Potato!
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How do you know that it is not a likely senario?
As i said i just ride wont ride that way until he is moved as i wont allow myself and others to be put at risk. I dont see this as over reacting.
Aggressive miniature stallion on hacking route!
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How do you know that it is not a likely senario?
As i said i just ride wont ride that way until he is moved as i wont allow myself and others to be put at risk. I dont see this as over reacting.
Archangel
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I can see your point of view OP, you are at a busy road junction on a youngish horse and love's young dream is rushing up your backside. Not ideal. Not everyone comes in to contact with stallions on a daily basis and even little ones sound like they could be trouble. I would go back on foot meet the little chap and talk to the owner. It might put your mind at rest.
FWIW I did own a stallion and he was kept next to a bridleway (with secondary electric fencing) , mostly used by myself and one other lady. Then another lady moved in and kicked up merry hell about him.
He was in fact less bother my other horses who would do wall of death on seeing another horse. It was because he was a stallion that rattled her. I could see her point of view though and was on the point of moving him back even further when her horse got out on the road and some kind soul put him in with the stallion
they were found grazing peacefully side by side. 
Hope you can resolve it OP.
FWIW I did own a stallion and he was kept next to a bridleway (with secondary electric fencing) , mostly used by myself and one other lady. Then another lady moved in and kicked up merry hell about him.
He was in fact less bother my other horses who would do wall of death on seeing another horse. It was because he was a stallion that rattled her. I could see her point of view though and was on the point of moving him back even further when her horse got out on the road and some kind soul put him in with the stallion
they were found grazing peacefully side by side. Hope you can resolve it OP.
Littlelegs
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The reason I think having an equally suitable & convenient field for the owner to move it to is unlikely is because very few people have a selection of fields going spare for no reason. Not impossible, but unlikely. Even if they own other land, I would guess they have chosen that particular field for a reason rather than from a selection.
Tormenta
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I'm afraid I'm of the mind that you will encounter other animals whilst hacking and a stallion in a field (as long as he can't reach your horse) is a good a chance as any to teach and learn your horse about these sorts of things, opening him to experience.
We pass two Shetland stallions regularly and yes they coming running over and they run up and down the fenceline having a squeal but we ignore them, my mares have never blinked an eyelid and our gelding apart from the first time when he grew 2 feet and was a bit on his toes now ignores them too. We also pass a Section D stallion from time to time who stands and nickers to the mares while walking along, they all ignore him.
It can't be that much more disturbing than a herd of bullocks charging over and bouncing and snorting all over the place whilst chasing you along the fenceline. Try to look at the positive, your horse is experiencing and being exposed to a situation that you can teach him how to deal with.
Don't get upset about it just imagine the mini stallion is a fluffy poodle or something
We pass two Shetland stallions regularly and yes they coming running over and they run up and down the fenceline having a squeal but we ignore them, my mares have never blinked an eyelid and our gelding apart from the first time when he grew 2 feet and was a bit on his toes now ignores them too. We also pass a Section D stallion from time to time who stands and nickers to the mares while walking along, they all ignore him.
It can't be that much more disturbing than a herd of bullocks charging over and bouncing and snorting all over the place whilst chasing you along the fenceline. Try to look at the positive, your horse is experiencing and being exposed to a situation that you can teach him how to deal with.
Don't get upset about it just imagine the mini stallion is a fluffy poodle or something
Hanzybaby01
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I think its just a case of 'little man syndrome' in these tiny stallions. All the fuss and noise he creates when seeing a horse far bigger and better looking than him is his male bravado of 'oh look at me'.
Try not to let it spoil your ride, the more you take your horse that way the more your horse will get used to him and his fuss. Just guide your horse past, perhaps pull his head slightly the opposite way so your horse isnt looking directly at the staillion and aggrivating him more and talk your horse through reassuring he is doing a good job as i highly doubt the owner will be moving him.
Try not to let it spoil your ride, the more you take your horse that way the more your horse will get used to him and his fuss. Just guide your horse past, perhaps pull his head slightly the opposite way so your horse isnt looking directly at the staillion and aggrivating him more and talk your horse through reassuring he is doing a good job as i highly doubt the owner will be moving him.
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Potato!
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if it was just the stallion on his own then there wouldnt be an issue at all and i would use it as a schooling excercis like people have suggested but with it being next door to a Busy junction on a main road which is really not the best place
Indy
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If I were in your boots and I really was worried I'd choose a different route to be honest.
I used to have a horse and he was scared stiff of a dumped settee and no amount of going past it with another horse, leading him up to it to sniff it and show it wasn't a threat was going to change his mind that it was going to kill him. His reaction was always the same spin 3/4 round and then try and leg it across the road the path ran adjacent to. The first time he did it I thought cute but I'm ready for you next time, the second time he did it I thought I'm going a different way next time. The path was shielded by trees so road users couldn't see us about to make an entrance so for me I chose to not go on that particular route on that particular horse. Despite numerous telephone calls to the council it's still there - I go past it regularly on my other horse.
I've often thought about setting the damn thing on fire.
I used to have a horse and he was scared stiff of a dumped settee and no amount of going past it with another horse, leading him up to it to sniff it and show it wasn't a threat was going to change his mind that it was going to kill him. His reaction was always the same spin 3/4 round and then try and leg it across the road the path ran adjacent to. The first time he did it I thought cute but I'm ready for you next time, the second time he did it I thought I'm going a different way next time. The path was shielded by trees so road users couldn't see us about to make an entrance so for me I chose to not go on that particular route on that particular horse. Despite numerous telephone calls to the council it's still there - I go past it regularly on my other horse.
I've often thought about setting the damn thing on fire.
OWLIE185
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Over the years I have had to deal with similar situations on behalf of riders in my area and I will give you a couple of examples.
The first was of some pigs that appeared in a field adjacent to a sharp double blind bend in a road which caused a number of local riders to have problems. There was the potential of an accident occuring so I visited the landowner/farmer concerned and he understood the dangers and simply moved the pigs to another field to avoid any accidents from occuring.
The second was of a bridleway which had a steep fall on one side of it and passed a property which had loose dogs which would jump up at the boundary fence awith the result that they would scare the passing horses. The danger being that the horses would go over the side. I visited the owners of the property who made it quite clear it was not their problem. Some time later the dogs escaped from the property and attacked a horse causing it injuries that had to be treatedby a vet. There where numerous more incidents and eventually the Enviromental act was used by the local authority. The owners where compelled to erect a new fence several metres in from the boundary fence to prevent the dogs from causing any more problems.
The first was of some pigs that appeared in a field adjacent to a sharp double blind bend in a road which caused a number of local riders to have problems. There was the potential of an accident occuring so I visited the landowner/farmer concerned and he understood the dangers and simply moved the pigs to another field to avoid any accidents from occuring.
The second was of a bridleway which had a steep fall on one side of it and passed a property which had loose dogs which would jump up at the boundary fence awith the result that they would scare the passing horses. The danger being that the horses would go over the side. I visited the owners of the property who made it quite clear it was not their problem. Some time later the dogs escaped from the property and attacked a horse causing it injuries that had to be treatedby a vet. There where numerous more incidents and eventually the Enviromental act was used by the local authority. The owners where compelled to erect a new fence several metres in from the boundary fence to prevent the dogs from causing any more problems.