This reminded me that my ignorance of such things extended to horses and
horse racing as well. After watching the 2 minutes of the Kentucky
Derby the other night I wondered if both colts and fillies were running
in the race. I was surprised to find that not only did fillies run the
race but geldings as well. That led to wondering if fillies were the
equal of colts at 3 years of age which led to me discovering weight
handicapping in horse races which places weights in the saddlery to even
up the odds. Yes, fillies are not required to carry as much weight as
the colts or geldings but the difference is only 5 pounds (126 vs
121)... but geldings are still considered the physical equal of colts at
age 3. The colts are not yet sexually mature and not yet called stallions.
All that intro material brings me to the main point, a comparison of the
dangers of bulls with the dangers of stallions. In checking up on
stallions I learned that one must be specially trained to ride and
handle a stallion (and this was the big surprise) stallions are not
allowed to be ridden in parades... too dangerous for the crowd. I'd
never thought about it before but I guess you wouldn't lead a bull
through a crowd either even if he did have a ring in his nose.
Ain't the web and this list wonderful?
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/7/2014 11:32 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
Like that would be hard to tell without the branding? LOL
Bulls are bought and sold across multiple farms/ranches. Branding
bulls only makes sense if you plan on keeping them till they drop.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it would be unlikely to have the bulls
roam free in open grazing lands. They're kept "close to home", so to
speak. During breeding season, the herd is kept confined to small
pastures as this will about double the success rate. Actually, the
other issue is that you wouldn't want your prized bulls roaming free
because of theft, injury and nutritional requirements. Besides, having
a dozen bulls roaming free in open grazing lands is asking for a lot
of trouble.
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