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I question the statement "A foal may start to eat solids from ten days of age". I've always heard (and seen in our own foals) that it is more like 4 weeks before most foals regularly eat feed. T-bonham 06:57, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, I removed the age part of the statement "A colt can be castrated and then when it is 4 it would be called a gelding." As far as I know, a colt becomes a gelding immediately upon being castrated, regardless of age. We once castrated a foal at 2 days of age (due to medical problems); he was listed as a gelding on his registration papers. In Wiki itself, in the Gelding article, it refers to a 3-year-old gelding winning the 2003 Kentucky Derby.T-bonham 07:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

The link in regards to Information on foals, foal care and foaling midway down (external links) is to a commercial breeding operation and has VERY LITTLE information on caring for foals and foaling. Going to remove it if I can. Cornishr 13:57, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Ray Cornish (CornishR)

I'm going to remove both links-- one is defunct, the other is a horse classified site. Cantras 17:07, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

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Any reason this is in Category:Types of horses? Ealdgyth | Talk 19:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)