A woman's horse, about ten, starts to neigh excitedly (7)

I believe the answer is:

roxanne

'a woman's' is the definition.

'horse about ten starts to neigh excitedly' is the wordplay.
'horse' becomes 'roan' (roan is a kind of horse).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'ten' becomes 'X' (Roman numeral).
'starts to' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'neigh excitedly' is 'ne'.
'roan' placed around 'x' is 'roxan'.
'roxan'+'ne'='ROXANNE'

(Another definition for roxanne that I've seen is " Female".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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