Barny

My understanding is (and I could be making this up) that in the southern hemisphere breeders try for a foaling date as soon after August 1st as possible. This allows owners/trainers to take advantage of the rapid development that occurs at this age. In relative terms an August foaled horse is probably much stonger than an October foaled horse at 2yo or even 3yo, than when the same two horses are 5yo or 6yo.

Technically I guess it's possible for an August 1st and a July 31st foaled horse to be both considered the same age. I've no idea whether it's actually biologically possible.

Hope that helps, but it's nothing I've really thought too much about.

Pixie

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