mares - tell me about seasons

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Ive had my mare almost 18 months and never noticed her in season. However up until recently she was at home, with a companion, also a mare and no geldings within miles around.

Recently I had to move to a large yard because of the state of my fields. Of course this is a massive change for her and Im really proud of how she is coping. However her focus when schooling has gone awol and she is very argumentative. Is it too early in the year for her to be having seasons and could being on a yard around geldings be bringing them on. Would I know for sure she is in season by her lifting her tail, squirting and flirting or does that not always happen? There is every chance her lack of focus and is related to the change in routine but I figured it would be good to know more about seasons anyway.
 
it is normally too early to be in season but both the mares on my yard have already been in season this year! it could be due to dodgy weather that we are having messing the poor girls up!

my mare went mad when I moved from a small yard to a big farm (years ago) she was like a horn dog! pee'ing at any boy in sight! some times some mares will just act like that regardless of being in season or not!

in fact the young mare on my yard is the same with my gelding, its got to the stage where they can't go out together, as she is so pushy, backing up into him wanting to be mounted and then kicking him and causing some nasty cuts and swollen legs! :(

some mares will get mucky back legs when they are in season but others wont!

my mare used to get stoppy and refuse to be hacked out when she was in season once she got used to being around loads of boys!
 
My mare doesn't show seasons at all unless there is a stallion around. Every mare is individual and some show their seasons much more than others
 
My daughters pony came into season already last weekend. She isnt usually marey at all when ridden although is a slut in the field. But took her to a PC dressage rally saturday and she was the only mare in with 5 geldings. Well she was showing off head in the air not really listening to daughter lots of going sideways ect. When she got off pony pee'd all over the tarmac carpark and it was very stinky!!! Luckily shes calmed down now and hasnt been like it since.
 
Mine shows hardly any noticeable change. She gets all cuddly & soppy with me, but not anything different enough for anyone else to pick up on. She is a tart with any gelding that takes her fancy in the field, however even when stabled with stallions she never squirted or acted a tart on the yard or ridden. Daughters pony is a complete tart. She'll squirt & spread at anything, anywhere, even if the gelding isn't actually at all interested. She now knows stopping to flirt under saddle isn't on, however she will offer herself to geldings if tied up being groomed, or in hand anywhere. But, whilst both are stereotypical opinionated mares, neither get moody, or have any change to ride or handle.
 
It is a myth the presense of a male horse will bring on a season, however, mares will exhibit themselves to geldings/stallions when in heavy estrus....or in my mares case...all the time. She wasnt brought up with such loose morals.....
 
Mare has been in season about 4 times throughout winter.
Squirting, squeaking, mouthing things, chewing the air, being overly affectionate and a pain to move about the place.
It's a wonderful time being round a mare in season :D
 
Two of my mares show when they are in season, the other two I rarely notice at all.
I certainly don't want to alarm you as this is very rare but keep note on her behaviour. My old mare, when she was younger, never showed if she was in season, then her personality started to change and she became more stallion like. The vet examined her and found an ovarian tumour which releases testosterone hence the behaviour. She had a successful operation and her seasons resumed after a couple of months. Like I say this is very rare and highly unlikely but something to keep an eye on. I can't remember the name of the drug but you could try speaking to your vet as they can prescribe something to induce a season.
 
My mare is on and off in season, its been a funny autumn/winter.

We introduced a little welsh A filly for a companion on Sunday, my mare was squirting etc and rearing almost as if she might mount her... I separated them after this meeting, she seems to have settled now and will probably go in tomorrow but I have seen her worst displays with mares, not geldings who she mostly ignores!

She also gets very sensitive about grooming and generally a bit of a grump about being touched, demanding at feed time, sometimes more cuddly if I'm lucky!

Not sure about your mare it could be just settling in and generall distracted by new faces!
 
My mare has had two seasons so far this year, she is a dirty little madam who will happily show all the boys and some mares exactly what she has to offer. but she is no different to handle or ride.
 
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