do you think Smarty Jones' owners are slapping themselves for having had him gelded?
2006-09-08 18:47:33 · 9 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1 in Sports ➔ Horse Racing
Most trainers geld as yearlings.
You look at many things like the tempermant of the horse and the confirmation of the horse. Who his sire and dam were and his overall demeanor.
Some would not race at all if left intact. They are to aggressive and do not concentrat well enough to really get the training they need to race. If you are small farm you would only have placement for so many stallions and you would need to geld some to keep them and race them.
Some that are raced as colts are gelded soon after thier are retired as it is hard to place stallions.
2006-09-09 15:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets first clear up all the false information here. Smarty Jones in not gelded at any point in his life, and will never be. He is standing in Kentucky for a $100,000 breeding fee, and gets bred to quality mares daily. Next, Funny Cide was not "born" a gelding, that is actually impossible. When he was a weanling(0-12 months) or yearling (1 year old) his owners decided to geld him. Now back to the question that is being asked. Owners will decide to geld a horse if he seems "studdish" which basically means that he is really horny all the time, and can't keep his mind off horses of the opposite sex. Gelding horses can tame them and make them into more focused racehorses.
2006-09-11 22:45:37 · answer #2 · answered by ukbro00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all who told you Smarty
jones was gelded? He is still breeding at $100,000 a pop
Decisions to geld colts are based on numerous things. Sometimes they are gelded young by the owner knowing its easier to raise a gelding and knows that there guy may not do much to begin with. Most get gelded knowing they don't have the pedigree to stand stud. Some are gelded cause there tetosterone is off the chart and makes training them a distraction. Sometimes those little things between there legs actually bothers them, in some cases it is true.
2006-09-10 22:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by Boxer Lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smarty Jones is NOT a gelding. He breeds several times a day to the tune of 100,000 dollars a pop.
Probably the most famous gelding of recent times is Funny Cide and he was born that way.
2006-09-10 17:30:33 · answer #4 · answered by catsuit4 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL...no. Listen, when I first got into horse racing, I wondered Why on Earth would you have to do that ! Ive since seen first hand. Some horses are just not the tamest creatures. And its not all in their demeanor, hormones play a big part too. Obviously, castration is a "last resort", to control the animal. To answer your question, the horse most likely would not have beed a "good racehorse" had this procedure not taken place.
2006-09-09 22:10:31 · answer #5 · answered by Joanne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How could Funny Cide be "born" gelded? Any how there are far too many "good" race horses to breed them all just in case one produces excellent foals. Each barn will have it's own considerations on whether or not they need another horse at stud including bloodlines, conformation, and racerecord.
2006-09-11 15:24:32 · answer #6 · answered by emily 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they had him gelded? that makes me sad. what determines a good race horse is how many races he's won. i think smarty did really well for himself. i don't understand why in the world they would geld him. his breed fee was outrageousely high!
2006-09-09 01:57:16 · answer #7 · answered by GoAskAlice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of the time a horse will be gelded when they are a yearling. it all comes down to how the horse acts, like kicking, biting or just does not want to learn. it is a 50-50 shot if the horse will be good or not.
2006-09-09 08:49:21 · answer #8 · answered by jim m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
frozenloc2 ..you say little things!! lol
2006-09-11 05:00:37 · answer #9 · answered by brendan_hay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