Some info on "new" gelding info

[jnunan4759]

That used to be an old time thing that still exists today. From how it was explained to me, the attitude was that they weren't going to be embarased.

NY and CA are the only jurisdictions that really try to be accurate. I had a horse that I gelded as a yearling. I think I got him to the track (PHA) late in his 2YO year. I think he bucked. But he was listed in the program as a colt. So I went over to the paddock judge (I guess that's who he was) and told him that my horse was a gelding. He looked at his papers and said "You're good". And then I showed him my DRF and he said that would probably change. It never did. He ran to like 6 or 7 and was always a colt or horse in the program.

I sent one horse to AQU years ago and he was 6 and was reported as a first-time gelding. He was a gelding for 5 years.

So I like the DRF idea, but think the date can be misleading. I don't think it's deceiving but other states report differently. Some uniformity would be good