How young must a horse be to qualify as a philly?

Question

Same as the question above, sources please

Answer 1

A female horse is a filly when born

She will stay a filly until the age of 5, then she will be classified as a mare

A male horse is a colt when born

He will remain a colt until the age of 5, where he will be classified as a horse (No joke a 5 year old male is classified as horse)

Answer 2

It's filly with an 'f', actually.

When any horse is younger than 1 year old, they can be called a foal.

A 1 to 2 year old horse is a yearling.

A filly is a female horse younger than about 4- the male version of this is a colt.

There you go! Hope this helps! :)

Answer 3

Any female horse that is too young to qualify as a mare is known as a filly. By definintion, a filly becomes mare when she turns five on the first of January

Answer 4

In the United States a filly is a female horse under the age of four years old.  The universal birthday for most horses is considered to be Jan 1st.

http://www.saferhorseracing.com/gpage8.h...

Answer 5

Well actually a female horse is considred a filly when it is born. However if it has a baby before it is three years old then, when the baby is born it is clasified as a mare. otherwise when it turns three is when it is formally named a mare.

Answer 6

A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.

In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old.

In some nations, the world of horse racing sets the cutoff age for fillies as younger than five years.[citation needed]

The equivalent term for a male is a colt. When horses of either s*x are less than one year of age, they are referred to as foals.[1] Horses between one and two years of age may also be called yearlings.

On June 9, 2007, Rags to Riches became the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes since 1905

Answer 7

I prefer cow on my philly.