How successful have geldings been in the SIM?

Krystle Yanagihara · Post by **Krystle Yanagihara** » 18 years ago

I'm just curious because they're hardly ever mentioned. So, any famous ones in the SIM history?

Daryl Dennis · Post by **Daryl Dennis** » 18 years ago

Just Eric.

I keed I keed.

That is for the USC comment...we are even. Actually, Eric probably knows more Sim history off the top of his head than anyone this side of the Steward. I figured this sore of baiting would lure him into making a valuable and informative post. I have also wondered the exact same thing.

Post by **The Steward** » 18 years ago

Sometimes I think he knows MORE than I do. There's a reason he goes to Princeton and I'm a Louisville drop out and current non-scholastic bum!

Ara Davies · Post by **Ara Davies** » 18 years ago

I have ADD and constantly have to ask Em if I already knew various facts I come across.

Eric Nalbone · Post by **Eric Nalbone** » 18 years ago

If I remember properly, there were at least one or two good geldings, but they didn't take off simply because people wouldn't geld their horses. I can't access the SIM right now to be sure of this, but I really think there were at least one or two. I've got the feeling that a LOT of hores would have benefitted from this (read: Storm Cat line horses?), as its usually used in real life to calm down an overly studdish and aggressive horse, making them easier to handle on a day to day basis (and thus train).

I'm not 100% positive of this, but I think that there are a ton of geldings in the new SIM to make an attempt at restricting, at least initially, the flood of new stallions. I'd lay money that this hasn't affected their ability, its just a tool to prevent ridiculous growth of the stallion population before there are tracks to support it.

Anyway, when the SIM comes back up, I can look into the accomplishments of geldings, but I'd suggest that everyone pay close, close attention to their running lines as the SIM starts up and possibly make a little bit more use of the gelding feature.

Your resident eunuch,
Eric

Eric Nalbone · Post by **Eric Nalbone** » 18 years ago

Rightio then, I was having major issues remembering who it was that was a good gelding, and I kept thinking it was Yokoa Cat, but I know he has offspring, so Em finally realized who I was talking about and gave me the name I was looking for. Proskoa was a gelding, he won more than $3,000,000 and was a very good older horse.

-The Eunuch

Mallory Claire · Post by **Mallory Claire** » 18 years ago

Havoli!!! Although I think he was gelded later in his career.

I've had several good geldings, nothing star quality, but they're useful and lovable. I fully endorse geldings. Haha.

Lisa Lange · Post by **Lisa Lange** » 18 years ago

Same here, I had gelded one or two horses that ran better after being gelded. They were usually allowance horses.