Word: foal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...theory that you can breed a brilliant sire of young speedballs with the daughter of a line of gallant and tireless plodders and thereby produce a superhorse may be entirely wrong. Indeed, many people think that all breeding theories are wrong. "What you really need to get a good foal," one expert has said, "is a male horse, a female-and a lot of luck...
Still, science sometimes triumphs. In March of 1970, Somethingroyal dropped her foal by Bold Ruler at The Meadow. When Mrs. Tweedy visited the farm and saw the colt for the first time, she made a one-word entry in the notebook she keeps on her horses. The word...