[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.

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By CloudHugger, 3rd July 2017 16:22:16
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Oh dear. Maybe I'll post some screenshots of the horses in it.

For the moment, I'm trying to raise the GP - here, it's 3900, while on the International server it's nearing 10000. So yeah, we're behind in the GP race. default smiley xd Recently bred a Friesian/TB filly who has decent skills and not a horribly bad GP either, so I'm curious to see what she'll turn out like.
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By CloudHugger, 3rd July 2017 21:00:45
Here's Berry Berry Happy, a TB/Paso filly I bred on the International server.

I've also got a QH/TB cross coming - don't have an ultrasound yet, but I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for a nice filly.
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By Retired breeder, 7th July 2017 03:37:16
Nice cross- that GP! And the skills are all pretty balanced, too.

Sounds like you use Thoroughbreds a lot- any particular reason? I've been using a lot of Friesian, but the skillsets haven't been the most versatile.
By CloudHugger, 8th July 2017 23:38:57
Mostly because my crossbreeding program started with a purebred TB mare named Faster Than Light, or more accurately with her daughter Dashing Light. Bred Dash to a Highland stallion when they first came out and got a nice filly I named Light Up the Sky. Lead to Desert Sands Crosses, with nearly forty horses under the affix and all bred by yours truly.

So, it was basically sentimentality and the fact that TBs got me started. Plus, Friesians had the highest GP I could find in covers and I didn't really want a purebred foal when I was specifically breeding crossbreds!
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By CloudHugger, 9th July 2017 00:02:25
Hm, this filly shows potential for both her and her dam. May try another Friesian/Akhal-Teke cross in the future!
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By Retired breeder, 5th September 2017 15:14:32
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Very happy with my latest cross. Top of the Curly skill rankings today.
By CloudHugger, 22nd September 2017 20:30:13
Nice cross!

Here's my Friesian/Quarter Horse cross~
Edge of the Sky. Just need to finish bolding dressage and she'll (hopefully) be totally blupped! Yay!
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By Retired breeder, 13th October 2017 17:36:55
I found that
Nokota 50.0%
Thoroughbred 25.0%
Friesian 21.9%
Canadian horse 3.1%
Has a mostly even GP level, every skill is in the 500s except gallop which is in the 400s and dressage which is in 800s. That means the GP of any foals born to this cross will be mostly defined by the the other (likely purebred) parent. At least that's what I've found.
By CloudHugger, 15th October 2017 22:10:52
How would you breed a foal with that breed percentage, though?
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By CloudHugger, 27th November 2017 07:32:04
Burn it Down. I can't believe he's just one away from having 20 wins!!! And his training isn't completed, his specialty isn't the one it should be (mistake on my part), and he's 5y10m! Wow! I am going to have so much fun with him!
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By CloudHugger, 14th December 2017 23:40:26
So Burn it Down is fully blupped. . . <edit by mod> default smiley xd

Anyways! A quartet of foals I've bred recently~
* Snowfire
This girl was a bit of an experiment - crossing my newly fully blupped stallion with my (at the time) almost-finished-blupping mare.
* Jumping Junebug
Wanted a Thoroughbred colt to blup, but got her instead! Not complaining, though.
* In Perfect Harmony
My second attempt at getting a TB colt, which didn't work because the stallion I chose wasn't purebred. Oh well.
* Conquering the Edge
Third time's. . . not the charm. Still, happy with her and she's got the highest GP out of the four!
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By Retired breeder, 22nd December 2017 18:55:16
I recently bred this little guy that I'm particularly proud of default smiley (7)

French Toast has every skill in the 350-500 range which I'm super happy about. I've been trying to equalize my mixed breeds as much a possible. default smiley ^)
By Retired breeder, 3rd March 2018 18:59:46
Bumping to keep this on our list of topics.
By Retired breeder, 4th April 2018 19:27:30
Any suggestions for crossing with a hannoverian?
By Retired breeder, 17th April 2018 01:10:51
Once they have enough Blup, I plan on breeding my stallion, which is:
50% Shetland
25% Friesian
12.5% Quarter Horse
12.5% Arabian Horse
with my mare, which is:
75% Friesian
25% Thoroughbred
...
...
...The foal's ancestry is sure going to be complicated. default smiley <:o)
By Retired breeder, 17th April 2018 18:03:23
Has anyone tried breeding a cross who's specialty would be dressage? I'm thinking of giving it a try, based on the gp spread in the directories I think the best bet is thoroughbred/icelandic. Anyone have any suggestions?
By CloudHugger, 18th April 2018 21:22:11

Kensington is a Hano crossbred with Friesian, Arabian, and Quarter Horse blood. Check her out - might help, depending on what you're looking for. Her dam's skill set is for cutting comps, fyi.
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By CloudHugger, 18th April 2018 21:26:32

Purebred Spanish Horses have the skill set for cutting comps from what I can see on their directories page, but dressage is their highest skill apparently.
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By Retired breeder, 19th April 2018 17:53:00
Sorry, I meant that their preferred comp would be dressage. Did not word that very well.
By CloudHugger, 21st April 2018 23:20:22
I figured that's what you meant, but I couldn't really find a breed who naturally had the necessary skill set for dressage comps.
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By Taylor, 22nd April 2018 09:14:25


Nokota and Knabstruper are both good at Dressagedefault smiley :)
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By Retired breeder, 22nd April 2018 16:57:31
This is my latest mix Wayward Daughter, I'd like to keep the Skills as even as possible, any hints on what I should breed her with? default smiley :) Might have to do some backwards breeding between my crosses...
By Retired breeder, 30th May 2018 20:33:59
What are the best to cross with frisians?
By CloudHugger, 21st June 2018 00:09:03
ponygirl4444: It depends on what you're looking for. Better skills? A certain skill set for a certain comp?

Lord Felwinter. This little guy and his twin were just born today. I'm gonna have fun with him!
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