Advise on 18 month colt please

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My daughter decided she wanted to buy a youngster. We went to look at a 18 month new forest colt. Saw him in the barn with another younger colt and a gelding. He was wary and very quiet. We then went another time with a more experienced lady to see him in the field. He was with 4 other colts a gelding and 3 fillies. He moved nicely and was happy in his herd but we still couldn't really handle him.

Daughter decided to buy him and work on building trust ect. He arrived saturday. He's been stabled next to our 14yr old gelding and is very trusting of us. He has lovely manners, leads nicely, allows us to touch his front legs and obviously been handled more than we first thought. He has a lovely calm and quiet nature.
So today we decided to turn him out for a while with the gelding he's been next to. He lead out to the field like a pro ( up the road ).
All was well until we let him go. He turn into a nasty little sod. He attacked the gelding. He was not playing. He was literally going for his throat, The screams from the gelding were awful. The gelding is the sweetest pony and wouldn't stand up for himself at all.
Decided to put my youngster ( nearly 3 ) out with them to see if this calmed the colt.
Colt proceeded to go for youngster who quickly put him in his place and they were fine but colt keep going back to attack gelding for no reason other than he could.
Brought colt in again who was an angel once on the lead rope and back to his quiet self.
He will be gelded asap.
Don't have another field to put him because of the mares and don't want him to live alone as they are herd animals.
So will gelding calm this behaviour and how best to try and introduce him into the herd once gelded.
Sorry its so long.
 
Hi i had similar problems with my 22 month old Colt and i moved to a new livery yard. Everything was fine on first day of turn out and then a few days later i arrived at the yard and the other owners were horrified to tell me that he had attacked a Section A and a horse that is approx 15.2" (my colt is only about 14hh at the moment) i was mortified and promptly had him gelded, this has calmed him down huge amounts and i also put him on the Global Herbs Rig Calm. Its just like having my soppy baby back once again....i've yet to try him back with the other geldings as he is lame at the moment and on box rest. The other thing you could do is put a seperate electric fence paddock up for him in the field with the others so they can all get to know each other over the fence as such, before you let them all in together. Good Luck it will get easier once he's had the snip....
 
We are going to make him an electric fence paddock tomorrow so he can have some turn out but not sure weather to try him in it now or wait until he's been gelded., Or Just take him out inhand until then. Then start a fresh.
 
We had this with our new gelding when he first arrived, he was about 11.2 and was turned out with the 17hh tb x that arrived with him. Within a day or so he was bullying the tb x mercilessly, had smashed a wooden 5 bar gate by double barreling it trying to get to our other gelding, and was generally horrible with all other horses. I would get him out now, in a seperate paddock so they can get to know each other with the safety of the tape to protect your other gelding. At least when he has been gelded he will know well the ones he is in with. We have 2 2yo colts but as they have run with the herd since 6 months they know their place at the bottom of the pecking order! They never bothered the tiny dartmoor hill pony when he went in with them and play with him as though he has always been there.
 
I would be inclined to put him out with your 3yr old who puts him in his place and give the quiet gelding the fenced off area.

he should calm down once gelded
 
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