How many people love mares?

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I do. I always like people to say what's on their minds - don't see why a horse should be any different! Keep us on our toes. I've known a few lazy riders I would have liked to put on a good mare to wake them up.
 
yup love my mare!!!!!
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love my gelding too though
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mares are fab though - if you have a good mare, a gelding will never beat it
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Because I'm not the most experienced of riders, but I am a conscientious person and I'm striving to improve, I love that mares give me loads of feedback on whether I'm doing it right or wrong. I loved my mare - she never had unjustified tantrums, really.
 
Im not fussed, but I the horse I sold last year was a mare and I shall never forget her- she was my world, worst decision i ever made to sell, and she was sweet as chocolate!
 
Mine was a chestnut mare - and one of the gentlest, most laid back and predictable horses I've known. She was an absolute darling.
 
well we have had one bad experience with a mare, she was a right bitch, no matter what we tried nothing seemed to work with her, ended up selling her for a big loss, ( infact saw her on horsemart a few weeks ago ) we sold her to a man and he seemed to get along fine with her, It didnt put us off though as we have bought another mare roxy, and she is the sweetest thing, I would trust her with anything not the least bit mareish thankgod !
 
if its for jumping I stick with my boys, although my friend has always had fab mares I just dont get on with them, find boys less moody!

Love pony mares tho!
 
I had always had geldings my whole time owning horses and Spider is my 1st mare - and touch wood!!! Is my best and most consistent horse yet!!
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me - love them loads - got 5 of them atm!! They range from the most adorable mare who follows you around, to a grumpy old bag who scowls most of the time - wouldnt be without her though. Wouldnt have a gelding.
 
I love my two, Lottie and i have a very strong bond in fact she is more like a dog !! and Mouse is as gentle as a lamb neither have ever been mareish, Mouse gets a little sensitive at times but it's only because she tries to hard to please and panics when she does it wrong or thinks she done it wrong
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I love mares!! I've got 4 atm and haven't had a gelding since 1999! I dont go out particularly looking for a mare, its just turned out that ive ended up with them for quite a while! x
 
I love my mares- I have 3 and until Jethro (and Sirius) have never had a colt/gelding. Not through choice, just never had one.

Would say that Amber is the sweetest and she is a chestnut tb. Septre is an evil cowbag and Gypsy is somewhere in the middle!
 
i love mares, i think you can bond with them far more, i do like geldings, but if i wanted to buy a horse i would go for a mare, im not sure why!
 
Think my liver chestnut mare was responsible for giving all other chestnut mares a bad name as she totally lives up to the chestnut mare myth!! Shes so unpredictable but really clever and such a scopey little mare- she's either brilliant or brutal!! Shes also totally neurotic and spoilt- I love her to bits though and she taught me so much. I so believe the saying that ' you can tell a gelding, you can ask a stallion but you must discuss it with a mare'. You have to explain everything clearly to my gelding or he gets confused where as if my mare agrees on something she'll go out of her way to please. When I was looking for a new horse a while ago I didn't really have a preference for a mare or gelding but have ended up with another little chestnut mare!! She's been very laid back and easy so far but I've only had her a month so time will tell!!
 
A mare will teach you many things and you will not always enjoy learning!

Bless them for their resistance to everything except diplomacy and tact - and the obligatory Polos.

Love, admire and respect the little baggages.
 
One of the mares at the yard really stands out - her personality truly shines through. For this reason, I think, she really plays up for novice riders - where possibly a gelding would plod through the minor mistakes? - but goes beautifully for more experienced riders and is a pleasure to ride and watch.
 
I think mares take a particular way of being handled. Where as geldings tend to be able to cope with most handlers.

I find Ellie is very strict about being handled fairly. Shout or smack her for being naughty and she responds instantly but woe betide you if you treat her unfairly
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I once smacked her on the shoulder for not going through a gateway (I was chatting to my friend and didn't really have my mind on the job). She was genuinely nervous of the gateway but because I was talking I was like 'get on with Ellie what are you messing about at?' and she looked round at me as though to say 'How dare you smack me for being frightened!' Then she turned round and took off for about 5 steps and stopped. It was as though she was saying 'do you get the messge now!?'

Mares seem to give you 110% if you treat them fairly and 'discuss' things with them rather than demanding. I love mares, although I do agree that geldings are more willing to cuddle.
 
I have two of the darn things. Actually I like mares, they're very different to geldings and far more confrontational I've found. For me though you cant beat a cheeky gelding, though I agree some geldings lack character and spark.
 
(sorry Boss I seem to be following you around the board this morning!)

I am a gelding person, I think that is because I have a strong personality
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2 mares I owned and competed, Lucera and Emily, well Em was like a gelding anyway and Lucy was SO SO super sensitive and pumped with adrenaline I really loved the madness of her
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Now I have a new mare, and I am having to learn awfully quickly about ASKING her to do stuff
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Am having lessons as the mo to stop me getting into arguements with her, but we are getting there and when I do stop TELLING her I reckon she is going to be very special indeed
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