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Comment author: Prismattic 12 January 2012 12:17:08AM 2 points [-]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that the Crusaders ran into trouble with this. The Europeans favored stallions (stronger and more intimidating); the Saracens favored mares (faster and easier to control); the combination didn't work out well for the Europeans.