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- sulphurfire
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I'm getting a new horse sometime in the next week or so, he's being culled from a breeding farm(not the quality they want). I have two questions regarding him, 1st how long after I geld him can he be safely turned out with my mare(Idon't want a surprise baby) ?He has ringbone, no apparent issues with it been off track for at least two years. And I know very little about ringbone, but if it doesn't give him major problems he'll be retrained for riding(pleasure). IS ringbone a deterioting condition(I know that its chronic) and are there any controls to keep him riding sound?
"The rewards, whether for winning or for losing, offer almost irresistible temptations to race a two-year-old more times than are good for them." John Hay Whitney at the annual testimonial dinner in October 1963 for the Thoroughbred Club of America
- sulphurfire
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Thanks Madelyn thats what I needed to know, he'll make horse number 4 on 3 1/2 acres after the studdish behavior is gone. I have a mare and 2 weanlings so I wanted to make sure he wasn't going to act like a normal active stallion when they do get turned loose together.
"The rewards, whether for winning or for losing, offer almost irresistible temptations to race a two-year-old more times than are good for them." John Hay Whitney at the annual testimonial dinner in October 1963 for the Thoroughbred Club of America
- sulphurfire
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Well it turned out to be a no go on getting the horse. The prson I was to get him from decideded to retain breeding rights, so I couldn't geld him and turns out he is a 1988 model. And I'm not setup for a breeding operation.Allowance winner only and not a good enough page on him IMHO to keep him as a stallion and invest in fence in setting up for breeding, at least not for me....
Of course IMO you could geld the majoirty of stallions out there.
Of course IMO you could geld the majoirty of stallions out there.
"The rewards, whether for winning or for losing, offer almost irresistible temptations to race a two-year-old more times than are good for them." John Hay Whitney at the annual testimonial dinner in October 1963 for the Thoroughbred Club of America
An '88 model? Wow, at his age, even if you gelded him I would think you would have an uphill battle with his behavior. After being a stallion for 17 years, I would think that he would never readjust to a gelding's life. The first horse I ever bought was a OTTB that was a 5 year old and had been recently gelded. He forever fancied himself a stallion. Many of them, once they learn that behavior never forget.