Whats the matter with mares!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This make me quite angry, when you ring up to enquire about a livery space its SORRY WE DONT TAKE MARES never we dont take GELDING. I keep my mare(chesnut TB) in a mixed herd of about ten and we never have any problems not even in the summer months. I think alot people give mares a bad name and if they are a chestnut thats a NO NO. My mare will have a go at most things i ask her and is a pleaure to take anywhere.
 
I agree. I have no idea why some people are so anti mares.
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I have three mares, and they are no bother, even when they are in season.
I do think though, Sueyuk, that it is a good way of telling the professional yards that know what they are doing, from the cowboy YO's who don't really understand horses.
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My mare is a sweetie too - she loves everybody. Our YO keeps mares and geldings seperate when turned out and it works very well for us. None of the mares are a pain in anyway though.
 
The Chestnut mare thing is ridiculous, I am the very proud owner of a lovely Chestnut Mare, she is no trouble. The previous Chestnut Mare I had was also a complete sweetie. This colour prejudice is only in the UK. You go to a German Sale and you get two choices, a red head or a black horse. Because the most popular /dominant stallions being used are Black and Chestnut !
 
I am proud owner of a chestnut mare who can be a proper baggage (doesn't make any difference if she is in season or not).

Think the chestnut mare thing is rubbish though - her personality has nothing to do with her colour!

Have never had any trouble getting her on to a yard - as has been said above, I wouldn't want to leave her anywhere that wasn't 100% sure they could cope with her anyway.
 
Very inclined to agree - if they can't cope with mares, then they should not do livery.

That said, - and please no offence meant, most folks can deal with geldings, but some mares do require a little more understanding - at the end of they day they are entire and some folks forget this.

When we got Farra, it was so nice to have a mare again - even though she is a very good girl and you would not know she is in season, she is most definately a mare - bit of tact required on occasion which you don't seem to have to do with geldings - even girlie ones like Chancer.
 
I'm inclined to agree with everyone above, and on a large livery yard they should be able to cope with both mares and geldings if it's a halfway decent yard.

However, I must stand up for the small or private yard, where perhaps the owner has only one or two horses and is looking for a livery. Maybe, just maybe, that person has a stallion, or perhaps a riggish gelding, where it simply wouldn't be right to introduce a mare, and/or the facilities wouldn't cope.

I'm not taking sides here - just trying to see the bigger picture. (Definitely have no problems keeping mares and geldings together myself, as I have 2 mares and 3 geldings who all live together as once herd).
 
Anytime i say i have a chestnut mare i get that look, it really annoys me!!!!

On my yard we have gieldings, mares, stallions, fillys, colts & of course dogs & cats!!

The mares & gieldings mix well, get a wee bit frisky when mares come into season but nothing drastic. The stallions are kept in a back field, which i would like pass to go a particularly nice hack but bit scared to what their reaction will be to my mare, i know she'll just show of & say look at me, aren't i gorgeous : )

any this is proof that they can all mix together successfully!
 
I agree to a point. I've always kept mine in a mixed herd with no problems at all in the last 10yrs. However, my friend moved her horses in with mine recently and her boy brought my mare into season BIG TIME!! She turned into a total tart and has pretty much been in season the whole time he's been here (a couple of months now).. He has had to be sectioned off as he was bonking her silly
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. He totally ignored the other mare that was in with them too...
So, I can see how some YO would prefer to keep mares and gelding seperate because of potential accidents..and if she hasn't the facilities to keep them seperately would have to turn you away..
 
Mines a chestnut mare and I always get people attributing any rare naughty moments to the fact that she is either a mare or that she is chestnut - for example the other night she was a horror to bring in but at the time there were 2 horses galloping about in the field we have to walk past and her field mate was being a idiot rearing etc behind her, got lots of, god I'd never own a mare comments that night, however last night I brought her in all on her own when it was quiet and she was good as gold. So the previous night behaviour was far more influenced by the other horses prating about than it was that she is a chestnut mare! Really annoys me the bad press they get, although its normally from people who don't understand them. I'm a mare person and have had mares for years and its extremely likely my next horse will be a mare too. Hopefully another chestnut one!
 
I've had a black mare (TROUBLE!!), palomino gelding (absolute sweetie) and now a chestnut mare - she's fab - been turned out on large farm (140+ acres) with mixed herd of 50 (all ages from foals to v.oldies) & was as good as gold.

She's had one bust up - with another chestnut mare !! when they were out together (no other horses in field) & unfortunately the yard owner put them immediately next to a field with a very flighty gelding and think they were arguing over who got to talk to him !!

Been out with mares & geldings since in small groups and never any problem.

GET A CHESTNUT MARE !!
 
We have 2 mares who at times are angels and other times are not quite such angels, just like people have different moods and bad days I think, never come across a yard that wont take mare - but have seen one that refused to take Thoroughbreds!!!
 
See I don't have mare because I get chronically bad PMT and the thought of a stroppy (which not all of them are I know) mare and me going head to head is a bad one.

I go for incredably level headed and tollerant men (I'm sorry I mean geldings) so there is never a chance of us coming 'into season' at the same time. My bf AND my horse now both roll there eyes and turn away when I start to rant and throw things.

And I am incredably greatful to them both. Haven't ever had a mare with as much tollerance or sympathy with my mad crying etc.
 
Hi I have 17hh chestnut mare she is gentle beautiful and never grumpy. My 2yr old grandson can groom her and sit on her if he wants to. She has taught lots of people to ride with the patience of a saint. So as for chestnut mares best thing since sliced bread. Had black mare lovely girl but very naughty at times and would constantly try it on. Now also have a gelding who is very sweet but not half as brave as mares. Bring on the girls.
 
I prefer mares, and choose them over geldings. I've had saintly chestnut mares, and bay geldings (which most people think are ideal!) who were totally impossible!
however, if i had a livery yard, i'd always keep mares and geldings separate, having witnessed some horrible injuries in mixed herds.
 
Love chestnut mares! When I am buying I always look for mares rather than geldings and if they are chestnut then thats a double bonus
 
I agree!!! So ridiculous!! I have a mare and she is a mardy old git, but not actually mareish, you can't tell when she's in season, but when she's nice she's very nice. Just a little opinionated, which I don't put down to her being a mre though really.
 
wot rubbish i love mares, i have been working on a yard of 11 boxes with 2 stallions and neither of my mares or any of the other mare 1 of which was a chestnut took any notice to the stallions, even had them tied up next to each on the yard and in the lorry. If we could cope with mares and stallions, it begs the question should you be running a yard if you cant cope with mares and geldings. I will have to admit that i have been put off buying chestnut mare in the past for the simple reason every horse that i buy may at some point get sold on and i know it is harder to move these on. But i will always stick up for mares!!
 
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