Yearling
A yearling is a thoroughbred in the calendar year after the year it was born — every thoroughbred shares an official January 1 birthday for record-keeping.
Yearlings are the most heavily traded age at public auction; the big yearling sales run in September. A yearling is typically broken in the fall of its yearling year and turns 'two' the following January 1, regardless of its actual foaling date.
Examples
- arrow_rightThe September yearling sales are the largest thoroughbred auctions of the year.
- arrow_rightWynstock was bought as a yearling and broken that fall before being pointed to a two-year-olds in training sale.