ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: To geld or not, that is the question

Re: To geld or not, that is the question

SandyDSA@aol.com
Tue, 20 May 1997 13:02:26 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 97-05-20 12:16:50 EDT, you write:

<< Geld clauses in the sale contract
are of no legal merit. After you sell the horse and release it to the new
owner's care. It is theirs to do with as they please (to geld or not
geld).
Not true - we had one upheld easily, since the colt was too young for
gelding at the time of contract, and so the clause went in for several
reasons. The gelding was completed by the new owner, even thought they wished
to keep him entire and breed him to his sis later. Of course, they could not
and now are happy with a number of mares and geldings.
I am of exactly the opposite opinion. I have a colt which I am in
converstations about finding a new owner for. This person is looking for
a gelding. My attitude is..."well, I can understand why you want a
gelding, and I won't violently oppose gelding the horse, but I also won't
perform the operation myself. If you want a gelding, geld him yourself."

Is it because I believe him to be breeding quality (I don't know, he's
only 4 weeks old, so impossible to say at this stage, but MAYBE)? No, it
is because I LIKE stallions.
I also like stallions or else we would not own a stallion. However, i don't
care for a lot of the people who HAVE them, and have been endangered on trail
and at shows and EVEN in the stallion's own barn!
> SOme of the bets stallions are in backyards and on small
> ranches, and a good deal of ranches are as careful as we are about who
gets
> their precious colts. Going to the stock yard or an auction is enough to
> convince anyone that there are indeed too many horses being bred.

If you really want to reduce the number of substandard horses being bred,
you would do better to spay your "non breeding quality" mares before you
sell them. >>
No I have to disagree here since an entire female in not nearly the complex
social problem a stallion is. Stallions are unwelcome in many venues - SAR,
drill teams, schools, public boarding stables (some allow them in barns), and
on Mounted Police Patrols. These people traditionally want geldings, many
will accept mares, but I know of none that consider a stallion socially
acceptable. There is a reason for this. 'Nuf said.
s

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