Why are mares cheaper?

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Ok this might seem like a silly question but I was wondering why mares are cheaper than geldings. I emailed about a lovely Friesian boy I had seen but he was £6,000 which is way over my budget so the woman said I should look at mares as they are cheaper. Is this to do with temperament or the fact they may have had a foal? I'm confused!
 
More people prefer geldings than mares - simple market economics that they are then mopre expensive. I put it down to perceived temperament issues - mares are still entire, like stallions, whereas geldings have had their hormones stilled!
 
Because they tend to have more brains than geldings and not everyone can ride/wants horses with brains.
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Some mares can be tricky when in season. I also think historically mares have not competed to high levels because good mares were put in foal. Hence statistics would show that mares did not perform as well as geldings. With embryo transfer the good mares may, if finances allow, continue to compete and attitudes may change. I certainly think there will be more mares competing at the higher levels for longer.
 
I've always found mares to be more expensive - because of the potential to breed from them.
 
That's interesting, I had never noticed a price difference. Personally, I would always view mares not geldings as they seem to have 'more about them'. Though I did accidentally breed a gelding (I 'ordered' a black filly and got a grey colt!) and he is daft!
 
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Me too. When I set out to buy my horse I wanted an irish draught. I couldn't afford a mare as they were about 2k more than a gelding!
 
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same here! Much prefer mares to geldings
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Certainly couldnt do with any pre menstrual mares on our yard, geldings all the way. A good horse will be worth its weight whether mare or gelding, mares tend to be cheaper if they have quirks for that very reason
 
dont generally notice a difference in prices between a mare and a similar gelding, however i used to ride a friesian for some1 we went to a friesian dealer to view some for her to potentially buy and she wanted a lot more for the boys than she did the girls.
i'v had mares and geldings and i would never discriminate over either if i was going to view to buy.
 
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