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A male horse is often gelded to make him better-behaved and easier to control. Gelding can also remove lower-quality animals from the gene pool. [7] To allow only the finest animals to breed on, while preserving adequate genetic diversity, only a small percentage of all male horses should remain stallions.
Sometimes, a horse with an unknown medical history is actually a stallion with both testicles retained. [2] An alternate definition of ridgling is a partially castrated horse. [1] This can occur when a ridgling is gelded, but the retained testicle is not removed, resulting in an incomplete castration.
A stallion A stallion's secondary characteristics include heavier muscling than is seen in mares or geldings, often with muscular development along the crest of the neck. A stallion is a male horse that has not been castrated .
Similarly, a yearling is a horse of either sex between the ages of one and two. A young female horse is called a filly, and a mare once she is an adult animal. In horse racing, particularly for Thoroughbreds in the United Kingdom, a colt is defined as an uncastrated male from the age of two up to and including the age of four. [3]
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
The term "horse" is sometimes used colloquially to refer specifically to a stallion. [20] Gelding A castrated male horse of any age. [13] In horse racing, these definitions may differ: For example, in the British Isles, Thoroughbred horse racing defines colts and fillies as less than five years old. [21]
In male horses, castrating is referred to as gelding. An animal that has not been neutered is sometimes referred to as entire or intact. Often the term neuter[ing] is used to specifically mean castration, e.g. in phrases like "spay and neuter". Neutering is the most common method for animal sterilization.
In North America, draft cattle under four years old are often called working steers. Improper or late castration on a bull results in it becoming a coarse steer known as a stag in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. [9] In some countries, an incompletely castrated male is known also as a rig.