gailt
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Silly question i know!..lol...Are all horses a year older on Jan 1st...ie would my 18mth old x breed be refered to as a 2yr old now? or is that purley TB's
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Super_Kat
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Jan the first is for Tb's, May first for all other breeds
Blizzard
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Umm I just class mine a year older on their birthdays
Fairynuff
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But 1st of August for Ausie and Kiwi TBs, at least I think so!!! M.
flohelf
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In France all horses are one year older on Jan 1st, whatever their breeding. Don't know if this applies elsewhere
GTs
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My horses never get older - if I buy a 10 year old, I sell it 2 years later it is still a 10 year old.
mrdarcy
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My horses never get older - if I buy a 10 year old, I sell it 2 years later it is still a 10 year old.
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Reminds me of a dealer I used to work for. When asked how old a horse was he used to say 'how old do you want it to be?' Everything he had in was usually 7 or 8... irrespective of actual age...
To answer the original question I tend to use 1 Jan to age a horse in general. So a friend of mine who has a warmblood we now class as being 4yo and eligible to start BDing. He's in his fourth year if not strictly speaking four until March.
My horses never get older - if I buy a 10 year old, I sell it 2 years later it is still a 10 year old.
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Reminds me of a dealer I used to work for. When asked how old a horse was he used to say 'how old do you want it to be?' Everything he had in was usually 7 or 8... irrespective of actual age...
To answer the original question I tend to use 1 Jan to age a horse in general. So a friend of mine who has a warmblood we now class as being 4yo and eligible to start BDing. He's in his fourth year if not strictly speaking four until March.
dieseldog
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I always take it as the 1st of jan for all horses, so mine is now 11 - although I think he was born in june
JAD
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Reminds me of a dealer I used to work for. When asked how old a horse was he used to say 'how old do you want it to be?' Everything he had in was usually 7 or 8... irrespective of actual age...
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only slightly dishonest then!
wouldn't the vet may able to tell his actual age by the horses teeth though?
Reminds me of a dealer I used to work for. When asked how old a horse was he used to say 'how old do you want it to be?' Everything he had in was usually 7 or 8... irrespective of actual age...
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only slightly dishonest then!
wouldn't the vet may able to tell his actual age by the horses teeth though?
GTs
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wouldn't the vet may able to tell his actual age by the horses teeth though?
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It is not a very accurate way of telling age, especially as they get older.
wouldn't the vet may able to tell his actual age by the horses teeth though?
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It is not a very accurate way of telling age, especially as they get older.
PapaFrita
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But 1st of August for Ausie and Kiwi TBs, at least I think so!!! M.
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Think it's 1st July here... but I could be wrong
But 1st of August for Ausie and Kiwi TBs, at least I think so!!! M.
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Think it's 1st July here... but I could be wrong
JAD
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ahhh, I see! what about corformation or something??? there must be some way of estimating the age, I read briefly about the teeth somewhere so that's why I mentioned it!
mrdarcy
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wouldn't the vet may able to tell his actual age by the horses teeth though?
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His horses were pretty cheap - I don't recall many of them being vetted before purchase
He did seem to have lots of happy customers though... including me!
wouldn't the vet may able to tell his actual age by the horses teeth though?
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His horses were pretty cheap - I don't recall many of them being vetted before purchase
JAD
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ahh, I see! good customer's are always good and reassuring!
GTs
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ahhh, I see! what about corformation or something??? there must be some way of estimating the age, I read briefly about the teeth somewhere so that's why I mentioned it!
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Registration is really the only way - well until we teach horses to talk! There are ways, but nothing is exact so can be fudged.
ahhh, I see! what about corformation or something??? there must be some way of estimating the age, I read briefly about the teeth somewhere so that's why I mentioned it!
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Registration is really the only way - well until we teach horses to talk! There are ways, but nothing is exact so can be fudged.
JAD
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ohh rightio! I don't have much experience in buying horses! (as you can see) My parents brought my pony, under guidence of my instructor!
Theresa_F
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According to passports - 1 Jan. All breed passports now seem to do this even when provided with actual date of birth.
This means that I could ride Chancer in January 2008 at shows even though he is not actually 4 until June as for showing rules he is 4 on 1 January.
This means that I could ride Chancer in January 2008 at shows even though he is not actually 4 until June as for showing rules he is 4 on 1 January.
brighteyes
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Bit slow this evening GTs - what about sawing a leg off and counting the rings......
JAD
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lmao! that's a better idea!
GTs
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Well on the topic of sawing off legs - Cambiaso's stallion who broke a leg in the Argentine Open:
Had it's leg sawed off, and will be getting a stump!
Had it's leg sawed off, and will be getting a stump!
lottie1990
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I dont know when my ponys birthday is, so i jsut say hes a year older the month we brought him- October
brighteyes
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Ever wish you had kept your mouth shut.....
GTs
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Ever wish you had kept your mouth shut.....
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Well you bought up the subject.............
Ever wish you had kept your mouth shut.....
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Well you bought up the subject.............