Neversaydie
Undecided
So YM has stated to someone that there will be no more geldings on the yard once the current crop go either by way of leaving or pop their clogs. Now unless I move home I would prefer to stay on my yard as it suits my needs.
At present we have four geldings on the yard, all in separate fields mixed with mares. No real issues, we have had two serious injuries on the yard, one was an elderly gelding being chased by one of the herds as he was just tossed in with them on a fairly slippy steep hill and he has done the hind suspensories. The other was a full TB mate who has degloved a hind leg by apparently slipping into and having to jump a fence. No real signs of what has went on other than one small skid mark.
My gelding is leader of his field, he herds and nips and will threaten a kick if he thinks he is being ignored. He will connect if the warnings aren't being heeded he is unshod. Typical herd leader behaviour. Now I haven't had a livery come to Me to Complain my horse has damaged theirs, there have been no incidents in his field of injury, the YM hasn't even came to me about any such thing however suddenly all geldings are a pain and there will be no more. Now I am toying with the idea of a second horse and it will be a gelding and probably quite young if even unbroken, current Yo has no issues with sex of horses on the yard. YM has always had mares and all is gelding owners are not very happy that our older boys ( not one is less than 15) who don't fight and haven't caused any issue or injury are potentially being threatened with being told to Leave for no reason other than the sex preference of the YM.
Do other YOs agree with this? I have never been on a yard where there are no mixed hers or even mixed sexes on the yard? I would be very annoyed if forced to leave just because my horse is the wrong sex! Having spoke to the liveries on my field Face to face they have no issue with my horse. YM is very controlling despite this being a DIY yard, if you don't agree with the word given as gospel you go in the troublemakers file.
At present we have four geldings on the yard, all in separate fields mixed with mares. No real issues, we have had two serious injuries on the yard, one was an elderly gelding being chased by one of the herds as he was just tossed in with them on a fairly slippy steep hill and he has done the hind suspensories. The other was a full TB mate who has degloved a hind leg by apparently slipping into and having to jump a fence. No real signs of what has went on other than one small skid mark.
My gelding is leader of his field, he herds and nips and will threaten a kick if he thinks he is being ignored. He will connect if the warnings aren't being heeded he is unshod. Typical herd leader behaviour. Now I haven't had a livery come to Me to Complain my horse has damaged theirs, there have been no incidents in his field of injury, the YM hasn't even came to me about any such thing however suddenly all geldings are a pain and there will be no more. Now I am toying with the idea of a second horse and it will be a gelding and probably quite young if even unbroken, current Yo has no issues with sex of horses on the yard. YM has always had mares and all is gelding owners are not very happy that our older boys ( not one is less than 15) who don't fight and haven't caused any issue or injury are potentially being threatened with being told to Leave for no reason other than the sex preference of the YM.
Do other YOs agree with this? I have never been on a yard where there are no mixed hers or even mixed sexes on the yard? I would be very annoyed if forced to leave just because my horse is the wrong sex! Having spoke to the liveries on my field Face to face they have no issue with my horse. YM is very controlling despite this being a DIY yard, if you don't agree with the word given as gospel you go in the troublemakers file.