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A colt is a young male
Malé

Mal? , population 104,403 , is the Capital , the largest city in terms of population, and the name of an island in the Maldives. It is located at the southern edge of North Male' Atoll Kaafu Atoll....
 horse
Horse

The horse is a hoofed mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolution of the horse over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, odd-toed ungulate animal of today....
, under the age of four. The term "colt" is often confused with foal
Foal

A foal is an equine, particularly a horse, that is one year old or younger. More specific terms are Colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal....
, which refers to a horse of either sex under one year of age.

An adult male horse if left intact is called either a "stallion
Stallion (horse)

A stallion is a male horse that has not been castration, or gelding.Stallions will follow the horse conformation and phenotype of their list of horse breeds, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to female...
" or a horse (sometimes full horse); if castrated
Castration

Castration is any action, surgery, chemical castration, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles. In common usage the term is usually applied to males, although as a medical term it is applied to both males and females....
, it is called a gelding
Gelding

A gelding is a castration animal — in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule....
. A young male horse is usually called a colt until age four, even if he is gelded. A rig or ridgling
Ridgling

A ridgling or rig is a male animal with an undescended testicle. An undescended testicle is not a serious or life-threatening condition, though it may cause the animal discomfort at times....
 is a horse or colt with a retained testicle or one which has been incompletely castrated.

A young female horse is called a filly
Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare . There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
 until age four, and a mare
Mare (horse)

A mare is an adult female horse or other equidae.Most of the time, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger....
 thereafter.

In the wild, colts are driven from their herds by the herd stallion somewhere between the age of one and two.






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A colt is a young male
Malé

Mal? , population 104,403 , is the Capital , the largest city in terms of population, and the name of an island in the Maldives. It is located at the southern edge of North Male' Atoll Kaafu Atoll....
 horse
Horse

The horse is a hoofed mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolution of the horse over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, odd-toed ungulate animal of today....
, under the age of four. The term "colt" is often confused with foal
Foal

A foal is an equine, particularly a horse, that is one year old or younger. More specific terms are Colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal....
, which refers to a horse of either sex under one year of age.

An adult male horse if left intact is called either a "stallion
Stallion (horse)

A stallion is a male horse that has not been castration, or gelding.Stallions will follow the horse conformation and phenotype of their list of horse breeds, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to female...
" or a horse (sometimes full horse); if castrated
Castration

Castration is any action, surgery, chemical castration, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles. In common usage the term is usually applied to males, although as a medical term it is applied to both males and females....
, it is called a gelding
Gelding

A gelding is a castration animal — in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule....
. A young male horse is usually called a colt until age four, even if he is gelded. A rig or ridgling
Ridgling

A ridgling or rig is a male animal with an undescended testicle. An undescended testicle is not a serious or life-threatening condition, though it may cause the animal discomfort at times....
 is a horse or colt with a retained testicle or one which has been incompletely castrated.

A young female horse is called a filly
Filly

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare . There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
 until age four, and a mare
Mare (horse)

A mare is an adult female horse or other equidae.Most of the time, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger....
 thereafter.

In the wild, colts are driven from their herds by the herd stallion somewhere between the age of one and two. Some scientists even believe that this may be in part an instinct to prevent inbreeding
Inbreeding

Inbreeding is biological reproduction between close Kinships, whether plant or animal. If practiced repeatedly, it leads to an increase in homozygosity of a population....
. When driven out, they usually join with other young stallions in a bachelor herd
Bachelor herd

A bachelor herds is a gathering of juvenile male animals who are still sexually immature, or of 'harem'-forming animals who have been thrown out of their parent groups but not yet formed a new family group....
. They stay with this band until they are mature enough to form their own herd of mares.