Guanaco - if you want the foal to have great speed choose a paint x mustang.

rancher, I would do paints.

I haven't really decided anything except I'd like it to be Mustang dominent

But the hunter x is very nice!

Okay, thanks!

I like my Friesian/Paint crosses. Trotting ends up low but I'm not real interested in trot percent at the moment. But I like the stats on one of my half-Friesian fillies: her sire is Raven Horses' half-Shetland, half-Paint stallion.

WhatDoYouWantFromMe
Okay, four wins and I just put him in a few more comps. What should I do to help him get wins faster? What kind of training/rides?

Guanaco-I like stang/IHs. Maybe with less then half IH, about 25%.

Horseluver- Just bred one 25% IH and 75% 'Stang. 22*. Amazing.

What would be a good breed to cross a PSH too? I'm looking to breed my foundie PSH mare, and I've already bred her to 351.2 PSH foundies, and a 351.2 QH. Any cross ideas?

What type of horse are you looking for?

beach-she's great!

I think I want to try some cross breeding, but I'm not totally sure what to do. I know I want to make Arabians my dominate tho. What should I cross with them?

I just started today but I have done howrse before. But anyway, I started breeding Chincos but am interested in breeding crosses too. I was wondering if Chinco x Thourghbreds would be a good mix?

I'd like to start cross-breeding as well, but I do not know what breeds, or what I'd like them to excel in. All I know is that I want it half and half, not all this crazy 75% 25% stuff.

Thanks for any advice!

Ok I am currently thinking about starting my own line of crossbreeds but I have a question:

Would you recommend starting out with a pair of horses with the highest # of stars & GP for that breed or starting out with foundation horses?

Also any more advice and tips are welcome and much appreciated, please feel free to pm me with any.

Thanks & Happy Howrsing;
~WC (Wild Cat)

WC,

I don't really know much about crossbreeding, but I would start with a high * and high GP, just to see what happens.

Sincerely,
bailee_boo12

Wow! I love seeing so many future crossbreeders in here! Hopefully is helps youll out. If I am looking to breed a 50/50 cross then I always get the highest GP I can find for the parents. I try and use the lower GP breed(one that doesn't get as high starred) a the father. This makes the baby that breed but with higher than usual GP from the mom. It makes hitting the rankings easier and an all around better cross. I anyone has any otherquestions then feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer.

Since IHs and Friesians are the best dressage horses, what would happen if you combined them? Would they have, like, double dressage?

Not double but really high. I have seen lots of frie/IH crosses with over 300 dressage.

Oh wow, many questions! Glad to see more people taking interest in cross breeding. I agree with what Sunny said about using a breed that doesn't have many stars yet as the father for reasons of an elite horse or making money.

enghlish- Well, Angle arabs seem to be popular, as are the Irish Arabs. You can get an Irish hunter or Thoroughbred mare, then cross them with an Arab to get yourself a first generation cross arab. Second generation can be tricky as far as keeping the Arab dominant goes, but PM me to learn more about that if you want. On a side note, I've got an Arab/Tb cross filly with 154 IBS for sale if you want to use her for a start.

kriMorgen- Yeah, those are a good mix. Their skills are similar, the differnce is that Chincos are speed dominant while Tbs are gallop dominant. I'd go for it. =) I recently made a Chinco/Tb/Paint cross, and the foal came out well because the skills fit pretty well.

bailee- Well, it really does kind of depend on some type of preference and/or goal. Do you want to just breed foals to sell for money? Do you just want to experiment with totally opposite horse crossing, or with similar horses? What are your favorite breeds? Try starting with those.

Wild Cat- I would say get the highest starred and GP horses that you can for a good line. Then again, if you want to do NIB, do the foundation.

Feel free to PM me, I'd love to chat and continue giving advice and answering questions. ^^

I've done some Connemara x Irish Hunter crosses, the best of the Irish! They are great competition horses. If you look on my first page of other horses, you can see !¤Irish Diamond, she's an example of that cross. I have a few for sale if anyone is interested. ^_^

I plan to make a dressage monster for my EC. The dominate I plan to be a irish hunter...but is that really smart?? Lol. I don't know, I'll figure it out!

RoseBlood- I pmed you.

Here is my new cutie PSH/IH cross

Yeah, I got it and have replied. Thanks. =) And I don't see why having the Irish dressage dominant would be a back idea, lol. The only thin for me would be that I don't like the new Irish coat.. lol. But that's just me.