Stallion

A stallion (of old Germanic hang ista, exact etymology unknown ) is a male animal of the family Equidae ( Equidae) and camels ( Camelidae ). The female counterpart to the stallion the mare. A stallion is a male, unneutered horse while a castrated stallion is called a gelding.

Horse stallion

Stallions that are not used for breeding are usually castrated ( set ) in order to make them more sociable.

Stallion or stallions

An active in breeding stallion is called a stallion, as the bringing together of a Hengst and a mare is designated for the purpose of copulation as a ceiling. May be used for breeding in Germany only in the so-called stallion register the breed registered stallions. This requires participation in a licensing (as well as the existence of a stallion performance test ) in many breeds. In the thoroughbred breeding There do according to an official recognition procedure ( after the race order, paragraphs 50 to 52). Stallions that are suitable, licensed and selected for breeding are called stallions.

Landbeschäler are stallions that are placed in a state stud and usually are owned by the state. This applies to about half of all warm-blooded and cold-blooded breeding stallions in Germany, the remaining stallions owned private deck stations. These are referred to as private stallion ( PB).

Sire are stallions that are placed in a main stud. In Austria sire are also referred to as Pepinierhengste.

Stallion

Stallions that justify their above-average power of heredity, the so-called arrogance, its own line, are called stallions. The most famous foundation sire Eclipse is probably the most important progenitor of the English thoroughbred, in the recent past would be in the international dog of this breed especially St. Simon, Nearco and Northern Dancer to name (see also the father championship horses). In the Warmblood horse breeding applies, for example, the Trakehner Tempelhüter as a stallion.