Gelding - especially doing so early on - leads to soundness in the legs?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Conrad

Don't you think a lot of these runners stick around because they're geldings (and can't be bred) rather than having them gelded so they will race for a long time?

I had always assumed exactly that.

The reason I posted this was because I found the case made by Vosburgh to be very interesting.

I had always assumed the only benefits of gelding were to make horses more manageable and easier to train.