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sab2
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 Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 11:58:39 AM
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I have my Trakehner mare on here for sale or swap, i have been offered some lovely horses for swap but mainly geldings the only mares are abroad and i think its too far to go as too many animals at home to look after. I have only had stallions or mares and i just wondered if i would be happy with a gelding, what is everybodies choice and why. I am looking for one to do showing at lower level endurance and dressage.
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proctorclaire
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 12:03:32 PM
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| I have 2 mares and if I was to get another horse it would be a gelding. Mares are far to stroppy!!! Although my Arab mare is a wee sweetheart my Connemara X is the devil horse hahhaa |
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sab2
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 12:16:58 PM
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| I think thats why i like mares and stallions though they seem to have a bit more about them, although i am not getting any younger so maybe its time for a gelding. |
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Holly
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England
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 12:20:36 PM
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I think its down to personal choice and like you Ive never had a gelding either.
Ive always had mares, i dont think that it was an intentional decision....but i think that after after 1 or 2 mares i got stuck in a routine of thinking that i only want mares and so have only ever viewed/loaned/brought mares.
One mare I have now can be very stroppy, particularly when in season and hates having her belly and back legs touched and will raise her leg to me everytime i try to brush her in that area. Apart from that she is very loving and sweet and i have just excepted that that is how she is. people often say to me 'you should get a gelding, they are so easy and not hormonal'.
I have decided that if i ever buy again i will deffinitly look at both mares and geldings and not take into account the sex of the horse. Infact there is a palomino gelding on the sales pages at the moment that has caught my eye and i would definitly be interested in buying him if i was in a position to buy!
I would have an open mind and at least go and view some of the geldings that you have been offered if they tick all the boxes. xxxxx |
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barbara.gregory
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 12:24:38 PM
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I have had geldings in the past (including one who was a stallion at stud until he was 8) and they were lovely horses. My mares aren't moody when in season but I know a lot who are so you don't have that problem with a gelding. As a horse just for riding I don't think you can beat a good gelding.
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susan p
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 12:36:30 PM
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I have two mares and two geldings,I personally prefer geldings,but it really does depend on the individual horse.We have one really easy sweet mare and one that is stroppy,also one gelding that is cheeky and one that is a perfect little angel  |
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moatside
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 12:42:14 PM
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| I have 4 mares - none of them are stroppy when in season. I work on the principal that mares are as entire as stallions and treat them as such. Isn't the old saying "tell a gelding, ask a mare and discuss it with a stallion"? |
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nikki83
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 12:42:25 PM
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I have owned a mare and had 2 other mares on loan in the past. Dine is my first gelding and is everything I hoped he would be. He is very sweet and loving. His temperament is brilliant, couldn't ask for better.
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joanna_piana
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 12:59:47 PM
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| I have one of each and love them both for different reasons. I did say after Ishara I would never get another mare as she is very mareish but at the same time I totally adore her and although my gelding is the sweetest sweetest boy he doesn't come close to how I feel about her but then I've had her longer and been through more with her. I think it just depends on the horse really rather than their gender. |
      
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Callisto
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 1:29:54 PM
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I have had both, and I don't really think that their gender is particularly important - it's their personality that counts. We had one mare on loan when I was a teenager who was a positive menace when she was in season, but she had been badly treated and had other issues - as good as gold when you were on her back, very handy with her back legs when you were on the ground. Apart from that the being in season thing has never been an issue with any of the other 3 mares I have owned. My mother is very anti mare, but even she can't fault either of our current girls for temperment/behaviour.
I was looking for a chestnut or bay gelding when I bought Lily, who is a grey girl - but she turned out to be the one - A good horse is never a bad colour or the wrong sex, (unless you are looking to breed, obviously  ). |
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wheelie
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England
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 4:31:20 PM
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| I've owned two geldings and a chestnut mare! The mare probably being the best behaved and easiest to handle though she has been with me since she was 5 she's now 14!! My two geldings have come to me at the age of 14 one was with me till he passed away at 23 and the other is now 17. They where very similar personality wise head strong and im going where i want types. I feel closer with my mare even though I have good relationships with the geldings my mare just knows me and is more sensitive to me!! Love them all though!! :) |
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natntaz
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England
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 4:36:30 PM
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I have had mares and gelding and i much prefer geldings
they seem to me much easier and level headed. I know
there are exceptions but my preference is geldings |
   
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templars
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England
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 5:21:28 PM
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Vote for mares from us  
At the moment we've got an all male string of competition horses but that's because a) there are so few mares competing at the level Evie is at and b) in that small group, eventing mares with Arabian breeding are rarer than hen's teeth!
