Ridecamp: Fw: [RC] [Guest] Riders of Endurance Stallions-I have questions

We've ridden several stallions in endurance, including Fa Al Badi+/, whom I
rode 3500 miles.
 The best advice I can give you is to keep your stallion with other horses
so
 he understands that not every horse he comes across wants to breed.  He may
 get a few lumps at first, but it is worth it in the long run.  Put him in
 with geldings, another stallion, or a mare not in heat...whatever works
 safest.  This is possible, as we just got a new seventeen year old straight
 Russian stallion in and I don't think he's ever been with other horses and
 he is hardly broke.  Within three days, he had shoes on, been on trail with
 my old mare, and is living happily with her.  He will be doing some slow
50s
 this spring.  Yes, he got kicked a few times, and he has a bruise on his
 shoulder, but he is a better behaved boy now!

 The next thing I can tell you is ALWAYS carry a crop and be ready for
 anything.  Do not ever let him neigh, squeal, or even "look cross-eyed" at
 another horse.  This is very important.  If you let him get away with a
 neigh or nicker, next time it is a squeal, then a strike, and then you have
 an uncontrollable horse.

 Hope this helps!
 Louise
 Louise Burton
 Firedance Farms Endurance Arabians
 Oklahoma
 http://pages.prodigy.net/firedancefarms



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