alys592 I would also recomend cross breeding its really fun

Oh yeah, cross breeding is funner than pure breeding I think. More exciting. =)

And you never know what'll come out exactly. There's disappointments, but then there's wonder horses that blow you away.

Hmmm...Is it harder to get good horses?

*big sigh of relieve*

She's all done and covered by the top GP arabian I could find in public coverings

I think it is easier to breed good horses. Crosses just about always have better skills in an area than their pure breed, so they perform better in that area.

Very nice Forest Queen. Hey, I ran into one of your cross horses in cross comps, a nice one she was. 21* Tb/Arab I think.. had Vegas in the name and she was rainbow. She got first place.

Hmm..so maybe I should start breeding crosses with a certain area of preformance?

*nods head* sounds like you met the one lolly has right now, this one's granddam. Las Vegas Lucky. She's a lovely mare, 8th in TB stamina right now her twin brother holds 10th but that's cuz I'm lazy haha

I have started to breed Irish Hunters/ Thoroughbreds. Trying to improve the TB dressage! PM me to join my group or if intrested in a baby

Cherokee, does that belong here?

Yes it does.

Like cross Arabs that are good at galloping races or something? Sure, go for it. And I don't see any problem with Cherokee's message.

Oh, just making sure. Yeah, you're right. I didn't know it was cross-breeding at first. Sorry!

The main thing that isn't allowed in here (aside from being off topic and such) is advertising horses for sale. zeph gets on our tail if we try it

RB, cherokee is basically doing what lolly and I are doing except she's doing dressage and our horses are spectacular in stamina

Hm, I'm not trying to be a rebel but wouldn't it be okay if you said that you have a cross horse for sale as a side thing to the main message you post?

What certain area of performance are you wanting to do alys?

Oh, and thanks zepharo! (for earlier reply)

Nope, zepharo will give you the big red X

My area of preformance is mainly English (E.g. Dressage, etc.) and Racing.

Okay, and how about doing what Cherokee said like "I can breed you a baby like such if you want, PM me" and do business through PM? I want to try and not get a big red X, lol.

Alright, now try choosing breeds that you like. Look at their skills and see which ones you can mix to improve the galloping and/or dressage aspects of that breed. Using the arab example again: Say you want Arabians that are better in galloping races than pure Arabs. You can breed a good paint mare with an Arab to get this.

If you want good dressage and a good race horse try IH/paint crosses or IH/app crosses

I believe you are really only supposed to say something like that in response to an ad about someone looking for something. That's the way it works in the NIB and RC threads

Hmm..IH/Apps, what area of preformance would that create?

Here is the Appie ranked 2nd in dressage, it is half IH. If the horse is appy dominant it will create horses that look like that and that will excel in dressage rankings

I've had great results PMing other players if I would like a covering. If you are posting your favourite crosses here, another player might see a horse that will work with one of theirs.
So it stands to reason that it would be okay to PM them.
If the other player doesn't want to send a cover, there is always someone else.
I like to crunch the horse's skills numbers before asking for a cover or accepting one because the requested horse's skills may not mesh well. I have requested a covering from one horse and the player has kindly let me know that they have an even better choice.
I have found this topic to be very helpful and the players contributing to it to be very friendly.
If you have a horse you want to sell, place a link and description on your page near the top. Most of us suffer from incurable curiosity and will click it.

Right, but what about the IH's side? They'll excel in....racing? I mean, aren't appys generally a western breed?

On this game they are good at gallop and barrel comps. In RL they are good at whatever you feel like training them as