>On 26/04/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> and also I have wondered if its not an icelandic thing but a horse thing >> in general or a certain type horse of any breed. Because even ten years ago >> I never heard of it. Five years ago I knew of one. Now today every ride I >> go on there's one to three. >> >> It's not common in other breeds - I'm confident of that. I've known way too >> many other breed colts who've been fully equipped by birth, or within a week >> or two of birth. > >How widely is it known though? I know I heard the term "proud cut" >many many years ago before I ever knew of Icelandics. I'm wondering >if proud cut is just another term for a crypt...?? > >Wanda
Proud cut is the term for a studly gelding -- can just be a mental thing, or could be a sloppy job of gelding that leaves some testicular tissue behind (in the latter case a blood test would show higher than expected terstosterone levels). See: http://www.horsekeeping.com/horse_health_care/gelding_and_aftercare.htm I've had a colt gelded as young as one month -- a mule produced by the same mare that produced one of my cryptorchids. (In fact, it is common for mules to be gelded very young: you don't need the natural strength of a mule jet fueled by testosterone!.) Seemed like it was an easier surgery and the little guy had less bleeding than colts gelded older. -- Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/ http://www.dslextreme.com/~napha/JoyOfRiding/ http://www.dslextreme.com/~napha/HighPoint/
