[Info] Cross breeders

By Retired breeder, 3rd April 2010 20:13:43
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Finally a post just for us cross breeders. 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.
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By Retired breeder, 27th June 2018 04:02:32
You could also make a barrel racer cross (like a Marwari) and go after those rosettes
By Retired breeder, 28th June 2018 00:51:42
Is a Welsh Pony/TB cross potentially good enough to win rosettes?
By Horsebabe91, 28th June 2018 02:00:31


no. Welsh ponies are too low gp and aren't speedy enough.
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By Retired breeder, 28th June 2018 04:21:44
What could I cross with a selle for a good trot/gallop horse? possibly rosettes?
By sherwood02, 29th June 2018 03:53:32


I know that Mauritania have good trot and gallop, I'm not sure how well it would mix with a selle though..default smiley :)
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By sherwood02, 29th June 2018 03:54:48
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Oh my heck default smiley xd dang autocorrect!!default smiley :s
I meant lusitanos default smiley xd
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By Retired breeder, 29th June 2018 04:02:03
Most dressage horses have good trot and gallop. You could also cross with a Western Pleasure horse and a Gallop/Reining horse and then cross that to a Selle (not sure if it would work)
By Retired breeder, 29th June 2018 19:53:13
Would Thoroughbreds and Arabians be a good cross for reining or barrel racing?
By Retired breeder, 29th June 2018 23:08:11
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Here’s a tip for finding the top skills of a cross:
Give each skill of the parent a number 1-6, 6 being the highest skill.
Average the numbers. The three highest numbers decide the highest skills. It’s not exact but if you’re working with unknowns, it works
By Gouldilox, 29th June 2018 23:36:33
I am trying to decide what to do with this colt.
https://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=56587093
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By Retired breeder, 30th June 2018 00:08:08
That’s a Cutting horse. Looks great for GP. Might not get rosettes but worth trying to find out!
By Retired breeder, 30th June 2018 01:51:41
Hey, I used to breed TB/Selle crosses for the GP, and but I am wanting to try something new. What different crosses might excel in barrel racing?
By Retired breeder, 30th June 2018 15:41:40
Marwaris do barrel racing.
By princ3ss, 30th June 2018 19:47:32
Hi all,
I just purchased a great little Lusitano (purebred) colt I want to use for cross-breeding, but I know nothing about the breed at all. In people's experience, what is the Lusitano best for and what would be a good cross? I personally tend to focus on show-jumping and cross-country, but I'm certainly willing to try something new.
Thanks!
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By Horsebabe91, 30th June 2018 21:39:54
lusis are for dressage. Their top skills are dressage, trot, gallop. not good for jump or xc. Not really wonderful for cross breeding unless you want to just do a cross with a friesian or nokota.
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By Retired breeder, 1st July 2018 06:01:23
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I have a GV/Selle cross I've been crossing with a Lusi mare. Turns out you get decent Cross Country horses from that, but you might have to add in another breed to clean up the skills.
By MountainLake, 1st July 2018 07:13:35
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Good cross country horses have high stamina, dressage, and jumping.
The best breeds for that are (the order may be messed up)

Tekes
Arabs
Barbs
Gypsies
Canadian Horses
Russian Dons
Connie’s
And Shagys Arabs

However, I don’t recommend having a Gypsy dominant cross to enter in competitions intended for the breed, since they are the current skillers, you’ll likely get totally stomped. I learned that the hard way, with paint crosses.

The best show jumpers are definitely KWPN and Selles. You could throw in Shetland, aussies, or Hanos too, but they lack some of the high skills you may be looking for.

It takes a lot of trial and error, honestly. I learned a LOT about cross breeding from YouTube videos from Howrse players, and I recommend them 10/10 times. default smiley (lol) default smiley (y)
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By MountainLake, 1st July 2018 07:15:22
A Lusi/Nokota cross would probably do well in Trail class too.
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By MountainLake, 1st July 2018 07:16:41
And since I’m here posting, before I go off to bed, does anybody have examples of App/TB crosses? Either breed as dominant. I’m curious as to which dominant breed is more successful in the gallop comps.
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By Retired breeder, 1st July 2018 10:58:40


Appaloosa dominant crosses do much better in comps, thoroughbreds are skillers and have a high GP. Appaloosa's are lower
By Gouldilox, 1st July 2018 15:46:15
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Something that many of you might want to consider is that you can win a LOT of comps with a target trained horse. That means to aim for the lowest comp in the main skill required but have high values in the secondary skills.

An example is a horse with very low stamina but high dressage and jump entering cross country comps OR a low trot with high speed and dressage in trot racing.

You will not win rosettes but that is a tough task unless you have the most current genetics or a lot of time to find the scare rosette comp that has not been entered with the "Prix breeds".
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By Retired breeder, 2nd July 2018 01:04:44
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To clarify, the crosses I was talking about are 50% Lusitano, 25% GV, and 25% Selle

Example skill breakdown:
Stamina 1816.25 Gallop 1721.45
Speed 1374.40 Trot 1505.34
Dressage2444.57 Jumping 2023.93

The horse has a Lusitano appearance.
The dressage is by far the dominant skill. It has potential to do well in almost all comps. It is still a decent dressage horse, and it could do reining as well as cross country. The stamina is a little too low to win Rosettes, but breeding it into a four- way cross to maintain the Lusi appearance and clean up the skills could help.
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By Retired breeder, 5th July 2018 15:48:23
What is a good cross with a Standardbred to get a good comp horse?
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