Foal Facts

Horses are pregnant for 11 months.

Baby horses are called foals. 

Foals can stand up a few minutes to an hour after birth.

Foals can see shortly after being born.

Horses start cutting teeth a week after being born.

Foals take 3 to 4 years to fully grow up.

Foal's legs are 80% or more of the total length they will be when grown.

Foals ween off their mother's milk between 6 months and a year old.

A father horse is a sire.

A mother horse is a dam.

Mares tend to give birth at night and don't like to be watched while giving birth.

They are super adorable!

*Please note these are not my pictures.

Horse Colors

Gray – Horses with a dark coat and white to gray hair. They can often appear as white horses but if their points are dark they are considered grays.

Grullo – This is from a dun gene on a black horse. A dark dorsal strip, dark points, and dark legs. They can also have stripes on the legs, forward, back, etc.

Pearl – A horse with a red base coat lightened to an almost apricot color, the mane and tail will also be light.

Amber Champagne  - Gold coat with chocolate points. Can be confused with buckskin or bay dun. The mane and tail have light edges. This gene dilutes the color of a bay horse.

Brindle – A faint, small tiger striping pattern on a horse. This is quite rare.

Liver Chestnut – Very dark chestnut (reddish-brown) color.

Sorrel – A light chestnut (reddish-brown) color. The mane and tail will be the same color or lighter.

(*Please note, these are not my pictures.)