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A ridgling or rig is a male
Malé

Mal? , population 104,403 , is the Capital , the largest city in terms of population, and the name of an island in the Maldives. It is located at the southern edge of North Male' Atoll Kaafu Atoll....
 animal with an undescended testicle
Testicle

The testicle is the male gonad in animals. This article will concentrate on mammalian testicles unless otherwise noted.The etymology of the word is somewhat colorfully based on Roman law....
. An undescended testicle is not a serious or life-threatening condition, though it may cause the animal discomfort at times. This condition can be corrected by either surgery to place the testicle in the correct position or by castration
Castration

Castration is any action, surgery, chemical castration, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles. In common usage the term is usually applied to males, although as a medical term it is applied to both males and females....
 to remove the testicle altogether.

Horse
Horse

The horse is a hoofed mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolution of the horse over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, odd-toed ungulate animal of today....
s that are ridglings are usually gelded
Gelding

A gelding is a castration animal — in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule....
, though owners of a prized animal may opt for surgery to preserve its value as a breeding stallion
Stallion (horse)

A stallion is a male horse that has not been castration, or gelding.Stallions will follow the horse conformation and phenotype of their list of horse breeds, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to female...
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A ridgling or rig is a male
Malé

Mal? , population 104,403 , is the Capital , the largest city in terms of population, and the name of an island in the Maldives. It is located at the southern edge of North Male' Atoll Kaafu Atoll....
 animal with an undescended testicle
Testicle

The testicle is the male gonad in animals. This article will concentrate on mammalian testicles unless otherwise noted.The etymology of the word is somewhat colorfully based on Roman law....
. An undescended testicle is not a serious or life-threatening condition, though it may cause the animal discomfort at times. This condition can be corrected by either surgery to place the testicle in the correct position or by castration
Castration

Castration is any action, surgery, chemical castration, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles. In common usage the term is usually applied to males, although as a medical term it is applied to both males and females....
 to remove the testicle altogether.

Horse
Horse

The horse is a hoofed mammal, a subspecies of one of seven extant species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolution of the horse over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, odd-toed ungulate animal of today....
s that are ridglings are usually gelded
Gelding

A gelding is a castration animal — in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule....
, though owners of a prized animal may opt for surgery to preserve its value as a breeding stallion
Stallion (horse)

A stallion is a male horse that has not been castration, or gelding.Stallions will follow the horse conformation and phenotype of their list of horse breeds, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to female...
. An example of a ridgling that was gelded was the Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a graded stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival....
 winner Funny Cide
Funny Cide

Funny Cide is a Thoroughbred race horse who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2003. He is the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby and the first gelding to win it since 1929 ....
. While the horse was gelded because the undescended testicle caused it noticeable discomfort and its manners also improved after castration, its success in horse racing
Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrianism sport that has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot racing of Ancient Rome are an early example, as is the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology....
 has led to considerable discussion over whether it would have been possible to opt for surgically correcting the condition instead.

See also

  • Gelding
    Gelding

    A gelding is a castration animal — in English, the term specifically refers to a castrated male horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule....
  • Stallion
    Stallion

    A Stallion is a male horse.Stallion may also refer to:* Stallion , an American pop rock group* Stallion , a figure in the Gobot toyline...
  • Cryptorchidism
    Cryptorchidism

    Cryptorchidism is the absence of one or both testes from the scrotum. This usually represents failure of the testis to move, or "descend," during fetal development from an abdomen position, through the inguinal canal, into the ipsilateral scrotum....