she's still a filly, so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life
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The $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) is Race 9 Saturday and seven 3-year-old fillies are entered with a pair of favorites expected to decide the race.—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025 Race 11 is the $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) for 3-year-old fillies with the same qualifying points awarded towards the May 2 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 Here are this morning's top headlines so far: A day for the fillies: The 2024 Kentucky Oaks will take place at Churchill Downs today!—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2024 There are eight 3-year-old fillies entered for the Kentucky Oaks points race.—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for filly
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Etymology
Middle English fyly, from Old Norse fylja; akin to Old English fola foal
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