winter, that would be because he's only 6 years old. Horses get to 100 blup at age 10.

New wip

Gypsy cross stamina project I'm working on. Thoughts on what to breed him with?

If your going for high Stamina then

Arabian

Animal Eyes is my current new project. Thoughts? She's not finished yet.

Crossed Rose

Charcoal

Any ideas what to breed them with next? (Pm me if you'd like a covering)

Also not sure what do do with Diamond

This is a crossbreeding question, but if I breed a bunch of gallop breeds together (QH, TB, Welsh Pony, etc.) would it make the supporting (non dominant) skills weaker and strengthen the three dominant (gallop, speed, dressage)? Or would it just make the supporting skills even out with the dominant ones?

I love her! She has a great skill set. Are you planning on entering rosette comps or breeding her for crosses? I think she may do pretty well in rosettes.

This depends on what the top three skills of the horses are. For example, QH is gallop/dressage/speed and TB is the same (in a different order I believe) so they would just help the top three skills and the bottom three skills would even out among where they are placed for the horses. If you add Trake in, for example as they have Gallop as their top too, you will improve jumping as jump is one of Trake's top three skills. Does that make sense?

The offspring will roughly get an average of the parent's skills across the board.

what would the breed be if these are the parents:
dad-75% tb 25% Arab
mom-75% QH 25% PSH

i know what 5050 and 25252525 are but this isn't that but will have 2 different breeds with same %
thanks

I experimented and breed these 2 together:
dad-75 tb 25 arab
mom-75 kwpn 25 psh
foal-tb
so it was the dad. is this how it always comes out?
here's foals URL:: http://www.howrse.com/elevage/chevaux/cheval?id=51744290&message=naissance

I'm considering trying her in some rosettes. I went ahead and beached into gallop and actually finished her out today.

Lauderdale

Twin to Rainy's Animal Eyes. Not finished yet, but what do you guys think of him?

[url=http://www.howrse.com/elevage/fiche/?id=51735031]The crossie I made for my birthday[/url}

And my favorite, finally made top 20 for trot wins today

Not always, but possibly for that type of cross. Can't say I recall breeding a 75/25 to another 75/25 with all 4 different breeds, but I'm guessing the match was treated like a purebred breeding. The top two breeds had the same percentage so it took the sire's breed like it would were you breeding two purebreds.

I'm a bad bad person. I forgot all about this guy, so I finally finished him. and he's ready for covers. I gave him a name to reflect how ya know.. I forgot him.

The Forgotten Man

I think I'm done with my QH mare, but need to make sure lol I think I bred her to every breed...

I'm close to finishing my next group of 8 crosses, so we'll see what new pretties I can come up with. Only 2 are mares though. A Walker of some sort, and a Mari of some sort.

I should be free to start my secret 4 way next week, if I can figure out a perfect way to set up a spreed sheet. Ok, I'll shush now.

So proud that Charcoal took 5th place in the gallop skill ranking of her breed.

(Not sure if this link works)

Pm me if you'd like one of her foals that I own. Any ideas for future projects?

I'm thinking about making my mare Demon Song's next foal be crossbred. What breed of horse should I breed her with to get the best foal? Arabian, possibly?

I feel like this is a broken record lol

I keep saying the same thing.

It depends on what you're breeding for. Different things require .. different things.

Does anyone have any Lipi crosses I could look at?

Lippi X

Lippi X

Lippi X

That's all I've got...

OoOo next week I've got a Paso x Walker x Lusi x Standy expected

And a Morgan x kwpn x Selle

Tomorrow I breed a Mari x Gypsy x Lusi. To what, not sure yet.

You ask a simple question that has a complex answer.

When I breed I look for what I want out of an animal. You want to cross for speed but speed isn't everything. If you want them to be good gallop racers then you can focus on certain breeds like TB's, QH, Welsh, etc) BUT you also need to take into account the other 2 skills.

Here's a breakdown of how the skills generally fall:

Western

Barrel Racing= Speed, Stamina, Gallop
Cutting= Stamina, Dressage, Speed
Trail Class = Dressage, Trot, Jumping
Reining = Gallop, Dressage, Stamina
Western Pleasure = Trot, Stamina, Dressage

Classical

Trot = Trot, Speed, Dressage
Gallop = Gallop, Speed, Dressage
Dressage = Dressage, Trot, Gallop
Cross Country = Stamina, Dressage, Jumping
Show Jumping = Jumping, Dressage, Speed

This gives you an idea of what skills to look for. In addition I also look for animals with higher GP's but that do well in competitions. I also only breed horses once they have been fully trained in all of their skills (not just the 3 primary), and have been fully blupped. This maximizes the skills and genetics passed onto any offspring. You are welcome to PM with questions.

Breed for what you want to compete in.