All 9 Uses of
yearling
in
Seabiscuit by Hillenbrand
- That summer, he and Marcela bought fifteen yearlings at a Saratoga, New York, auction.†
Chpt 1.1
- Millerick was a very good young trainer, but for his new yearlings and the hundred-grander-caliber horses he planned to have soon, Howard wanted the best.†
Chpt 1.1
- He had taken Howard's ill-bred yearlings, worked with them in solitude for a year, then slipped them into Barn 38 at Santa Anita and hung out his shingle.†
Chpt 1.3
- At New York's Aqueduct Racecourse late in 1934, Hard Tack's first two yearlings stepped off a railcar into Fitzsimmons's care.†
Chpt 1.3
- One morning, when working all the yearlings over two furlongs—a quarter of a mile—in sets of two, he paired Seabiscuit with Faust, the fastest yearling in the barn and a future major stakes winner.†
Chpt 1.3
- One morning, when working all the yearlings over two furlongs—a quarter of a mile—in sets of two, he paired Seabiscuit with Faust, the fastest yearling in the barn and a future major stakes winner.†
Chpt 1.3
- It may have been the fastest quarter ever run by a yearling.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- Intown to bid on the yearling sales on behalf of Bing Crosby, they had stopped by the track to take in a few races.†
Chpt 1.3
- He had nearly achieved his goal of buying every single Hard Tack yearling on the market.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(yearling) an animal between one and two years of age -- (in the case of a race or show horse, the horse is treated as though it's birthday was January 1st of the year prior to its birth)