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

We have two paint stallions and the other one well he is a little different he came from a breeding stallion station, been shown in halter and moved around alot never having a real human bond with anyone and I believe he has been handled more "strong handed" to fear people instead of to respect people. He is not as trusted as our other one but he doesn't have mean look in his eye I think his problems are all man-made from the way he has been handled.

I don't think and never have thought stallions are crazy and most of them aren't dangerous either. Raising yours as you are from a youngster and having hands on with him he should be great.

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There are numerous cases of people being killed by stallions. One girl was scalped and later died after being attacked by a showjumping stallion that she rode daily in Germany and I personally know of a guy that was cleaning the stall of a well known halter horse stallion who he had looked after for years and it bit him in the face, got him down on the floor and pawed him repeatedly. He died later from his injuries. Another very famous racehorse stallion was put down on a flight to Japan after coming uncorked mid air. We also had a very well known stallion in England and he was notoriously of unsound mind but he produced a lot of winners, the list goes on.

It is common practice on TB farms in England that women do not handle stallions and I am fine with that. I'm not talking about 2 or 3 year old colts, I'm talking about fully fledged breeding stallions. Anyone that thinks that all stallions are lovable and easy to handle has obviously never encountered one like those mentioned above and I think it's stupid to believe that you can trust them and can always be safe when you turn your back.