Mare in season and 'recently gelded' geldings - yay or nay?!

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I've got three resting racehorses to stay with me for a few weeks from the stud next door - they are 'recently gelded' and aged 3-4 years old. Today we also got in a mare who has come to play polo with Dr. H for the summer and she is lovely... but very in season!

It all went quite well at first when the mare went out with my own lovely gelding in the field next to the three naughty racehorses. But this evening the most naughty of the three racehorses has started to run up and down, has double barrelled my other horse and sheared the top hinge off the gate in his great efforts to impress the little mare! :grr:

I've brought the mare in to try and lower the general testosterone levels and that seems to have calmed them down.

The question is:- once the mare is not in season, will it be OK to put her next to these naughty wannabe-colts?! Or do I need to get rid of them? They are absolute buggers while she's in season (maybe understably!) but will it calm down next week when she's not?
 
It will be more hassle than it is worth having a mare around with 3 colts in all but physicality, especially if their fields are very close. Will stringing electric fencing up to zap the little critters work?
 
When Nemo was gelded, he still tried to mount Harvey (a boy..
.) the very next day and for months afterwards, so as above - wouldn't risk it.
 
I have always been told to keep recently gelded colts away from all mares as they are still fertile for a few weeks after castration.
 
team barney said:
I have always been told to keep recently gelded colts away from all mares as they are still fertile for a few weeks after castration.
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Indeed!
Can be up to 6 weeks - they're also more likely to fight amongst themselves when there's a mare in the vicinity. I'd keep her well out of the way for a while yet :(
 
When the mare has gone off, they will still be very interested in her. I think that having them in the next field is a recipe for disaster. I would separate them completely, just keep the colts on their own. They will remain very masculine for several months, so save yourself the hassle and the vet bills.
 
My boy was gelded as a three year old, last october. My mums friend had a two year old filly, and kept it with mine, he was in the field next to her, and he kept bringing her in, she was constantly in season, so in the end we had to separate them from fields were they couldnt see or hear each other.

So you might have the same problem or you might not.
 
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