Seen.
Heard.
Studied.
People don’t just experience HorseMarket. They talk about it, study it, and sometimes try to explain the beautifully unexplainable. I’m collecting those moments here.
Academic Research
Calling All Mares: Community, Identity, and Group Sex at the San Francisco Horse Market
Lindsey Gaston & Laura Dixon · The Journal of Sex Research
The researchers analyzed 15 publicly available HorseMarket stories posted between September 2021 and April 2022. Their analysis identified community and belonging, and sexual adventurism within a structured environment.
Stories shared on this website became the source material for peer-reviewed academic research. The paper examines those participant accounts; it is not a survey of everyone who has attended.
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Podcasts & Video
Just Emails and Bangs
An anonymous Denver Mare asks the hosts for advice after meeting a mysterious repeat Stallion at HorseMarket.
HorseMarket segment transcript
Based on YouTube’s automated captions and editorially summarized for clarity. The original conversation runs approximately from 6:23 to 16:00.
- The hosts begin reading an email from a self-described furry bottom bear looking for a mysterious top.
- The writer explains that he attended HorseMarket’s Denver debut and describes being hooded and mounted during the event.
- He says it was his first experience of this kind and describes it as an exceptionally positive night.
- He explains that he is trying to identify one repeat Stallion who returned to him several times.
- The story turns to the conversation they had inside the Stable and the clues suggesting they live near the same Denver park.
- The Stallion did not appear at the after-party, leaving the writer wondering whether to search for him or simply keep the memory.
- The hosts respond with playful advice: cherish the experience, keep walking the dog, and let the mystery Stallion find his way back.
- The hosts ask the writer to send an update if the two men eventually meet again.
Gayish: 479 — Horses
Mike and Kyle explore horses, horse culture, Fickstutenmarkt, HorseMarketSF, and the academic study based on HorseMarket stories.
HorseMarket segment transcript
Based on automated audio transcription and editorially summarized for clarity. The HorseMarket discussion begins at approximately 49:48.
- The discussion introduces the German Fickstutenmarkt concept and its early connection to Berlin.
- Mike and Kyle explain the advance choice between Mare and Stallion and discuss the different arrival times and the hooding of Mares.
- StableHands are described as volunteers who provide water, escort Mares to breaks, and help enforce the event rules.
- The conversation covers the hood-color system, safer-sex choices, and the ability of a Mare to refuse or stop an interaction.
- They trace the event concept beyond Berlin and mention HorseMarketSF and its expansion to multiple American cities.
- They introduce the peer-reviewed HorseMarket study, explaining that it analyzed 15 participant stories.
- The study’s findings are summarized around brotherhood, family, community identity, and the creation of a protected gay space.
- The episode continues into broader horse terminology, leather culture, breeding language, and pony play.
Got a HOT HOLE-79
Doctor Carlton and Dangilo hear from a married couple who attended HorseMarket as Stallions and discuss anonymity, attraction, body diversity, and the event as a social equalizer.
HorseMarket segment transcript
Editorially summarized from the episode and its official transcript. The HorseMarket section starts at approximately 54:10 in the player above. Podcast timestamps can shift slightly when dynamically inserted advertising changes.
- The conversation turns to HorseMarket and an account from a married couple who attended together as Stallions.
- The hosts discuss the event’s separate arrival process and how participants enter without knowing exactly who they may encounter inside.
- They talk about the use of hoods, anonymity, and how visual assumptions change within the HorseMarket environment.
- The discussion moves to attraction and the range of bodies and people represented at the event.
- The couple’s experience becomes part of a wider conversation about letting go of expectations and experiencing people differently.
- The hosts describe that effect as a kind of “great equalizer,” where familiar social hierarchies become less important.
S3E2 — Maxon Caged
Maxon reflects on attending the 2023 San Francisco HorseMarket as a Mare and being named Best in Show.
HorseMarket segment transcript
Based on automated audio transcription and editorially summarized for clarity. This is a participant’s recollection of a 2023 event and should not be read as a description of current HorseMarket rules.
- Maxon is introduced as the Best in Show Mare from a 2023 San Francisco HorseMarket.
- Maxon calls HorseMarket one of the hottest nights he has experienced and begins describing the event.
- He explains that Mares and Stallions arrived separately and describes preparing to enter as a Mare.
- The conversation covers his role, the hooding process, and the anonymity created inside the Stable.
- Maxon describes not knowing the identities of the different partners he encountered during the event.
- He talks about the variety of partners and positions he experienced during the night.
- He reflects enthusiastically on the experience and says he would like to attend HorseMarket again.
With Derek Kage, Part 3
Adult performer Derek Kage talks with Matt Slayer about attending HorseMarket Los Angeles as a Mare, becoming Best in Show, and what the anonymous experience felt like for him.
HorseMarket segment transcript
Based on automated audio transcription and editorially summarized for clarity. The HorseMarket conversation starts at approximately 39:55 in the player above. Podcast timestamps can shift when dynamically inserted advertising changes.
- Derek introduces his experience attending HorseMarket Los Angeles as a Mare.
- He and Matt discuss the origin of the event concept and the division between the Mare and Stallion roles.
- Derek describes the selection process, arriving as a Mare, being hooded, and receiving a number.
- The conversation covers the event setup, the available equipment, and his experience inside the Stable.
- Derek explains that he was named Best in Show and reflects on the attention he received during the event.
- He describes the anonymous encounters and how the experience differed from sexual situations with more personal interaction.
- Derek says that he enjoyed the experience but might not repeat it because he generally prefers more interaction with his partners.
- He recalls one interaction becoming physically uncomfortable and says that he raised his hand and communicated to the attendants that it needed to stop.
Real HorseMarket Experiences
The academic research began with publicly shared HorseMarket stories. Read the first-person accounts from Mares, Stallions, and StableHands.
Cazden Hunter’s Best Fuck of 2022
Fleshbot · 10 of Gay Porn’s Biggest Stars Reveal Their Best Fuck of 2022
When Fleshbot asked ten of gay porn’s biggest stars to name their standout experience of the year, Cazden Hunter’s answer was short—and very clear.
“The Horse Market at CLAW!” — Cazden Hunter
Let’s Go To The Horse Market
Digg’n For Bones · with HorseMarket founder Mathew Black · January 31, 2023
This interview was recorded in early 2023. Some procedures, terminology, and event information discussed in this episode are no longer current. Please refer to the HorseMarket website for today’s rules and event procedures.
Mathew Black talks with host Tucker Max about HorseMarket’s origins, his personal history, and the safety and logistics of the event as they were described at the time of recording.
Interviews, Podcasts & Press
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