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Bayard

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9. You're right

Reply to jeffreyi (Reply #7)

Thu May 7, 2026, 11:49 PM

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They are 3 year olds, meaning they were backed at 2 years. Horses keep growing until they are 5 or 6, and their joints may not be fully closed until then.
I go through this mental war every year of wishing they would give them at least another year or two to mature, and feeling the tradition deep in my bones as a Kentucky girl.

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