| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name
 | Date | Lines | 
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| 1748.1 | Jan 1 "birthday" for all t'breds | KALE::ROBERTS |  | Fri May 28 1993 09:05 | 12 | 
|  |     Your foal will be 1 year old on Jan 1, 1994.  All thoroughbreds are
    considered to be yearlings in their second calendar year.
    
    Most breeders try to get foals as early in the year as possible -- late
    winter, early spring.  Although it has been shown that even fall-born
    foals will eventually catch up with their brothers and sisters born
    earlier in the year, this doesn't happen until they are well into their
    second year.  Since most breeders make their money at the yearling
    sales, they want their yearlings to be as big ans impressice as
    possible.
    
    -ellie
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| 1748.2 | Northern hemisphere? | DECWET::JDADDAMIO | Seattle Rain Festival: 1/1-12/31 | Fri May 28 1993 14:03 | 10 | 
|  |     Assuming you're in the Northern hemisphere, a foal born ANYTIME in
    1993, upto and including Dec 31, will be 1 year old on Jan 1, 1994.
    
    This is true for all racing and most show purposes since the AHSA uses
    the Jan 1 date as the universal birthday too.
    
    I believe that the Southern Hempishere uses June 1 as the universal
    birthday because their seasons are the opposite of ours(i.e. Jan 1 is
    their summer so Spring born foals would actually be 3 months or
    younger)
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| 1748.3 | IS IT TRUE? | WOTVAX::REESL | Lynda Rees | Mon Jun 14 1993 09:04 | 3 | 
|  |     Is it true that TB horses D.O.B go down as 1st Jan, but that 
    unregistered horses go down as 1st May?
    
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| 1748.4 | Is what true? | KALE::ROBERTS |  | Mon Jun 14 1993 09:31 | 8 | 
|  |     The date of dirth on the registration certificate for a thoroughbred is
    the actual day the foal was born.  When you ask if the dates of birth
    for "unregistered horses go down as 1st of May" I'm not sure what you
    are asking.  "Go down" where?  If they are unregistered, it can't mean
    registration papers...  Or did you mean registered in some cross-breed
    registry or other?
    
    -ellie   
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| 1748.5 | Usually Jan 1st | DECWET::JDADDAMIO | Seattle Rain Festival: 1/1-12/31 | Mon Jun 14 1993 14:33 | 2 | 
|  |     For show purposes, the AHSA considers Jan 1 as the "official" birthday
    of all breeds/divisions as do most registries.
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