Sophie is a 17 year old chestnut mare that landed in our barn a little over a year ago. She started to have longer and longer heat cycles. It got to the point that her hind end was constantly covered in the black tar like substance that gets left behind with a mare is like this. From just below the dock of her tail to the top of her hocks was sticky stench. We had to bath it off constantly. She stunk and was not pleasant to be around. We could not even take her on a trail ride, if there was a male horse on the ride also. Sophie had to let them know she was a mare by stopping and squirting numerous times along the ride. We pastured the geldings on the other side of the property, but Sophie could not even walk down the shed row past a gelding without stopping and squealing and leaving a disg...