There is no need to resubmit your comment. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Written by : Celine. User assumes all risk of use, damage, or injury. You agree that we have no liability for any damages. Pony Not many people appreciate having a horse as a pet. The Foal A foal is basically a term for baby horses. The Pony Children have different ideas of what ponies look like.
Summary: Foals and ponies are often mistaken with each other because of the fact that they look a lot alike. A foal is a term for a baby horse. Author Recent Posts. Latest posts by Celine see all. Help us improve. Any links on this page that lead to products on Amazon are affiliate links and I earn a commission if you make a purchase. Thanks in advance — I really appreciate it! Misusing horse terms is a pet peeve for many, and I am one of them. For example, people often incorrectly refer to any young horse as a colt.
Young horses are classified by their sex and age into foals, fillies, and colts. Fillies are female horses under four, and colts are male horses under four. A young horse that has not yet reached its first birthday is called a foal regardless of gender. These young horses have yet to fully develop a mature body, but after two years old, they possess the energy, strength, and curiosity to learn and train.
Sometimes colts have testicles that never dropped and they look like geldings. Or one testicle dropped and they had it removed but the horse still the other one that never dropped. These are in fact still intact stallions or colts and they act like it. I mentioned this in the horse gender terminology.
They are called several names a rig or a ridgeling which is also known as a cryptorchid horse. Well, a big indication a horse is a female is that the horse has no genitals under the belly toward the hind legs, but there are teats located there.
Where a mare would nurse her young. Geldings and Stallions are both males but have very different characteristics. Stallions are often gelded so that they are easier to manage and handle.
Stallions have testosterone which affects their focus, makes them stronger, flashy and more muscular. Stallions tend to get easily distracted especially around mares. They tend to get one thing on their mind. Some stallions are easier to handle than others but most are on the more aggressive side. Stallions usually look buff compared to geldings, their necks are especially noticeable and muscular.
Geldings are usually level headed because they are not clouded by testosterone and the desire to breed. They are also not as muscular as stallions. Geldings can be aggressive which is more driven by personality and environment compared to a stallion who might act aggressively due to testosterone. Geldings are most commonly desired among equestrians because of their lack of hormone fluctuations.
Mares are easier to work with than stallions, but sometimes more difficult than geldings. Mares going into heat on a regular basis and like stallions get distracted by sexual urges.
The hormones in mares fluctuate a lot and are seen to have moody behaviors periodically. So it depends on the mare. This is a major factor when we give riding lessons to young kids at our ranch. When kids show up for lessons, we think carefully about which horse we are going to let them ride.
While we certainly want to think about the height of the child when compared to the horse as well as the personal history of the horse , we are also going to think about the gender of the horse.
Colts tend to have much more energy and are harder to control. They tend to want to do their own thing. Fillies have far less aggression and energy. As a result, they are much easier to control. That is why we tend to use fillies to teach kids how to ride. Once fillies reach three years of age, we call them a mare.
There are two distinct types of mares at our ranch. A mare is a female adult horse that has reached three years of age. In racing, a mare might be referred to as a thoroughbred if it is used for racing.
Of note, thoroughbred can be used to describe either an adult male or an adult female horse that is used for horseracing. Therefore, it is easy to see how and why this term might be confusing.
Think of a male as an adult female horse. Again, mares are much easier to ride than stallions adult male horses. As a result, we like to use mares to teach people how to ride. Because mares are larger than fillies, we usually reserve mares for taller riders such as teenagers or adults. Kids with more experience can do well with mares as well. Now, it is important to discuss broodmares as well. A female horse that is used for breeding is called a broodmare.
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