Derby winners

[The Indomitable DrugS]

If a horse is born on Jan 1st it is a weanling---and does not become a yearling until the following year.

If a horse is born before Jan 1st---I would assume they wouldn't report the horse being foaled until Jan.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

If a horse is born on Jan 1st it is a weanling---and does not become a yearling until the following year.

If a horse is born before Jan 1st---I would assume they wouldn't report the horse being foaled until Jan.

which would result in fraud charges. a big stable tried to do that a couple years ago, several employees were fired, and several others involved had a hard time scraping all the egg off their face.

[ManilaRose]

You do get in trouble if you get caught. Horses are born before Jan. 1st and not reported until later all the time though.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by ManilaRose

You do get in trouble if you get caught. Horses are born before Jan. 1st and not reported until later all the time though.

JC's been cracking down last year or so. Farms with too many foals born the first few days of January have started getting visits from JC people around New Years to take note of those 2 week-old 'newborns'.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

If a horse is born on Jan 1st it is a weanling---and does not become a yearling until the following year.
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Actually, it is a suckling foal just after birth, since it is still nursing. Only after it has left its mummy in the late summer or early fall and is no longer nursing (ie weaned) is a foal called a weanling.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

Actually, it is a suckling foal just after birth, since it is still nursing. Only after it has left its mummy in the late summer or early fall and is no longer nursing (ie weaned) is a foal called a weanling.

Thanks for correcting me on the verbiage. I thought a weanling simply met the horse was less than one year old.

I like the term suckling---I'll have to try and use it a little now.

Thunder Gulch won the Derby before his 3 year old birth date.

[Cajungator26]

Last year, someone on ESPN had posted all of the derby winners and what month they were born in. I know that May foals have not typically done well.