has been raced twice this season.
  • The racy, muscular, correct filly is a half sister to Grade 3 winner Roman Envoy.
  • Sabrina was riding her filly as she cooled her down.
  • The more filly a marker event can sum up the reality of what is ended, the more helpful it will be.
  • The filly was lightly sedated to permit the administration of her immediate lifesaving cocktails: diazepam for the seizures, mannitol and dimethyl-sulfoxide for brain swelling, vitamin C as an antioxidant, Naxcel antibiotic for secondary infection, and lactated ringer's/dextrose solution for hydration. Liz O'Connell: You Can Bet on Little Larky
  • My horse of the season donkey-licked Mosheen, an accomplished group-one filly, and held a decision over the top-class sprinter Rain Affair.
  • The flying filly had trainer Jack Berry purring after a stunning success at Beverley last month.
  • I think next year she could be a top filly on the turf.
  • No, it's not a cutting criticism of the trainer but a hopeful pointer to a talented filly, who could be up to making a strong challenge for the Sagitta 1,000 Guineas in a fortnights' time.
  • When they arrived at the stall the little cream filly nickered.
  • The bay filly, bred in Kentucky by Maverick Production, snapped a five-race losing stretch with the triumph.
  • The chestnut filly worked in company on Wednesday, pleasing Dunlop with her effort.
  • There is a moment of anxiety as Hills dismounts immediately after the line but it transpires that the filly has just twisted a shoe.
  • Peasant is out of the unraced Cipayo mare Nashira, who died in 2001 from laminitis after foaling a filly by Acceptable.
  • Summerfield consigned the well-balanced filly that was bred in Florida by Bobby Hurley.
  • She shares a paddock with a filly born a day earlier and is approximately the same size.
  • Tomorrow sees a test of a different kind, her first race on a turning track, which in itself offers a new challenge to a filly whose bent forelegs have received almost as much publicity as her achievements.
  • So when it came time to teach Penny, my palomino Quarter horse filly, how to neck rein, I turned to Patty for some advice.
  • Ridden by Christophe Lemaire, the bay filly stalked the leading pair, Titian Time and Fraloga.
  • She covers so much ground for a small filly and quickened well. The Sun
  • She is such a tiny filly but her Oaks second was no fluke. The Sun
  • And he found her a pearl unpierced and unthridden and a filly by all men save himself unridden; and he abated her virginity and had joyance of her youth in his virility and presently he withdrew sword from sheath; and then returned to the fray right eath; and when the battle and the siege had finished, some fifteen assaults he had furnished and she conceived by him that very night. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • Willingham had come into the ring where Sabrina had attached a lunge line to the filly's bridle.
  • the yung filly bucked
  • To see the little filly stay on to beat such a high-class field was the thrill of a lifetime. The Sun
  • Fanny had arrived at from the opposite extreme, but some lingering remnant of prudence had induced him to put on the cavesson headstall, with the long rope attached to it, over the filly's bridle. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches
  • Which just shows what a smart young filly she is. Times, Sunday Times
  • The filly prevailed by a short head, with Chorist a neck away in third.
  • She was going to be the only filly running in it.
  • This filly struck first time out last season and was unlucky not to win more. The Sun
  • Really, if he wanted to spend so long in the land, he should have gone into one of the private cubies at the back and not stayed in the big mesto, because here some of the malchickies would filly about with him a malenky bit, though not too much because there were powerful bruiseboys hidden away in the old Korova who could stop any riot. Where's the show?
  • The 20-year-old reinsman will be back in the race bike for Monday's test, steering the filly from Post 2. Standardbred Canada
  • Her Majesty could be seen willing on her filly from the royal box during a thrilling final furlong. The Sun
  • Martin Dwyer had the filly - unplaced in both her previous starts - smartly out of the stalls and she was always prominent as the 25-strong field spread right across the track before taking an overall lead.
  • This represents a tougher test, but this well-bred filly is lightly raced and she can prove up to the task. Times, Sunday Times
  • A weanling filly by Grade 1 winner and new sire Trippi brought the highest price of the day.
