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Horses, no matter where they live or what breed they are, their social structure almost never varies. In the wild there will be one stallion per herd. His role is to breed the mares and run off other stallions. The rest of the herd consists of mares and their young offspring. The herd is run by one 'alpha mare'. After her is the regular pecking order of most dominant to least dominant. Once the male foals called colts, turn 1 year they are run off usually by the alpha mare and the lone stallion. This is natures way of avoiding inbreeding. Horses are big on body talk. Every ear flick, eye roll, tail swish, cocked hoof and 'squeal and spin' speaks volumes to any nearby horses. It all means something to them. And it works pretty good. Death by fighting within the herd is rare. To bad people can't say the same.

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