mare, gelding stallion

[horseandhound]

Am just interested in other peoples preffered sex of horses as I read wanted adds and see lots of people want a gelding, now I personally prefer mares. Sorry to bore people if this posts been done before

 

[charliesarmy]

as before

 

[YorksG]

Always mares for me

 

[Natch]

Geldings, always geldings, or stallions. Never seemed to click with mares the same, although I'm sure it'll happen at some point.

Well, apart from FestiveG's lady who I would love to be owned by

 

[RunToEarth]

I wouldn't rule a horse out on gender at all, although I doubt I would opt for a stallion as I have no real experience of them what so ever.
Given a choice I would go for geldings every time- my mare is a grumpy old lady!

 

[Damnation]

No preference.
I will happily handle mares, geldings or stallions, and ride them.
Izzi

 

[TheresaW]

I own a mare and a gelding. Both completely different characters, but wouldn't be put of either in the future.

 

[Tiarella]

any

although i seem to click better with geldings rather than mares.

 

[hellybelly6]

I do not mind, but seem to get on with geldings/stallions better, less oestrogen!

 

[moodymare1987]

I have had a mare, and a gelding and prefer geldings. Would consider a mare but first choice would be a gelding.

 

[ladyt25]

Always a gelding. We had to get geldings as used to have a horse who would just attack mares and since then have had two riggy type geldings and thus if we had a mare aswell it would cause far too many problems.

Don't know if I'd be different if had say just one horse on a livery as it wouldn't really matter then but as we have a 'herd' of our own it's eaiser to stick with same sex.

 

[sare_bear]

I have 2 geldings, 2 mares and I would only buy geldings now. Mares are far trickier to ride as very sensitive and more unpredictable. Geldings any day or maybe I just got lucky with the geldings and unlucky with the mares??!

 

[miss_c]

I wouldn't rule a horse out based on gender, but my personal preference is for a mare... I love the moodiness and the fact that riding can be a bit more of a challenge if she's in a strop! A lot of the geldings on our yard are boring as hell, with no personality... not saying that's the case for all geldings though!

 

[Ziggy_]

Mares for me - I too find geldings dull and lacking in personality!

In the past I've built up a good bond with both mares and geldings but the bond has always been much stronger with a mare - I believe they are far more loyal.