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

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Just finished gelding three today..next monday the final three..it's really a no brainer with the homebreds that come my way. Some of these 2 yo's are already getting thick around the neck and shoulder..Gelding them will help thin them out a bit upfront..

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It's done a lot in this part of the world - well over 50% of the male horses racing in NZ are gelded.

Of course, that's partly because the good colts are retired earlier, but the majority are geldings even from a young age. The NZ Derby this year, for example, had four colts, four fillies and 10 geldings.