Racehorses as foals

[DanLewis]

Union Rags at 2 Days old

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[DanLewis]

Creative Cause as a baby

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[DanLewis]

Easy Goer as a baby

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[nikita]

Danedream


Photo by http://www.galoppfoto.de

[amfuller]

Of course Zenyatta

[tachyon]

Deep Impact

[Della]

What a terrific thread. These photographs are so interesting.

To those of you with experience in evaluating foals/weanlings, what do you see in the pics of Frankel, Zenyatta, Rags, Barbaro that would predict the outstanding racehorses they turned out to be?

And conversely, are there any ugly ducklings that are a surprise to see how well they turned out?

[serenassong]

I love this thread. If anyone can dig around and perhaps find one of Serena as a little one, that would be great! Would be a bonus if her dam is in the picture, as I have never seen a pic of her.

[Retrospectiv]

Easy Goer as a baby

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And with his momma, Relaxing:

[Northport]

Guineas and Derby winner Camelot

[Katewerk]

Having seen a baby pic of a well known, recently retired stallion with legs as crooked as a crow - one would think that broodmare owners would ask for foal photos as part of the decision making process.

[TBird]

Having seen a baby pic of a well known, recently retired stallion with legs as crooked as a crow - one would think that broodmare owners would ask for foal photos as part of the decision making process.

The majority of foals are born crooked--there's a lot of leg on a foal to cram into a very small space. Many, if not most, straighten and self-correct as they grow and mature. Sometimes minimal intervention is used (hoof trimming, confinement to a paddock, etc) and obviously sometimes surgery is done. But one of the biggest knocks against surgical intervention is that it's often unnecessary since so many foals grow into better legs on their own. So in most cases, looking at foal pictures isn't going to show you anything beyond "cute".

[Ridan_Remembered]

The baby Man o' War in 1917.


Three-month-old Secretariat.

[Miss Woodford]

A newly-born Whirlaway and his dam Dustwhirl

[Retrospectiv]

Another nice pic of Honor Code:

[TBird]

I'm loving all these baby pictures.

[ChampionCurlin]

Curlin

[carole]

Found a few of Rachel Alexandra as a baby:

[serenassong]

Another nice pic of Honor Code:

Wonder if that is Serena's Cat with him, would make sense. Would be able to tell if I could see her face.

[Retrospectiv]

^^ The colour and the left front sock certainly match her : )