Alexander mare

The Alexander mare (died 1819) was an unnamed British Thoroughbred broodmare. She never raced, but at stud she foaled Castrel, Selim, Bronze and Rubens. Both Selim and Rubens became Champion sire in Britain.

Background

The Alexander mare was a bay filly foaled in the 1790s and bred by Mr. Sandiver. Her sire Alexander was a son of Eclipse who raced at Newmarket for the 1st Earl Grosvenor. Her dam was a daughter of the undefeated Highflyer. The Alexander mare never raced.

Stud career

Throughout her career as a broodmare the Alexander mare produced a total of sixteen foals. These were:

Mare'

Mare' (Arabic: مارع‎, also spelled Marea) is a town 25 kilometers north of Aleppo in northern Syria. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of the Mare' nahiyah in the Azaz District of the Aleppo Governorate. Nearby localities include Shaykh Issa and Tell Rifaat to the west, A'zaz to the northwest, Dabiq to the northeast, al-Bab to the southeast, and Maarat Umm Hawsh and Herbel to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 16,904 in the 2004 census, out of a total population in the Mare' nahiyah of 39,306.

Syrian Civil War

Mare' has been affected by the ongoing Syrian uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad. The Ibn Walid brigade of the opposition Free Syrian Army was formed in the town in August 2012.

As of January 2015, Mare' is controlled by the Islamic Front.

The Mare' Operations Room is based around the town.

References

Mare

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.

In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse age three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old, but the word can also be used for other female equine animals, particularly mules and zebras, though a female donkey is usually called a "jenny." A broodmare is a mare used for breeding. A horse's female parent is known as its dam.

An uncastrated adult male horse is called a stallion and a castrated male is a gelding. Occasionally the term "horse" is used in a restrictive sense to designate only a male horse.

Reproductive cycle

Mares carry their young (called foals) for approximately 11 months from conception to birth. (Average range 320–370 days.) Usually just one young is born; twins are rare. When a domesticated mare foals, she nurses the foal for at least four to six months before it is weaned, though mares in the wild may allow a foal to nurse for up to a year.

Mareš

Mareš (feminine Marešová) is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include: