Crossbreeding discussion

By Retired breeder, 3rd April 2010 20:13:43
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HellOw!

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 simple search in the horse rankings would tell you that.
Peruvian paso is the top trot breed for prix
Horsebabe91
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By Retired breeder, 10th March 2017 20:05:38
If I breed a 98% Cross with another 98% cross of same dominant breed, will the foal be the same breed as the parents?


I believe so yes.
Katiecandream
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When Crossbreeding is the Stallions breed always dominant no matter what other breeds the mare is crossed with?
horseluvr2


It depends.. If the stallion is a purebred then yes his breed will be dominant. However if both horses are cross breds if i remember correctly the foal will take after the dam's second breed that's listed.
Katiecandream
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There are a few rules that apply depending on the parent's genetics.

If both parents are purebred then the foal will take the sire's breed.
If both parents are even crosses (two 50/50 crosses or two 25/25/25/25 crosses) of *different* breeds then the foal will take the sire's second listed breed.
If both parents are even crosses of the *same* breeds then the foal will take the dam's last listed breed.
If the parents aren't even crosses then the breed with the highest percentage is dominant, so you can add the breeds of the parent's together and divide by 2 (say the dam is 100% Chinco Pony and the sire is 50% KWPN, 25%Appy and 25% Paint, the offspring will be 50% Chinco, 25% KWPN, 12.5% Appy and 12.5% Paint.)

Then you'll get a cross breed foal like this thing that still stumps me on why it turned out the way it did. I assumed it was because the two highest breeds were the same amount so it took the sire's breed. I Bolted the parents as a test and the foal still turned out Quarter Horse. I'm wondering it's just due to the rounding system and there are a few numbers beyond the decimal we can't see.
Legacy Ann
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By Retired breeder, 11th March 2017 04:03:45
Skilled up this beauty today. Will be skilling the twin tomorrow. Will be #1 QH, #14 stamina, #3 speed, and #1 jumping (by a lot).
OH ok I get it now thank you so much for clearing that up for me I was very confused haha!
horseluvr2
Two new fillies!! Luckily both of these girls have Trak listed as their second breed, so they both will produce Trak babies! Can't wait to skill them up!
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So I splurged using my once a month pass and some equus and got a pass mare... Well she ended up throwing this colt among some other foals, but I'm especially proud of this little colt! I have never had a mare have a 1% coat foal without the help of a Hera Pack!
westernsky
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Confused

Not amazing, but Morgans are not that high in the publics. I think I only have 2 more breeds to breed this mare to. Don and Hunter. default smiley :d
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By Retired breeder, 12th March 2017 05:40:24
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Both QH/Selles are done. Gives me #1 and #2 overall QHs, #1 and #4 speed, #14 and #15 stamina, and #1 and #2 jumping.
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By Retired breeder, 13th March 2017 02:22:12
Rainbow, not yet beached
Vessel
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It's been a while since I have bred anything, but since I'm on Spring Break, I decided to play around.

Peruvian Paso - Selle Français twins (not sure what I was going for here...)
Skylar
Dove

KWPN - Selle Français colt
Otis

If anyone wants a cheap KWPN cover, I have a nice stallion (8038.53 GP) here
AudreyRB
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By Retired breeder, 17th March 2017 22:18:11
Decide to work up a few new pretties for some of the fantastic GAs I've seen

American Saddlebreds (Morgan dom. x Thoroughbred x Standardbred)

Spelling Bee ♂ worked waiting for events to run
Sea Princess ♀ not fully worked yet, messed up when boarding her


National Show Horses (Arabian x Saddlebred)

Black Sundae ♂ again waiting for events, just finished him today
Midnite Serenada ♀ She should be finished by Monday
Does anyone have a high GP western pleasure cross stud? The best stat foal I can get currently from public covers is by crossing my purebred Friesian with a Paso which will give me about:
stamina 1306
Dressage 1602
Trot 1719

which isn't too bad as this will be for my EC comp, though I'm losing 200 in dressage and giving that to trot basically, but if someone had a Pleasure cross stud with better distributed stats than a Paso I could look at I might be able to breed something a little better. default smiley :)
Legacy Ann
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What exactly is a W. P. horse? Best that I have would be my pure Gypsies. I get half their wins in W.P. but dunno if that counts?

They tend to have low trot (952 in skill, 750 in gp on my best stud), but stam. is roughly 2053.23 in gp and 2918.53 in skill.

I was gifted a teared Crio filly, woo! She has a twin sister if anyone's dabbling in Crio crosses.
keepsake
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@keepsake, I was looking for a horse with a good western pleasure skill set (stamina, dressage, and trot) to boost my W.P competition so a Gypsy wouldn't have had the trot genetics I needed. I went with a Paso stallion I stumbled upon later that had higher GP than one I had calculated with earlier. Grant it, the Paso doesn't have a pleasure skill set either, and the foal has lower stamina and dressage than her Friesian dam, but I got higher trot so I'm hoping it will work for what I'm using it for.default smiley 8-)
Legacy Ann
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So umm this happened today... Filly

The mother was 100% hano and the father was 99% gypsy vanner and 1% selle. So it makes sense that the selle was canceled out but now I'm confused. Is she considered a cross bred even though she isn't a 50/50 cross? default smiley (o)
Katiecandream
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yes

anything that is not pure bred is a cross bred

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I always thought cross breeds were horses that were 50/50 of two breeds and horses that had more than two breeds were mixed not crossed.
Katiecandream
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On here, anything that is not strictly 100% purebred is considered a cross, regardless of the percentages or number of breeds.
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