What is "stallions"

Usage examples of "stallions".

The mare whinnied and galloped around the paddock fence, tossing her head and rearing, announcing her presence to the stallions in the small meadow beyond.

The one thing he had seemed to me to lack had been any emotional contact with the creatures he bred: even the carrots for the stallions had been slightly mechanical.

I made a ball of my handkerchief in my right palm, which was bleeding slightly, and thought that one of these days a habit of launching oneself at things like fleeing stallions and boys with knives might prove to be unwise.

Oliver telling me that with the four stallions there were currently six, seven or eight matings a day in the breeding shed, Sundays included.

If God is with us, the mares and stallions I need will be at that horse fair in Septimania, bred by the Goths from the same Libyan blood stock that the Romans used.

The mares should be proven fertile, preferably already in foal to Libyan stallions, and the stallions should be no more than four years of age and of proven virility.

The stallions were shown next, and worked in circles on long lines to show their proud paces.

The stallions needed the firm hand and strong legs of the Companions to keep them under control.

Bericus, who was bringing in his charge, the fourth of the stallions, Victor.

We had to pass three days at Corinium when the youngest of the stallions, the one we called Paphin, was kicked by a mare he tried to mount.

And so I had to watch as the camp was cleared, packs secured to the ponies, the mares and stallions bridled or haltered.

Cornix and the other three stallions were housed in their own barn, with the three pony stallions already standing at the stud.

In point of fact, the Libyan stallions could have been used in battle right now, since Rhodri had trained them to respond to movements of heel and seat so that a Companion had both hands free for his weapons.

He wanted all four stallions to be brought to him as quickly as possible at Camelot, which was what he had named his new headquarters.

He wanted to show the quality of the stallions to those who doubted their use in his strategy.