Crossbreeding discussion

By Retired breeder, 3rd April 2010 20:13:43
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If you like to cross-breed, this is the place for you!

On this topic, you can discuss your crossbreeding programs, share your secrets, and advise other players about it.

Compare different crosses with the ones from other players, and brag about your achievements in crossbreeding.

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A foal's GP is roughly the average of the parents. What I do for crosses where I'm using more than 2 breeds is to set up a spread sheet (you can do it by hand if you prefer of course) to calculate a foal from the first two parents, then do the calculation of that foal with the second breed.

In your case pick the Mustang and Thoroughbred you want to breed. Calculate the average of each of their genetics (so the average of their speed, stamina etc.) and that will be foal A. Now, pick the Gypsy Vanner you want to use and calculate the average of the Gypsy and Foal A. That will give you Foal B, your final foal.
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I believe for that cross, the foal takes the second breed listed on the dam's side. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

For two different 50/50 crosses, the foal would take the breed that is second on the sire's side.
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By Retired breeder, 16th February 2017 01:21:38
[url=http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=51344523=New toy[/url]

The start of a long awaited project.
By Retired breeder, 16th February 2017 01:22:24
Ooops, let's try that link again..

New toy!
I think it's the sire's side.
For example, I know that I have to bolt a filly I just produced if I want the offspring from that foal and another foal to be a Trakehner and not a Selle.
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By Retired breeder, 16th February 2017 11:48:16
No no western, it's the second listed on dam's side.

For example, my first Fry/Selle is Shimmer then Decay. Now Shimmer's second listed breed is Selle. If I bred her to another Fry/Selle, I would get Selle dominant foals.

Now my first Fry/Selle that has the correct breed order is Dark on Me. Dark has Friesian listed second in her genetics tab. So if I were to breed her to my other Fry/Selle, I know I'm looking at a Friesian dominant foal.

Do you remember my Appy/Selle crosses? This is precisely how I determined which foals to breed and which to skill.

So if the original question was using an Arab/TB, Arabian would need to be listed second on the dam's side to produce an Araabian dominant foal. TB listed second for a Thoroughbred dominant.


That's what I thought! I just wanted to make sure. default smiley (y)
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Hey! What are some good crosses to target XC rosettes? default smiley (8) Thank you all ever so much default smiley ^)
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Good breeds to cross with an australian anyone?
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I know gypsies are pretty good at cross country, not sure what breed to mix with though x
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I have found that Fresian x KWPN makes a good low level XC comper. Not so sure for high level, though.
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So the cross below would result in a Freisian dominant foal?

Filly x ¿Donde esta mi gato?
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By Retired breeder, 16th February 2017 23:05:55
AVH Lover - Yes, the resulting foal would be Friesian dominant.

So I bred Dark on Me to Hotter than Hades (Fry/Selle crosses) today. Got a beautiful filly but she has the wrong breed order default smiley :( Anyone want her? If not, I might end up skilling her to see how she does.
I may be interested--got a link?
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By Retired breeder, 17th February 2017 04:49:40
What are the best western breeds? I will cross thoroughbred x mustang.... Anything else for barrel racing or cutting?


Marwari × mustang is the best for that, if I remember right!
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By Retired breeder, 17th February 2017 11:45:33
lovetopaint - Telescope

Here she is!
Thanks, I messaged you!
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I bred a few Selle crosses today on a whim and i'm trying to decide if I want to keep them or just get rid of them.
KWPN/Selle Colt
Paso/Selle Filly
Vanner/Selle Filly
lovetopaint
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And I think I'm going to blup a Brumby/Selle filly instead default smiley :p
lovetopaint
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Haven't shared many of my creations recently but i've just bed a couple out of my Gypsy mare..

B With You - Gypsy x KWPN x Selle, I bred her so I could use her for breeding and hopefully produce some nice 5 breed foals.

New Teke baby - hopefully my first 10k+ skill Teke..

Now to just find the aging points default smiley (8)
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By Retired breeder, 18th February 2017 04:02:39
Hello, new to this forum post...

I would love to hear everyone's suggestions, opinions, personal trials, etc.. on what breed crosses make the best Reining competitors. Thank you in advance!
I know I don't post here often, as I'm more of a purebred person, but I had a little mishap, and I was just going to ask on what to do!

I normally breed Argentinean Criollos, and they are purebred, except for the crosses of Criollo and KWPN I breed.

So, I was trying to breed a purebred Criollo, and I was so caught up in the genetics and skill level, I didn't even see the that it wasn't a purebred.

Now I have a Selle X Criollo sitting on my hands, and I was wondering what would be the best way to go around and breed her. Any feedback helps!

Selle X Criollo [Ruin]
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Well, the horses that have reining skills (gallop, dressage, stamina) as their top three are Haflingers, Irish Hunters, and Lippizans, so that may be a good place to start!
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