yearlings
One-year-old animals
Yearlings are animals between one and two years old, especially horses and cattle.
The term matters in agriculture and racing, where age determines eligibility and value: a yearling sale at the racetrack, The rancher separated the yearlings from the calves.
In broader use, yearling can describe any young creature in its second year of life.
Immature male equine
- fillyJuvenile female equine
- weanlingRecently weaned young animal
- foalYoung equine, under one
- thoroughbredOf pure ancestral line
stallion · mare · dam · sire · breeding · gelding · racehorse · pasture
Young person or animal
- youngNot yet mature
- immatureNot fully developed
- growthIncrease in size
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
weaning · nursing · development · maturation · growing · naive · untrained · green
colt
Immature male equine
thoroughbred · stallion · mare · dam · sire · breeding · gelding · racehorse · pasture · stable
juvenile
Young person or animal
inexperience · weaning · nursing · development · maturation · growing · naive · untrained · green · unbroken
calf
Juvenile cow or leg part
weaner · cattle · ranching · branding · herd · flock · auction · husbandry · stockyard · grazing
- Equestrianismhorse riding, riding, dressage, saddle, bridle
- fish stockingtrout, bass, catfish, walleye, carp
- herd memberscow, cows, bull, bulls, calf
- horse showsshow ring, horses, show rings, conformation, showmanship
- livestock auctionsauctioneer, auction barn, auction block, stockyard, cattle market
- military cadetscadets, cadet corps, plebes, plebe, cadet training
yearlingsadults
Fully mature individuals
elders · seniors · old-timers · breeding stock · veterans