  • Mr. H-s-ly sports a bit of blood, a dennet, and a filly; and, for a tailor, is a superfine sort of dandy, but with a strong scent of the shop about him. The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life
  • Morgan Freeman's Petruchio is less a shrew tamer than a broncobuster, tossing a lasso over his headstrong, heel-kicking filly. Actor's Gotta Do What An Actor's Gotta Do
  • This filly was winner of seven of her nine races, including three Classics in 1985.
  • The less testing ground should suit this well-bred filly and she looks to be well weighted. The Sun
  • The filly was lightly sedated to permit the administration of her immediate lifesaving cocktails: diazepam for the seizures, mannitol and dimethyl-sulfoxide for brain swelling, vitamin C as an antioxidant, Naxcel antibiotic for secondary infection, and lactated ringer's/dextrose solution for hydration. Liz O'Connell: You Can Bet on Little Larky
  • The young filly needed to be freed from the tree after curiosity got the better of it and it wedged its head between separate sections of the trunk.
  • The chestnut filly worked in company on Wednesday, pleasing him with her effort.
  • Easy winner of a maiden race at Newmarket on her debut, the beautifully-bred Carinae possesses the potential to develop into a high-class filly.
  • This well-bred filly was most impressive at Lingfield last month. The Sun
  • The filly was sold to a private breeder for a large amount of money.
  • This filly made a very promising debut at Ascot when not knocked about in the closing stages. The Sun
  • The winner is a very good filly and there aren't really any excuses. The Sun
  • Any colt or filly who wins a Classic is likely to be much sought after as a stallion or brood mare.
  • He knew his filly was good enough to run at Epsom and he was proved right. The Sun
  • The program was successful at Paint of a Different Color the first year and Al ended up with a beautiful homozygous filly and a palomino paint colt.
  • Dry Creek Stables purchased the bay filly for $31,000 from consignor Cashel Stud, agent.
  • She's a big filly who rides like a colt and can hold her own. Times, Sunday Times
  • The two-year-old dark brown thoroughbred filly was bred in Australia where her sire was one of the country's most successful racehorses.
  • When he saw the six-month-old filly fresh off the range at a government auction, he bid a record $19,000 for her.
  • John Storer purchased the bay filly from consignor Anderson Farms, agent.
  • This well-bred filly improved for the step up to this distance when successful at this track last week. The Sun
  • The chestnut filly was bred in Kentucky.
  • In order to obtain the permit, the Gallaghers appealed to the Jockey Club and proved they do not know who sired the filly.
  • Dauid Filly per nome et parte delli magnifici Edwardo Osborn senatore et Richardo Staper merchanti Inglesi della nobile citta di The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
  • As a progressive three-year-old filly she has more to offer and may be ahead of the handicapper. The Sun
  • At the time, the price was a world record for a weanling filly sold at public auction.
  • Instead of opting to cross-enter Devil May Care in both races as had been discussed, it is now Derby or bust for the filly who will attempt to become just the fourth distaffer to wear the roses. Homepage
  • It was a joy to watch a filly as good as that. The Sun
  • Ef ye ain't a-hankerin 'fur me ter ride that thar filly, ez air ez bridle-wise ez ye be, jes' let's see ye kem on, an '-- hender! The Young Mountaineers Short Stories
  • But the father is a dour chield; depend upon it, he has bred up the young filly on the curb-rein, and that has made the poor thing start off the course. The Surgeon's Daughter
  • Watch for Hanna in the yearling futurities and open yearling filly classes at the APHA shows in 2007.
  • In the latest incident, the filly was one of four purchased last year and left in Ireland to be broken.
  • A useful filly in the making, Montana Miss can oblige again tomorrow in the hands of ton-up jockey Kevin Darley.
  • It was altogether more straightforward for the classiest filly on the track yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
  • I want Marking Time and that three-year-old filly of yours to run at Kempton on Saturday.
  • The filly pranced into the winner's circle in high spirits.
  • This promising filly gets a feather weight as she only cost 800 and she has proved a shrewd buy. The Sun

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