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The Foal The Yearling

The foal will usually stand within One to two Given his long legs, the gangling yearling is
hours of birth, with the mare remaining close by awkward in his movement, but is physically
to watch over her foal. Upon standing, the foal stronger. The thoroughbred takes four to five
will seek out his dam’s udder and start nursing. years to reach full maturity but the young
yearling is a strong and powerful specimen
The foal has long legs relative to his body. In the which can begin racing competitively from under
first few weeks of life, the foal relies entirely on two years of age.
his dam for nutrition, and will begin to feed and
forage at six weeks old onwards; shedding of foal 幼龄马
hair coat occurs at two month old, and weaning
usually takes place between four and six months 小马因腿较长而动作有些不协调，但骨架开始逐渐
of age. Before weaning, the foal and his dam are 长壮。当臀部的最高点与肩隆相平时，逐渐进入成
kept together, along with other foals. Weanlings 熟阶段。在这时期之前，臀部明显地比较高，在成
are separated from their dam and kept on their own, 长过程中，逐渐“往前面长”。一岁的马已长得相
or grouped with foals that have been raised together. 当强壮，大约一岁半时就可以开始上鞍训练调教,并
在两岁的时候出赛。
小马驹

刚产下的马驹可在出生后一至两小时内站立起
来，母马会在一旁小心看护。站立起来之后，
马驹会立刻寻找母马吸吮第一口奶水。

小马驹的腿相对于它的身高看起来比较长。
出生之后几周，完全要靠母马哺乳，大约
在六周后可以自己觅食；在两个月时蜕
去乳毛，大约在4至6个月时断奶。在
断奶之前，马驹通常与母马以及其
他的小马驹生活在一起，在断奶
之后就单独生活，或是和不同性
别的小马驹隔离生活。

The CHC now has over 20 new foals, all of which are either bred or foaled in the
northern hemisphere 2016 season in Ireland and the United States. Nine of these
foals are progenies of star stallion Australia, and they are currently housed in the
club’s international stables with their dams. The other foals are heirs of elite stallions
including Galileo, More Than Ready, Tapit, Scat Daddy, War Front, and Camelot.

CHC杰士马主俱乐部目前已经拥有约20匹新生小马驹，分别在2016年于爱尔兰及美
国相继诞生。其中明星种公马“澳大利亚”在今年已有9匹子嗣于俱乐部的国际马房
里随着母马生活。其他的小马驹分别出自世界顶级水准的父系血统，其中包括“伽利
略”(Galileo)、“万全准备”(More Than Ready)、“塔比特”(Tapit)、“星级教父”(Scat
Daddy)、“战争前线”(War Front)及“帝王城堡”(Camelot)等的子嗣。

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