I am currently riding a stallion who, prior to my purchasing him, was used
as such. However, I have no plans to breed and intend on gelding in the
spring - he's a very, very good stallion but still a stallion none-the-less
and if I'm not interested in promoting him and covering mares why not make
life a little easier on us all?
I also agree from my limited experience that stallions tend not to give
100% like a mare or gelding would. They, by design, have an extremely
strong sense of self-preservation and tend to save a little bit for
themselves. Doesn't mean they can't make good competitors - just takes a
little more effort to get it out of them.
So...the long and short of it is, IMO, geld :-> BTW, Embers will be 10 when
he's gelded and 3 vets I have spoken with don't see any problem with
gelding him at that age tho it won't be quite as easy as a 2 year old. His
fitness will help, they tell me.
Tina and one gelding and one Mr. Gelding-To-Be
hickst@nichols.com