what is a horses offical date of birth..

[skye123]

if you dont know the day/month they were born? i know with throughbreds its the 1st of Jan (i think!) but what is the date of any other horse? (hope i`m making sense here!)

thanks!

 

[threeponies]

I thinks its May 1st, but I stand to be corrected

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

1st May for non TBs.

 

[WishfulThinker]

Ohh is it??? Woop woop - Beau is 11 then NOT 12!

 

[ajf]

But for young horse classes my horse is 4yo (this year), but hes not actually 4 till end may????

 

[minmax]

My youngster isn't 2 until August but will be shown as a 2 year old this year. He will be a bit small!

 

[Vicky4567]

TB 1st January
No TB 1st May

 

[Theresa_F]

As far as I am aware is the 1 Jan - whether TB or not is when you age them from.

This applies to all disclipines - hence Stinky is now shown as a 4 year old even though he is not 4 until end of June. I am probably also going to do a walk and trot dressage test in March, again I am not breaking any rules as they take his age from 1 Jan - which is on his passport so he is technically now a 4 year old.

 

[Dressagebabe]

Any competition horse is supposed to change age on 1st Jan each year regardless of whether it is a T.B. as I found out when I looked it up on the net a few years ago to settle a debate about a horse that was for sale.

 

[TequilaMist]

I thought the same as TF.Used to be 1st for TB's only but can't remember when it changed.
If you look at insurance docs/bsja its 1st Jan they appear to use as well regardless what breed horse/pony is.

 

[Donkeymad]

I know that for showing purposes it is 1st Jan as with TB's, not sure about the rest but PIO's who have no known DOB usually put Jan 1st too.

 

[spitchwick]

Definately Jan 1st for showing, my Highland ''foal'' is only 5 months old, but will have to be in yearling classes now.