The Life Cycle of Thoroughbred Horses

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Across
  1. 3. A thoroughbred that is three years old or older and fully grown.
  2. 9. An enclosed area where weanlings are often kept with other young horses.
  3. 10. A female horse used for producing foals.
  4. 11. The animal health professional who provides regular checkups.
  5. 12. Headgear used to help control and guide a horse.
  6. 14. A word describing the healthy diet needed by racing horses.
  7. 16. A person who selects horses to produce future foals.
  8. 17. An adult male horse that has not been gelded.
  9. 18. A female thoroughbred between two and four years old.
  10. 20. The person who prepares horses for racing and daily exercise.
  11. 21. The stage when a foal no longer needs milk from its mother.
  12. 22. The sport many thoroughbreds begin participating in at two years old.
  13. 23. The first set of teeth that foals grow before permanent teeth appear.
  14. 25. Another name for a horse's mother.
  15. 28. A breed of horse known for speed, athletic ability, and racing.
  16. 31. The father of a thoroughbred horse.
  17. 32. An adult female horse.
  18. 33. Approximately how long a broodmare carries a foal before birth.(2 words)
  19. 34. Equipment yearlings begin learning to carry.
  20. 35. An adult male horse that has been castrated.
Down
  1. 1. Special traits breeders select when choosing sires and broodmares
  2. 2. Equipment trainers teach weanlings to wear on their heads.
  3. 4. The condition of a broodmare carrying a foal.
  4. 5. Regular brushing and care that helps keep a horse healthy.
  5. 6. A young horse between six months and one year old that no longer drinks its mother's milk.
  6. 7. A baby thoroughbred from birth until about six months of age.
  7. 8. A thoroughbred that is one year old.
  8. 13. A daily activity that helps adult horses stay fit and healthy.
  9. 15. Important nutrition needed by yearlings and adult horses. (2 words)
  10. 19. The adult teeth that replace milk teeth.(2 words)
  11. 24. What weanlings become as they spend time away from their mothers.
  12. 26. The person who rides a thoroughbred in races.
  13. 27. A rope used to guide a young horse while training.(2 words)
  14. 29. The young animals produced by a sire and broodmare.
  15. 30. A male thoroughbred between two and four years old.