Horse birthdays

[goodtimes]

My new 4 year old does not have a date of birth on his passport, just year of birth (2008).

So will he be a 5 year old on New Year's Day?

I've heard somewhere its just race horses.

He is the only horse I have owned that I don't know his actual date of birth.

 

[Hippona]

I dont know the birthday of one of mine.....so I've decided its 21st June....halfway through the year

 

[YorksG]

Traditionally TB's were the first of January and others were the 1st of May.

 

[starryeyed]

My mare is birthday-less too, I've chosen to give her her birthday on the date I bought her Just out of curiosity - how does this work in shows/competitions? Do you go by the Jan/May rule and use their year of birth?

 

[spotty_pony]

The traditional birthdays for racehorses/Thoroughbreds is indeed the 1st of January. For all other breeds it is the 1st of May. I always class my boy's birthday on the date I got him on though.

 

[spotty_pony]

I dont know the birthday of one of mine.....so I've decided its 21st June....halfway through the year

My boy's is 22nd June

 

[Grumpy Jewel]

I use the day she arrived as her birthday as mine is date less other than the year.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Mine has 1st Jan on his passport. He is clearly not a TB!

 

[Fools Motto]

Both of mine ARE actually on the same date, just some 14yrs apart! 1st April, hence their posh names!!

 

[AMW]

Starreyed, for competitions you take their age from year of birth not date. Technically if a foal was born tomorrow it would be a yearling on New Years day even though it was just a day old.

 

[Tash88]

My horse shares a birthday with yours FM! And April fools day features in his show name, poor pony!