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I have never in my life heard of such a thing. Are there any equestrians here who can suggest how common or how rare this is?

Horses are a lot like dogs --- a lot depends on how they were socialized but a stallion is never a completely safe animal because of how they're kept pent up and isolated except at breeding time. They'll kill each other --- but a stallion kept with other horses is more mellow.

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I have a stallion, and altho I never forget he is a stallion, he has been up to this point the gentlest most dependable horse I have owned. My daughter trained him to run barrels when she was 14 and he was probably 8. When I have people uneducated in the sport of riding and they want to ride, I put them on Rocky. We have taken him on overnight trail rides and had him stand tied to a post with mares all around him with no problems. But to tell the truth, I will never own another one because like I said you can never for get he is a stud, and it is a worry when we take him places. The best thing about him is he passes his good nature on to his babies.

Becky