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of queens and cats, was frustrated with Doctor. Am I rightfullt so? (a bit long, but need
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Rebecca McGraw wrote: * *I thought a mare was a female horse 4 years of age or older, regardless *of whether or not she has foaled. Guess I have to go look it up. Depends on where you're looking it up The medical/physiological definition is that a filly turns into a mare at sexual maturity - like a girl turns into a woman at puberty. But for horses who are involved in different activities there may be different definitions. A thoroughbred racehorse won't turn into a mare until she's five. Go figure. -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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of queens and cats, was frustrated with Doctor. Am I rightfullt so? (a bit long, but need
Hillary Israeli wibbled
A thoroughbred racehorse won't turn into a mare until she's five. Go figure. But that racehorse may turn five when she's only just over 36 months old. :-) (Under English racing regulations anyway.) Jac |
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of queens and cats, was frustrated with Doctor. Am I rightfullt so? (a bit long, but need
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Jacqui wrote: *Hillary Israeli wibbled * * A thoroughbred racehorse won't * turn into a mare until she's five. Go figure. * *But that racehorse may turn five when she's only just over 36 months *old. :-) (Under English racing regulations anyway.) Yes, american TBs will increase a year in age on 1/1 even if born on 12/31 -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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of queens and cats, was frustrated with Doctor. Am I rightfulltso? (a bit long, but need
Hillary Israeli wrote: In , Cathy Weeks wrote: (Vicki S) wrote in message . com... * * horse: mare - stallion? * *Actually a female horse is only a mare after it has given birth, I *think. Prior it's called a filly. Stallion is a male horse that has *not been neutered (if it has, it's called a gelding). A young male *horse is a colt. A female horse is a filly until reaching sexual maturity at about 24 mos, then she's a mare. Unless you're a racing authority, in which case you may have a different definition (the thoroughbred authority, for example, says a filly is a filly until she's five, IIRC). I was thinking it must be something like this. I'd feel silly calling my 30 year old appaloosa a filly. My mind is full of useless crap. Thank you, national veterinary examining committee for guaranteeing that I will always have something to discuss at cocktail parties. I found it interesting! I also found the udder discussion interesting.... Mary |
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of queens and cats, was frustrated with Doctor. Am I rightfullt so? (a bit long, but need
Mary W. writes:
: I found it interesting! I also found the udder discussion interesting.... Ahhh, udderly fascinating? Larry |
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of queens and cats, was frustrated with Doctor. Am I rightfulltso? (a bit long, but need
Larry McMahan wrote: Mary W. writes: : I found it interesting! I also found the udder discussion interesting.... Ahhh, udderly fascinating? Something like that : ) Mary |
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