It was announced last week that she would be bred for the first time to Tapit, to whom Zenyatta is currently in foal.

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Dogs bred for field work tend to be longer and leaner than Labradors bred to prance around conformation shows.

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Sometimes it does prove to be true and sometimes even if they're bred for it, they don't run in it.

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He was aboard Battleship, a diminutive American owned and bred chaser sent over the Atlantic to be trained for the race by Hobbs's father, Reg.

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Goats bred for milk or their janitorial talents may be slaughtered when they're older, which yields meat that can be tough and gamey.

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Not only is planting corn typically more profitable, but ranchers are wary of permanently adding cows from the southern Plains to their herds since the animals are bred for a warmer climate and tend to be smaller than those typically raised in the Midwest.

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'For people who were born and bred here like me, this used to be a very basic, simple thing to do, ' says Emma Beudert, 24, who manages the operation from a small industrial estate.

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