In this report, clinical and histological findings of a rare case of a large congenital fibropapillomaon the forehead of a warmblood foal are reported. Surgical excision was curative and norecurrence was observed after nine months. The foal did not present any other abnormalities.Morphologically, the lesion was classified as a fibro-epithelial type of skin hamartoma. The fibrouscomponent has thus far only been reported in pigs. Although fibropapillomas are commonin adult animals and are associated with papillomavirus infection, this association has not beendemonstrated in foals and piglets. Additionally, there were no histopathological indications ofpapillomavirus infection in the present study, nor could PCR reveal the presence of papillomavirusDNA.