Gelding will not accept new horse - becoming a problem!

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We have 4 horses at our yard and they all got on very well until a new livery came 3 weeks ago
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. The new horse is only 3 and has just been broken but is very quiet and sweet. The TBx gelding who was currently at the yard will not accept her, he keeps herding his friends up and will not let them go near her which is such a shame as she gets on so well with the rest of the horses in the field when he is not there! We have tried spiltting them up and leaving him alone with her in the field but he pretends she isn't there and continues to gallop around until we put one of the existing horses in with him! There have been no battles as yet and no kicking but he will not settle in the field as he is always checking to make sure he is between the youngster and his friends. I know he was gelded late and he can exibit stallion like bahaviour but surely there is a way round this?!
Or should we just be patient?!
 
As long as no damage is being done, I would just leave them get on with it.

My lad is only just really being accepted - this is his 3rd month in the field.
 
i'd put whichever is the nicest, friendliest of the other horses, in a separate (electric fenced off if pos) section of the field. let them pal up, for a few weeks if necessary, and let the dominant horse get used to the sight of her. they're like kids in the playground... some will always pick on the newbie. he should come round eventually... until he does, i wouldn't put him in with her, especially if he's got shoes on, cos it's a recipe for disaster.
 
I had a similar sort of problem when I brought a new horse into the field, so I split the field with electric tape put the new one and one that got on with her together and the other two on the other side than after about 6weeks i took it down and they were all fine it just took that herding and bulling thing away but they still got to know each other over the fence.
 
I have tried that and she gets on amazingly with the rest of them! The problem is we have to wait until the gelding is away from home competing to do that as he gets so wound up. As soon as he goes back in the field he herds his friends up and pushes her to the other side of the field. I think they will settle eventually its just a pain when you take him out of the field and he tries to drag you back in to seperate them again!
 
just let them get on with it, they will eventualy settle down. Ive done this with mine and ive got 2 that were gelded late (one at 5 and one at 9) they eventualy settled down, and most reacently introduced anouther horse (who is a bumbling idiot). We allowed them to talk over the fence for a couple of days, then just turned the all out and left them too it, unfortunately new horsey introduced himself to the dominant horse by cantering into him (in a babyish oh s**t i cant stop sort of way). we had about a week of the newbie being pushed out of the herd, but now the dominant horse and the newbie have been seen grazing side by side, weve had the newbie 6 weeks now
 
does this yard only have one field?!

take the bully out and put him in a separate field. if he gets himself wound up, then tough. all that seems to happen is her kicks off so you put him back in... who's the boss of who? let him kick off, he'll soon get bored.

give it a few days and see how he goes in the group
 
I'd split them into two groups with electric fence for a couple of weeks then let them all in together, see if that works.
If it doesn't you might just have to accept that, like people, horses sometimes just don't like each other
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