小雌马

小雌马（Filly）是对于雌性幼马的称呼，以与成年的雌马（英语：Mare）区分。在大多数情况下，小雌马是四岁以下的雌性马；但在部分国家的赛马界中，例如英国和美国，小雌马的界定为五岁以下。^[1]^[2] 雌性幼驹通常在二岁时性成熟，并拥有生育能力，但一般来说，她们在停止生长前（通常是四至五岁）不应生育。^[3]

不同年龄的小雌马

刚断奶的（英语：weanling）雌性温血马（英语：Warmblood）

一岁的（英语：Yearling (horse)）雌性阿拉伯马

两岁的雌性纯种马

三岁的雌性阿拉伯马

参考文献

^ Hammond, Gerald. The Language of Horse Racing. London: Taylor & Francis. 2000: 79. ISBN 1-57958-276-1. OCLC 44923115.
^ Privman, Jay. Zenyatta completes perfect season. Daily Racing Form (Breeders' Cup). October 24, 2008 [September 7, 2011]. （原始内容存档于2012-03-29）. It was the perfect end to a perfect day by a perfect filly. Zenyatta, the best older female horse in the country, completed a perfect season. . . by winning the $2 million Ladies' Classic on Friday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting, the first of two days of the 25th Breeders' Cup championships. (Zenyatta was foaled in 2004, making her a 4-year-old at the time.)
^ Ensminger, M. E. Horses and Horsemanship: Animal Agriculture Series. Sixth Edition. Interstate Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8134-2883-1 p. 149-150

[1] Hammond, Gerald. The Language of Horse Racing. London: Taylor & Francis. 2000: 79. ISBN 1-57958-276-1. OCLC 44923115.

[2] Privman, Jay. Zenyatta completes perfect season. Daily Racing Form (Breeders' Cup). October 24, 2008 [September 7, 2011]. （原始内容存档于2012-03-29）. It was the perfect end to a perfect day by a perfect filly. Zenyatta, the best older female horse in the country, completed a perfect season. . . by winning the $2 million Ladies' Classic on Friday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting, the first of two days of the 25th Breeders' Cup championships. (Zenyatta was foaled in 2004, making her a 4-year-old at the time.)

[HandH149-3] Ensminger, M. E. Horses and Horsemanship: Animal Agriculture Series. Sixth Edition. Interstate Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8134-2883-1 p. 149-150

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