How to judge a horse's age?

Question

Could any know how to give a judgment on a horse's age? The best answer will be awarded , show your best answer and contact me : http://horsefaq.org/

Answer 1

Check out this link:
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/pregastric/aginghorses.html

It has great pictures and diagrams showing how to age horses by their teeth...

Answer 2

Starting at 2 years of age the horse's front teeth (incisors)
are the way to tell age. There are three sets of incisors,
central, intermediate and corners. Open the horse's lips
and look to see if all are baby teeth or adults.
The central pair are adult (permanent at 2 - 2 1/2 years.,
the intermediate at 3 - 3 1/2 years and the adult
corner incisors at 4 - 4 1/2 years. At 4 1/2 - 5 1/2
years of age some horses (mostly males) grow
canine teeth which is that fang-like tooth just behind the
incisors.

Now starting at six years old, you need to look at the
flat (table) surface of the lower incisors. There is a pit
called the infundibulum that is easily seen in the center
of each incisor's flat surface. At six years of age the
pits of lower central permanent incisors are worn out
(disappear).

At 7 years the lower central incisors lose their pit and the
upper corner incisor develops a hook off the back edge.

By 8 years, all the lower adult incisors have lost their pit
but a new small depression (dental star) appears in the
lower central incisors.

At 9 years of Age, the horse's lower central and intermediate
and intermediate and upper central incisors will have a
dental star but the infundibulum (pit) of the upper corner
incisor is still present - they do not disappear until the
horse is eleven years old.

From the age of eleven on, the incisors become more
triangular and the teeth begin to project out toward the
front of the mouth more with each additional year.

The best way to get good at aging horses is by practice.
Look at as many horses of know age and test yourself.
Some day you'll save a friend from buying a 1980
model that he thought was brand new!

Answer 3

teeth ok when the horse is between the ages 1 and 5 there is really no way to tell but they have what you call a galvine groove ( a indented line that is on there 3rd tooth from the front) and it starts when there 5 and reaches the bottom when they are about 15 then it starts receding when they are 20 and reach the bottom at 30. ok so you say how to tell if they are 5-15 are 20-30 there eye sockets will sink in as they get older. also with the teeth. when they are younger the teeth are like ours straight up and down but as they grow older the teeth will get longer and start going out. to see some pictures go to yahoo search images( horse teeth) and there is one specific one and it is teeth 3 it is labeled equine ages.

Answer 4

Get a book out of the library that specialises in horse health and you will see diagrams of what teeth to look for to tell a horses age. Also, some horses have teeth at the back removed when they are young.

Sometimes you can tell by how high the horses wither is or how much the hips stick out (but mainly in older horses).

Older horses often have less muscle tone too.

Answer 5

You judge a horses age by its teeth.

Answer 6

Count how many adult teeth it has then divide that number by 2. The number you get is approximately how old the horse is, or so im told.

Answer 7

Teeth-How many teeth are grown in and also if they are older they may have grey hairs or they may have coloring around their eyes.

Answer 8

Check its teeth

Answer 9

Go to a website about it and it can tell you how to check his teeth.Have your farrier do it or have a vet come out.

Answer 10

ITS' TEETH MAINLY. ALSO SOMETIMES OLDER HORSES EYE SOCKETS LOOK SUNKEN IN.