Now how do they manage all to be born on the same day???? LOL Actually, there's even more of a spread in ages in their futurities than the GSDs, isn't there? All the colts born during the YEAR, are given the birthdate of January 1, I believe. Stormy In a message dated 1/8/06 9:39:41 AM, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: > The idea of a Futurity started with horses. Since all horses that > competed > were born on the same day, (they were to be all born on January 1) they > were > about the same age. When we adopted the idea, we had puppies born months > after others in the same competition. > Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return www.FairhopeGSD.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================