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Title
Gallopers Australiawide Bloodstock
Description
The official age of a horse is reckoned from the first day of August next after its birth, when it becomes a yearling (i.e. it is one year old and commences its second official year of life). However there are two exceptions:-
a horse 31 days old or less on 1 August will not be required to become a yearling on that day, provided the Australian Stud Book is satisfied it was born to a mare whose first covering in Australia was restricted to the official covering season,1 September to 31 May. It will increase its age by one year each 1 August thereafter;
a horse born on or after 1 August to a mare whose first covering in Australia was in June, July or August, (i.e. was not restricted to the official covering season, will be deemed to be one year old (i.e. become a yearling) the day it was born and will become a two year old on the 1 August which follows one month after the end of the foaling season in which it was born. It will increase its age by one year each 1 August thereafter.
