Stallion killed by mare's kick

[Danjet500]

Mare in heat kicks and kills stallion. Not for the faint of heart. Very sad. Be advised the stallion is "excited" .

 

[blume357]

A long time ago I was in the same situation and lived through it.

 

[hittman]

No means no.

 

[johnp]

At least he died doing what he liked.

 

[JackAsinus]

At least he died doing what he liked.

Nope, he died in anticipation of doing what he liked.

Similar to hunting and using a mating call, this dude just got closer before the boom was lowered.

 

[freakindawgen]

Where was the kick, in the head?

 

[jimbo1096]

in the head with both feet. Talk about being the wrong place at the wrong time. I also think the handlers made the situation worse with the way they handled it.

 

[gasbag]

This is the reason I stay away from my wife's feet.

 

[Biggfoot44]

But did they get a refund of the stud fee ?

But seriously , this is one of the reasons for increasing use of Artificial Insemination .

 

[badguybuster]

Live cover is always risky but its usually the mare who gets hurt. Ive seen mares get savaged by a stallion and die from sepsis shortly after. This is why virtually all high end horse breeders use envitro

 

[wolfsong]

I'd hate to have to be the one who has to tell El Jefe that his prize stallion is dead, and that he didn't even plant the seed for a progeny before dying...

 

[Dave P.]

I think thoroughbreds are still required to use "live cover". I know they used to be that way, not sure if it's changed.

 

[badguybuster]

I worked in a lot of breeding stables as a kid, those idiots were completely responsible for that. At a minimum the mare should have been hobbled

 

[gramps]

I have bred my mares to other peoples studs. As mentioned the mares if were not totally in heat were hobbled. I noticed a baby squeaking and running around. It should have been put up out of sight. I have seen studs get kicked in the chest and shoulder, but these were very experienced studs. Usually the mares were cross tied and hobbled. A shame what happened, surely a teachable moment.
gramps

 

[Mobuck]

When I was in my 20's, I helped the local horse trainer/stud owner as he was much too old to be handling this sort of work. At the time I was literally afraid of NOTHING but between the 'excited' studs and the often only marginally receptive mares, that was every bit as dangerous as the flying bullets had been a few short years prior. I hobbled a lot of mares to prevent injuries to the studs (and handlers) and with some amount of luck came out unscathed in the process.
One of the studs was a 'biter' and took a palm sized chunk out of the owner putting him out of action for several weeks. When he was able to walk back to the barn, he noted that stud was a wee bit touchy about being haltered but no longer showed any inclination to bite. The old man didn't say a word to me about my correction technique or even a comment as to what might have changed the stud's attitude. Guess losing a 3" diameter chunk of skin and muscle from his upper arm made him a bit more tolerant of my sometimes brutal actions.