Cross Breeds

Racing horses...Derbys?

After a horse retires like Big Briwn,Curlin etc then they use them for breeding? How if they are nootered right?

Public Comments

1. A neutered male horse is referred to as a gelding. Yes, unneutered, entire male horses with good breeding or good race records are used for breeding. But geldings usually find a home doing something else. If they weren't famous as racehorses, they mostly end up as riding horses for people who want to show over fences in hunter or jumper shows, or as dressage or eventing horses, or even as western show horses in open shows. Or they can spend time just as pleasure horses. Two of the horses I owned were Thoroughbred geldings. One had been raced, and he had the lip tattoo to prove it; the other had no lip tattoo, and so probably never made it far enough in training to be considered a race horse. Some of the famous geldings are retired to places where the public can see them. John Henry, who when he retired had been three-time horse of the year and world's leading money winner, was retired to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, where he lived until his death at age 31. Literally millions of visitors over the years were able to see this great champion at the Park. Another horse sanctuary takes in geldings, stallions that have been retired from stud and pensioned, and broodmares that are no longer being bred. This is Old Friends sanctuary: http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/bio-creator.shtml Lava Man, perhaps the best gelding of recent years to be retired, is going to Old Friends after a final farewell here in California.
2. funny cide , is now a stable pony for barclay tagg .
3. Unless the horse is a danger to himself or people/horses around him, if there's any remote possibility that the horse will be valuable as a sire, they aren't going to geld it. Geld is the horse term for neuter. Some horses have to be gelded because either they're too unpredictible when intact (Imawildandcrazyguy ran in the derby last year and he was gelded because he was too crazy... he ran off with a rider in one workout. John Henry was gelded because he was hard enough to control even after being gelded) or because they're uncomfortable and don't run well because of a problem in that area so they'll be gelded to make them run better. Some horses are gelded because people don't think they'll have a future as a stud. Lava Man was gelded because he was just a claimer horse with no real value as a stud, but later in his career he became a star, winning the Hollywood Gold Cup 3 years in a row! Geldings (horses who have been gelded) cannot reproduce and therefore they have no value as studs and usually continue racing much longer into their careers (to earn more money) than horses who can be retired to stud. Lava Man raced until he was 7. Evening Attire raced until 10. John Henry raced until 9, was in training to return as a 10 year old but retired after an injury that year.
4. big Brown retired this morning with a hoof injury during a workout.He will now go to Three Chimneys to stand stud. There are several big breeding farms, most in Kentucky where stallions like Smarty Jones, Dynaformer, Wild Again, etc currently stand at stud. Silver Charm and Charismatic used to stan at stud at Three Chimneys also, but are now in Japan. Stud fees can vary greatly. Seattle Slew i one that stood for $800,000, no live foal guarantee. Kingmambo, and Dynaformer also currently stand for $500,000, live foal guarantee. It depends on what they accomplished on the track that determines the stud fee. Some start out at huge fees, then reduced because of track performance by offspring. Geldings such as Funny Cide are busy being pony horses, and Funny seems to like his job. Other geldings may go to Old Friends, etc.