Re: [RC] To geld or not to geld - Maggie MieskeMy feelings exactly and having been on the receiving end of 3 unexpected pregnancies when Mykal was barely two and not even acting studdy, ya just never know!!! Did we learn OUR lesson...feigned ignorance in the daylight does not reflect romantic rendevouz in the moonlight!! :) (Shoot! Did I just write my next poem for my creative writing class??) :) Miles of smiles, Maggie http://arabianquest.com/samaha_arabians.htm "So many of our dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable." Christopher Reeve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Paus" <paus@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Marlene Moss" <marlene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [RC] To geld or not to geld I get my colts gelded before they are yearlings. They can start acting studdy pretty young and "accidents" have been known to happen before you think they are mature enough to do something... I'm sure he's a nice colt, but he'll probably make an awesome gelding. chris --- Marlene Moss <marlene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I have a really amazing BLM mare - brilliant and calm and well put together except a little on the short side. I like short, but she's got proportionally short legs. I bred her to a very nice endurance arab (with long legs of course!) and we now have a 9 month old colt. I wanted a filly, but you know how that goes. Anyhow, he is a very nice looking colt. He got the===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ You don't have to be a 100-mile rider or a multi-day rider to be an endurance rider, but if you want to experience the finest challenges our sport has to offer, you need to do both of those. ~ Joe Long ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ REAL endurance is reading the LD vs. Endurance thread/debate every 3 months!!! ~ Heidi Sowards ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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