[info/FT] Cross Breeders

By Retired breeder, 23rd January 2011 23:59:27
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Here we go! A cross breed thread!

The purpose of this topic is for cross breeders to have a place to discuss their crossbreeding programs and to share crossbreeding secrets and advice with others who may be interested in giving crossbreeding a try. Feel free to talk about your crossbreeding programs and your achievements and failures in crossbreeding.
Please remember to follow the rules of the forum and be informative and helpful.


Reminder to all.

Please do not advertise sales of your horses, or items wanted in this topic. I can turn a blind eye to the covers being offered (as long as they are not blatant advertisements) because we are, after all, trying to help each other progress and there is no filter on public covers for searching for crosses, but items sales and items wanted do not belong in any of the public forums and we have a sales forum for horse sales so please, lets keep our topic clean of the ads.

This is also *not* a chat topic...Please keep that in mind. If it turns into one, I will be forced to close it down.

Thanks everyone

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By Retired breeder, 15th December 2013 16:53:23
I bred this using my two favourite horses for my colour collection, and it is actually not a bad horse.
By Retired breeder, 17th December 2013 00:28:37
^ I've bred 3 other foals using the same parents, and they've all been French Trotters. The dam is 50% tb / 50% ft, and the sire is 50% knab / 25% tb / 25% ft. Do you think it is just a coincidence that all 4 of the foals are trotters and not tbs?
By Retired breeder, 17th December 2013 00:29:58
Wow, sorry for the triple post. I just thought that maybe the fact that French Trotter alphabetically comes before Thoroughbred might be a contributing factor. Maybe that is why they are all trotters?
By Retired breeder, 21st December 2013 11:33:17
I don't think I've shown off my crosses. They're not the greatest, but it's all about trial and error. It's a shame I can't work on them as much as I'd like, but my Int'l account takes up so much time during the week. default smiley xd

ArabxAppie
3 Way Cross
3 Way Cross (different breeds)
ArabxQH
ArabxKnab
By Retired breeder, 21st December 2013 11:52:42
Hello! I'm thinking of maybe focusing on crossbreeding on here. On my Intl. account, I've only ever done purebreds, but I've heard of cross-breeding and is sounds mighty fun. Does anyone have any advice on what breeds to start with?
By Retired breeder, 21st December 2013 13:36:26

yes cross breeding is mighty fun! I would recommend which ever horses you like the look of most, or some of the breeds with the higher GP if your more interested in getting cross bred skillers. friesians are the highest GP horses on here right now with just over 1300 gp is the very best one in the game, I think quarter horse have the next greatest GP. or maybe you want achieve certain amounts of stars in each skill, if that's the case then you should decide what skills you want your horse to excel in most, then find whatever horses are best at thatdefault smiley :d
lol, I hope that was helpful and understandabledefault smiley xd
By Retired breeder, 21st December 2013 13:56:32
Thank you funfunisland! I was thinking about breeding Akhal-Teke and Fresians. An odd mix, but it interests me to see what would happen.
By Retired breeder, 21st December 2013 15:44:57
Not a very good cross, but she has all her wins by 4 years!
By Retired breeder, 24th December 2013 13:55:52


yes I actually tried that mix awhile back, the foal turned out with pretty much around 200gp in every skill!default smiley :o well trot was only around 100 since akhals tekes worst skill is trot, but I found it was a good mix if you want an all-round horsedefault smiley :-))
By Retired breeder, 24th December 2013 13:57:30
Im planning on starting to bred cross-bred horses, that excel in Jumping the most, does anyone know which breeds are good at jumping?
By Retired breeder, 24th December 2013 14:07:27


Hanoverian, Shetland, Holsteiner
By Retired breeder, 24th December 2013 15:17:55
@funfunisland

Thats great! Looking around for a couple good horses to get me started, then I'll be able to try it for myself. default smiley :d
By Retired breeder, 24th December 2013 17:51:00
@ runningonclouds - Thanks! in that case I will probably try a mix of all of those default smiley :-))


cool! let me know once you get your first foal so I can give it an appledefault smiley :-))
By Retired breeder, 24th December 2013 19:54:15
I am planning on trying to cross Friesians with Shetlands! haha! what an odd mix!default smiley :d
By country loco, 29th December 2013 06:15:39
Bred my Purebred Spanish Horse with a 1/2 Friesian 1/2 Hanoverian sire - she has 17 stars

bred her with a thoroughbred and the twins both have 29 stars

all excel in dressage - pretty solid breeds i must say
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By Retired breeder, 29th December 2013 23:12:58


thats good default smiley (y) friesians and PSHs i know are very good in dressage
By Retired breeder, 30th December 2013 18:51:16
My favorite cross and his sister

And I think the results of this competition are pretty cool. :)
By Retired breeder, 31st December 2013 12:37:24


haha, yes the results there are quite amazing, 4 time champion theredefault smiley :-))
By Retired breeder, 1st January 2014 19:06:57


I'm thrilled to see such successful Knabs crosses! I have been playing around with them as well and, although I still have yet to find that perfect combination, I really think the Knab crosses could be a force in the comp!
By Retired breeder, 2nd January 2014 21:44:05
@Dakota: Thank you! I'm trying to get him onto the top 20 of XC and then maybe #1, but that will take a very long time (although I did it before on my old US account with another cross)
By Retired breeder, 8th January 2014 23:37:07
I had one of my Hanoverian skillers breed with an Akhal teke & get this cute little one default smiley :)
By Retired breeder, 9th January 2014 05:27:30
I have a purebred Friesian mare whom for some reason is not dominant at all whenever I cross her with another breed. Just something I thought of, if anyone would like a cross foal from her you can message me and we can work out a deal for it This is her:
http://ca.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=940439

This is her most recent foal whom I'm working on:
http://ca.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=1008609

This is a finished foal of hers, he's ranked the #1 elite Fjord on this server:
http://ca.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=942843
By Wildflower, 9th January 2014 06:35:09
anyone trying a crossbred with an Icelandic? I was thinking knab, for trail or Country....?
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By crye4me, 9th January 2014 07:20:25


With a 50/50 cross the foal will always take after the breed of the stallion. when breeding any other percentage cross the foal will always take after the highest percentage breed in the cross. Meaning a 75% Friesian cross 25% Fjord will be named as a Friesian. while a 50% Friesian 50% Fjord cross where the stallion is Fjord will always be Fjord
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