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A '''colt''' is a young [[male]] [[horse]], usually below the age of four years.<ref>This definition is preferred by [https://web.archive.org/web/20120712031841/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/colt OED], [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colt Merriam Webster], [http://www.answers.com/topic/colt Saunders Veterinary dictionary], [http://www.yourdictionary.com/colt Websters (with narrow exceptions)] and [http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definition/colt Collins]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/colt |title=Colt | Define Colt at Dictionary.com |publisher=Dictionary.reference.com |access-date
==Description==
The term "colt" only describes young male horses and is not to be confused with [[foal]], which is a horse of either sex less than one year of age. Similarly, a [[yearling (horse)|yearling]] is a horse of either sex between the ages of one and two. A young female horse is called a [[filly]], and a [[Mare (horse)|mare]] once she is an adult animal. In [[horse racing]], particularly for [[Thoroughbred]]s in the United Kingdom, a colt is defined as an uncastrated male from the age of two up to and including the age of four.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Punter's Friend |last1=Waterman |first1=Jack |year= 1999 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=Harpenden, Herts, UK |isbn=1852916001 }}</ref>
The term is derived from [[Proto-Germanic]] *''kultaz'' ("lump, bundle, offspring") and is [[etymologically]] related to "child."<ref>{{Cite
An adult male horse, if left intact, is called either a "[[stallion]]" if used for breeding, or a horse (sometimes full horse); if [[castration|castrated]], it is called a [[gelding]]. In some cases, particularly informal nomenclature, a gelding under four years is still called a colt. A rig or [[ridgling]] is a male equine with a retained testicle or one which has been incompletely castrated.<ref>Summerhayes, RS, Encyclopaedia for Horsemen, Warne & Co, London & New York, 1966</ref>
In the wild, colts are driven from their herds by the herd stallion somewhere between the age of one and two. This may be, in part, an instinct to prevent [[inbreeding]]. When driven out, they usually join with other young stallions in a [[bachelor herd]]. They stay with this band until they are mature enough to form their own herd of mares. The terms "rag" or "rake" have been historically used to refer to a group of colts, but they have fallen out of modern usage.<ref>Barrows, Edward M. ''Animal Behavior Desk Reference''. CRC Press, 2001. p. 296.</ref><ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' 1933: Rag</ref>
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