We've a lovely part bred filly who will be ready in another 2 years but in the meantime .... sob, sob no oestrogen fizz bomb.
... and the search continues for that elusive lady to join the boys out flying the flag (if only Taragun was a few years younger and a couple of hands taller - big sigh) |
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sab2
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 5:49:35 PM
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Thanks for all your reply everybody.
Templars i find that the mares seem to look after you better than geldings especially jumping fences, i used to teamchase years ago when the fences were bigger than me and my mare was so clever and carefull and she was only 14.2hh, the gelding i rode for somebody else would quite happily bury you in the fence he just didnt seem to have that self preservation that my mare had. |
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carole ferguson
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 7:38:03 PM
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| I have always had mares as well - and I do find they often tend to look after you. I have had a couple of nasty accidents when helping other people out with their geldings. One was an old ex-steeplechaser who was loaned by ILPH to my young teenage neighbour Michelle- and he had terrified her - so she was on my just broken saddlebred x thoroughbred mare Ishtar. The gelding came down with me after sticking his head between his knees and tripping up when trying to gallop off. He rolled right over me - and my young mare stopped with Michelle - and calmly walked back to see that I was O.K. Meanwhile Ricoh Star had galloped to the gate on the bridleway with an extremely muddy saddle. I did get on the old monkey again - and made him walk across the field eventually - but boy was I stiff later that evening. |
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Spangle
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Posted - 30 Dec 2010 : 9:11:28 PM
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IMO it very much depends on the horse! My first was a 14.3 Arab x Welsh chestnut mare- about as mareish as they come- but I had her for 12 years before I had to say goodbye to her, she was a very special girl to me and we had loads of fun together- she saw me through some tough times and I oftem had ads written for her as I was at my wits end with her a few times in the early days!
Marco came along whilst I still had Anoushka- he is an almost Black TB x Welsh Gelding- but is very sensitive and quirky- sometimes more difficult to understand than a mare- and now I have Spangle another Chestnut PB mare- and very mareish but there is very def something I find special in her ways! I wouldn't be without Marco and would have a gelding again- but I don't think he is a run of the mill gelding.
BTW I like the look of your mare and I love doing dressage but afraid I am not swopping my mare that possibly would fit the bill of what you are looking for!! |
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Kazhak
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Posted - 31 Dec 2010 : 02:36:11 AM
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I would say that it depends on the horse too, I have mares, geldings & a riding stallion & to be honest my Stallion is fantastic to ride & work with, such a smooch & he's the one I ask, my mares are the ones I discuss it with lol.. but as I said I also have a couple of geldings too, while their useful as far as space goes as can be paddocked with mares, after educating my stallion to ride myself I think I prefer him to the geldings.. my mums arabian partbred gelding is not very independent & I hate that in horses, I have had him jump out of yards when left on his own yet my Stallion is paddocked most of the time by himself, sometimes I bring the other stallion up for them to have a play together though..
yet a gelding can be useful, they don't always react to mares the way a stallion will & unlike mares will not react to a stallion the way a mare would..
I still remember my first endurance ride with my Arabian mare, she was young & in season & the whole 40kms was a nightmare, then the next year I rode mums gelding & he was a little champ, trotted the whole way & was so easy to manage on the day.
so it comes down to personal preference & the attitude of the horse as well.. I would suggest visiting those you can & spend some time with them,
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oliviaw
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Posted - 31 Dec 2010 : 6:00:23 PM
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Mares all the way!
Iv never had a gelding before, but mares seem to have more about them of course this is generalised but i know loads who stay clear of mares!
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angelarab
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Posted - 01 Jan 2011 : 03:00:44 AM
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| I knew i wanted a gelding, always had better times when i was learning to ride/being around them, We have three mares and five geldings on the livery and all the mares seem very superior far to busy to graze then do silly running around and rock hard!! two of them are deffo cock of the yard the 3rd is 22 and nanny to Baz keeping him out of scrapes! LOL all the geldings just seem suckers for cuddles and goofy, but i do love those rare moments a mare allows me to give her a bit of 1 2 1 pamper. All different breeds too! |
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