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Why do people think stallions are so unpredictable2007-11-24 21:23:21

That next spring I carried the sweetest little filly-foal out of that pasture.

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As long as they have been trained and worked with I see nothing wrong with them at all.

We had one that I rode quite alot and he was a great horse.

He was well behaved and mannerly and a great ride.

He know what breeding was and when he was supposed to "preform" his job. that took place in the breeding barn and that was the only time he was allowed to act studish. Other wise he would get corrected for it.

Many places do not want the additional work of handling one or haveing the responsibility if he gets into a pen with mares.

As long as you have the proper facilities and are able to handle him with out issues they can be wonderful horses.

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I think with stallions it is the same as with any horse good training make a nice horse to deal with. You need to teach them to respect you and your commands when they are younger and they will be good with proper training the rest of their lives. However if you get a stallion that does not respect you when there is a mare in heat or he thinks he is hot stuff you or someone less experienced then you could get hurt. I have a 10 month old colt now and he has no idea that he is a stallion yet. He goes out with mares and could care less what they are. He acts no different then his half sister, if anything he can be better behaved.

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I have had many good and bad experiences with stallions. Two close friends of mine have been severely injured by stallions. One was out in a pasture trying to catch a horse and was charged, pinned against a fence and continuously kicked until we could get the stallion away(he is now a gelding). The other was riding a stallion and a mare got too close. The stallion continuously bucked and reared until he fell backwards on top of her breaking her back.