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• n  a young female horse under the age of four

• Hillary Clinton enthusiastically picked a filly named Eight Belles to win the Kentucky Derby and compared herself to the horse.
• At post time, a few infield sentimentalists dredged up their last sous to get aboard Rita Hayworth's filly Double Rose.
• No filly in thoroughbred history has had as difficult a spring.

News & Articles

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• All News
  A Flashy Bull filly, who was the co-fastest worker during the under-tack show of the Fasig-Tipton Texas auction of 2-year-olds in training at Lone Star Park, topped the sale on Tuesday when she fetched $170,000 from the Martin Racing and Carl Moore ...
  June 12, 2013 - Daily Racing Form
• Woodbine barn under quarantine after filly's death
  ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Woodbine’s Barn 1 was under a voluntary quarantine Tuesday, pending the results of a necropsy on a filly who died in her stall Monday morning.
  June 11, 2013 - Daily Racing Form
• A filly in the Belmont: Will history repeat?
  Filly Unlimited Budget teams up with jockey Rosie Napravnik in the Belmont Stakes It’s monumental when a 3-year-old filly challenges the colts and geldings in a Grade 1 mile-and-a-half classic known for crowning legends.
  June 7, 2013 - Louisville.com

Quotes

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• Calvin Borel in The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
  I think he'll run a good race,said Borel. "I don't think he can run with my filly, but he'll run a good race."
• Todd Pletcher in Reuters Canada
  It's a special feeling,Pletcher said about winning one of the classic US races for three-year-olds. "To do it with a filly, it's a real credit to how good this filly is."