நீ நடந்தால் நடை அழகு !!! ~ Beautiful lil horse of Triplicane

 

A baby horse at Triplicane  !!  நீ நடந்தால் நடை அழகு   !!!

திருவல்லிக்கேணி திவ்யதேசத்தில் எம்பெருமான் திருவீதி வலத்தின் அழகுகளை பட்டியலிட்டு மாளாது. எம்பெருமான் சாற்றுப்படி, நறுமண மாலைகள், திருவாபரணங்கள், திருக்குடைகள், வாகனங்கள், பட்டர் முதலான கைங்கர்யபரர்கள், ஸ்ரீபாதம்தாங்கிகள், அருளிச்செயல் & நான்மறை வல்லார்கள், இன்னிசை பல்வேறு கைங்கர்யங்கள் செய்வோர், அழகு கோலங்கள் .. மேலும், மேலும் – அந்நாள்  26.4.2024 சிறப்பு - ஒரு வாரமே ஆன அழகு குட்டிக்குதிரை.

 

Not exactly a Baby horse !!   A small horse is generally called a pony if it measures under 14.2 hands (approx. 58 inches or 147 cm) at maturity. While ponies are often, stockier with thicker coats, very small, refined horses are frequently referred to as miniature horses. A baby horse of any size is called a foal. 

That way a Horse that is just a week old is a Foal !! More specifically, because it is still nursing from its mother, a one-week-old foal is also often referred to as a suckling.  Based on the gender – A male foal (up to 1 year) is a Colt while a female is a Filly !!.  At one week old, the foal is highly active, as healthy foals are capable of standing and running just hours after birth. 

Some interesting news on a Foal that had been sold for millions – whooping Rs.66 Crores approx !!!  – Legendary mare Winx's first surviving foal, that sold for a record Aus$10 million (US$7 million), was retired on veterinary advice without running a race.

 

Quinceanera set a new global mark for a thoroughbred yearling when Australian Debbie Kepitis's Woppitt Bloodstock fended off interest from America, Japan and Europe to buy her in 2024.  Quinceanera, named after the traditional Latin American celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday, which marks her transition from childhood to womanhood, is the second foal of the legendary Winx, which won 25 group 1 races and 33 consecutive victories under the guidance of Waller. Her first foal, a filly by I Am Invincible, did not survive and her third, a colt by Snitzel, was to be sold at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale last month before it was withdrawn because of a setback from a paddock accident. 

Sired by leading stallion Pierro, there were high hopes for the filly. But the three-year-old will now become a broodmare -- one kept specifically for breeding purposes. Woppitt Bloodstock said on social media the "tough decision" to retire her was made "following veterinary advice and in consultation with (trainer) Chris Waller". "Although disappointing, it's in her best interest to now begin her career as a broodmare," it added. 

Winx was the world's top-rated turf horse ahead of her retirement in 2019 with an amazing four-year unbeaten streak, winning 33 races in a row including 25 Group 1 victories. She banked more than Aus$26 million (US $18.3 million) in prize money. 

Interesting !
 
Regards – S Sampathkumar
26.4.2026