Geldings mounting mares!!!

[dinky]

Ive got a connmara 13 .2 11 yrs old he doesnt generally bother with mares but 1 particular mare he shares our field with hes taken a fancy too!!! He will try getting through the fence to her and if does he will try to cover her . Today he was going crazy getting right on top of her we ve had to seperate them. People say geldings shouldnt do this ur opinions please?

[big e]

Geldings shouldn't do it! A youngster might do it in play or a rig but a gelding should show no interest at all.

[big e]

mind you, saying that one of my friends geldings mounts the mare in his field but thats more a dominance issue than trying to cover her.

[dinky]

The mare is in with another gelding and he has never bothered at all .There are othermares either side he doesnt bother with , but this 1 mare he goes crazy over. Today he got right up on to of her bviting and sqealing it got quite dangerous so we had to move him. Ive got his certificate of GELDING when he was 2 hes nearly 12 now im confused!!!!! Ive never seen such a horny pony before. He had his THINGY out for nearly an hour.

[Milliemunch]

they shouldn't mount mares but if it makes u feel any better, all the geldings at my yard mount the mares, even the 26 year old 14.1hh pony!!!

[dinky]

Well i feel a bit better now must say the mare starts it all putting her bum over the fence and squiting it sends him wild! He doesnt usully bother till she instergates it.

[Milliemunch]

Theres only 3 mares at our yard that go out. Mil is the most flirtacious of them all!! She's still coming into season! She is such a tart when shes in season so have to keep her in a field well away from the geldings reach! She'l stop and squirt when she's within a 10m range of any gelding!!

[dinky]

So could it be the mare turning my quiet little pony in to a sex mad fool lol ?

[Ryan&Dizzy]

oh dear!
one of our old geldings used to try to cover one of the mares in the field!

but you should be happy my poor gelding is in with another gelding that keeps trying to cover him! otto is not best happy bless him!

[rosemaryhannah]

It is not at all unusual for geldings to mount mares, though less usual for them to achieve full penetration. If he is happy and she is happy, I should think no harm would be done. It is only if he is very rough, or she is unwilling that things might get nasty. When my daughter's pony mare lived here she would pester the life out of our gelding to get him to mount her. It is quite natural after all.. As our vet says, your gender is in every cell of your body, not just in your bits and pieces.

[varkie]

Yup, as rosemaryhannah says. Some geldings do it, some don't. Whether you do anything about it is down to whether any of the owners/horses are bothered, and whether there is a risk of injury.

[sharon]

Two of mine do it, no harm done and the mares do flirt with them!

It does not bother me at all.

[mandal]

I've seen my gelding mount two of my mares on a few occasions. At first I was worried he might be a rig but was reassured by a friend that it is quite common. The mares do tease him something awful sometimes!

[Mariaana]

It is perfectly "normal" for some geldings to mount mares - there's no harm done, they are just being horses. All the geldings in our herd do it, it just depends on the mare who they let close (well, some of them will let anyone, but some are choosy). A gelding cannot "force" a mare - if the mare is not in season and not ready, they won't even try. It's up to the mare when / if anything happens.

Don't worry, it's OK.

[jadesbuckandstride]

We had a youngster that mounted our mares but we have never had a geling do all my gelding does is heards them and do what any orther gelding would do