Two geldings are fighting over "herd stallion" rights.  One is ours, the other a boarder.  There are three mares: two large draft crosses and a petite quarter horse.  They're both after the petite QH.  They haven't ever bothered with the drafts. 

I didn't realize that geldings have a preference for "models".  The other geldings couldn't care less, except to get out of the way of the fenceline currently separating the two lust strucks.

Now we have to play musical paddocks and figure out who can be mates and how far these dingbats need to be away from Jazzie so they'll behave. Geldings!!  I suppose they're no different from some men I know who, having had vasectomies, feel liberated from the consequences of possibly getting their girlfriends pregnant.  Of course the men can still rise to the occasion naturally or otherwise be medicated.

The geldings drop limp.  Good thing there's no equine Viagra.  Or is there?  How about an anti-Viagra?

Anti-Viagra... that's funny!! Some geldings just never got the memo that they're "it's" and not "he's" anymore! I always thought it had to do with the age at which they were gelded, but I read recently that it also has to do with the individual horse's physiology. Some could be gelded when they're 4 months old and still have stallion-like behavior whwen they're older. Scout acts like a stallion when Chic is in season, then goes back to his old self when she's out.

Scout's Mom:

Some geldings just never got the memo that they're "it's" and not "he's" anymore!

Ha!! Aint that the truth!! That must be my geldings problem!! He was gelded as a yearling and he still gets studdy around mares that are in season. He ran through a fence last year trying to get to a mare that they put next to him who was in season. He was 21 years old at the time too!! Luckily, aside from some scratches, he didn't get hurt, but the barn owner was not exactly thrilled to have to spend the day fixing fencing :)

Scout's Mom:

Some geldings just never got the memo that they're "it's" and not "he's" anymore!

Ha!! Aint that the truth!! That must be my geldings problem!! He was gelded as a yearling and he still gets studdy around mares that are in season. He ran through a fence last year trying to get to a mare that they put next to him who was in season. He was 21 years old at the time too!! Luckily, aside from some scratches, he didn't get hurt, but the barn owner was not exactly thrilled to have to spend the day fixing fencing :)