Taking yearlings to sales venues involves significant changes to their lives. First, there is a major shift in environment. Many yearlings have never left the farm where they were born,...
Preparing a yearling for sale requires correct nutrition, conditioning, grooming, and fitness. Properly prepared yearlings will be fit (not fat), sound, and well-grown with shiny coats. Taking time and effort...
Previous research has shown a relationship between yearling size and future racing performance. Yearlings that weighed in the lower 25% of the population had lower earnings and fewer stakes winners...
...measurements were taken in late August and early September for 630 yearlings to be sold. Session and sale price were recorded and correlated to price. The yearlings were from 23...
...rates for yearlings are extremely variable depending on growth history, skeletal size, individual metabolism, actual age in months, and availability and quality of forage. In the preparation of sales yearlings,...
...ideal condition score for a sales yearling is 6 based on a scale of 1 (poor) through 9 (extremely fat). Yearlings presented for sale with lower condition scores may be...
...due to the large amount of voluntary activity in yearling colts which are kept in groups or are allowed to exercise in groups. Similar to yearlings, amounts to feed two-year-olds...
...preparation, the feeding of yearlings prior to and at the sales should be approached individually. Appropriate feeding prior to and at the sales can ensure that yearlings look their best...
Young horses need good-quality feeds to meet their nutrient requirements for growth, as well as free-choice exercise in large paddocks. Weanlings and yearlings have high requirements for energy, protein, amino...
...condition score of 450-kg yearlings from 5.5 to 6.5. The majority (>80%) of the yearlings measured in this study were being prepped for yearling sales where BCS of 6.0 is...
...Protein Weanlings need 15% crude protein and yearlings need 13% crude protein in the diet. Young green grass/clover pasture contains 15–20% crude protein, but this amount falls rapidly as the...
...Thoroughbred sales yearlings and to investigate the association, if any, of defects with race results and injuries during the horses’ turf racing careers. How was the study performed? Over a...
It was a busy three days for Saracen clients as the October Yearling Sale at Tattersalls got underway in Newmarket. Saracen clients had impressive results during Book 1, including two...
...of the oil seed protein would take place primarily in the small intestine. How was the study performed? Sixteen yearling fillies of Quarter Horse breeding were paired by age and...
...R. Douglas and C. Gaskins. 1989. Influence of isocaloric high energy carbohydrate and fat diets on growth related hormone profiles in the yearling horse. Proc. Equine Nutr. Physiol. Soc.11:151. ...