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Good stallions make great geldings.
This is very true, and I can vouch for that as I have a dream Appendix gelding I originally thought of using as a sportshorse stallion with a couple of mares. Then, when he started to be a pain in the neck, I had him gelded, and I can tell you that it was the best thing I did for both of us. The only things he lost were those two 'troublemakers', lol, but he gained an absolutely sweet and amazing personality, true diamond of a horse.
Regardless of how friendly your stallion is, people will be weiry of a stallion, making socializing with others difficult. If you wanted a sentimental foal, why not use one of these mares you have as a broodmare and then go ahead and geld him and enjoy him as a riding horse and companion. And don't worry; he won't begrudge you for your decision.
The only real reason why I bred horses was that I love raising babies, and I'm very good at teaching them the abc and turning them into trusting and people-oriented horses which is not a requirement for race horses. Otherwise, it just isn't economical to breed for the market unless you can be in the higher bracket of the business. Who really wants to have their babies end up in cheap claiming races?
SB
Good stallions make great geldings.
This is very true, and I can vouch for that as I have a dream Appendix gelding I originally thought of using as a sportshorse stallion with a couple of mares. Then, when he started to be a pain in the neck, I had him gelded, and I can tell you that it was the best thing I did for both of us. The only things he lost were those two 'troublemakers', lol, but he gained an absolutely sweet and amazing personality, true diamond of a horse.
Regardless of how friendly your stallion is, people will be weiry of a stallion, making socializing with others difficult. If you wanted a sentimental foal, why not use one of these mares you have as a broodmare and then go ahead and geld him and enjoy him as a riding horse and companion. And don't worry; he won't begrudge you for your decision.
The only real reason why I bred horses was that I love raising babies, and I'm very good at teaching them the abc and turning them into trusting and people-oriented horses which is not a requirement for race horses. Otherwise, it just isn't economical to breed for the market unless you can be in the higher bracket of the business. Who really wants to have their babies end up in cheap claiming races?
SB