It seems that all horse owners are obsessed with staying away from the future of Equine America as we know it. The words filly, brood mare and dam have become synopsis with a few words that sailors and convicts use repeatedly. With the exclusion of barrel racers all would be horse owners avoid them as if Black Death were gripping their manes, in a bareback ride into their lives. Even the leading producers are dumping them in huge numbers across the country. Look anywhere horses are advertised and you will read discounted, dispersal, fire sale, price reduced and the biggest word used in pedaling mares today, FREE. Let us ask ourselves are they really that bad? As much as I like going in the dark of a cool summer morning to halter a good quiet gelding to be used on the days circle. A mare can and does the exact same job with one advantage. If she were to run into a badger hole at mach one, resulting in a fractured cannon bone or worse, because your one year old Kelpie kept pushing calves, so that they felt that breaking back was better than disappearing into the thickness of the herd. She still could be turned out with the brood band and produce many capable remounts for your outfit. If that same horse happened to be your fine gelding. Well look on the bright side, he most certainly would feed your ill mannered not yet broke pup.
One more thought before we as horse enthusiasts completely get out of the filly business. How would you feel if atomic war reduced the world only to leave untouched one lone bar in San Francisco to be responsible for procreation?
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