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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

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I have seen good ones --- but most stallions used for breeding are cooped up except to breed and don't get the socialization horses need. Someone told me about an Arabian horse breeder in New Mexico who would keep the stallion in a fence all the time with a couple mares which was a natural life and the stallion was very gentle and calm. For a stallion to bite off a child's arm, I would suspect that stallion was mishandled and very frustrated but some seem to turn mean even with normal handling.