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A gelding is a castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. The term is also used with certain other animals and livestock , such as domesticated camels . [ 1 ] By comparison, the equivalent term for castrated male cattle would be steer (or bullock ), and wether for sheep and goats .
Lightweight Cob: mare or gelding 4 years old and over, exceeding 148 cm (14.2 h; 58 in), but not exceeding 155 cm (15.1 h; 61 in), capable of carrying up to 89 kg (196 lb). Heavyweight Cob: mare or gelding 4 years old and over, exceeding 148 cm (14.2 h; 58 in), but not exceeding 155 cm (15.1 h; 61 in), capable of carrying more than 89 kg (196 lb).
The risk of osteosarcoma increases with increasing breed size and especially height. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Studies of cardiac tumors in dogs showed that there was a 5 times greater risk of hemangiosarcoma (cancer of blood vessel lining), one of the three most common cancers in dogs, in spayed females than intact females and a 2.4 times greater ...
The term "colt" only describes young male horses and is not to be confused with foal, which is a horse of either sex less than one year of age.Similarly, a yearling is a horse of either sex between the ages of one and two.
The tallest and heaviest horse in recorded history was probably a Shire gelding named Sampson (also known as Mammoth), foaled in Bedfordshire in 1846. He stood over 219.7 cm (21.2 h), and weighed an estimated 1524 kilograms (3360 lb).
If both testicles are not descended, the horse may appear to be a gelding, but will still behave like a stallion. A gelding that displays stallion-like behaviors is sometimes called a "false rig". [25] In many cases, ridglings are infertile, or have fertility levels that are significantly reduced. The condition is most easily corrected by ...
A Dutch Warmblood or KWPN is a horse breed of warmblood type registered with the Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands [Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland] (KWPN), [1] which governs the breeding of competitive dressage and show jumping horses, as well as the show harness horse and Gelderlander, and a hunter studbook in North America.
One of the most famous horse auctions in the world is the Keeneland yearling sale in Kentucky, where young Thoroughbred yearlings are put up for sale to the highest bidder, generally selling for prices in the five and six figures, but sometimes bringing prices in the millions. The world of halter exhibition is another area of controversy.