Can anyone recommend me some good breeds to cross with Friesians? I'm looking for a good Western comp horse.

Possibly Hackney? They have the same skill set, however a Friesian influence would increase the dressage and decrease the trot, meaning there's a better background skill and better chance at Western Pleasure comps. I have a couple 6000GP Hackney stallions if you're interested.
Tennessee Walker would have the same effect, as their skill set is near identical to Hackney's.

Alternatively, you could cross with a Stamina/Dressage/Jumping stallion such as Gypsy, Arabian, Akhal Teke etc in order to reduce the skills of trot/gallop yet keep the Stamina and Dressage skills high for a horse which could succeed in Western Pleasure & Reining, however these disciplines at medium level are becoming increasingly hard to win due to people & teams BLUPing horses.

Hope this helps!

So I recently got this guy from the sales, and I was wondering what a good breed would be to cross him with. I'll bolt him first, and I'm looking for a horse that will have a fairly rounded skill set, but I'm not sure what to do. Thanks!

I'm really new to cross breeding, so I was wondering if I could get a few pointers?
Also, what would be a good breed to cross with a TB? There's no particular skill set I'm after, just looking to experiment.

You could try a Standardbred/TB cross. Got a nice foal from that combination!

Really proud of this filly.

* That I bred. Whoops.

Anyone have a good Speed Friesian cross they have that I can look at? Just 50/50's with no TB. Trying to figure out a good Speed breed to cross with a Fry that retains a high GP but balances out Stamina and Speed over the Dressage.

oooh nice, one of my old loves, tb/vanner

Trying to mimic an old tb/arab I had, he was a beast in western comps!

Does anyone have a Speed/Gallop stallion of 8000+ GP I could look at? I wish to breed a Paint mare.

Hey all! I disappeared for a while (life took over), but I bred this guy recently. I'm looking to breed his mom again soon. I haven't decided what yet. Maybe a Curly to start a hoard of Curlies or another Trake.

I'm not familiar with curly or trake but I've been back on western compers. I have a reiner and a barrel comper atm






No studs, sorry! I do have a selle/vanner mare you might like if you have a paint stud

I'm familiar with Trakes. I used to breed them actually (I only have three in my breeding farm now and one is still like #13 on the Trake boards). What breeds do you use for your reiner and barrel compers? I'm interested in looking at different types of compers, too. Mostly anything that gets me back into breeding.

I have a tb/vanner and a selle/vanner right now. Thinking about doing a paint/vanner or QH/vanner when those 2 are finished. I tried target training and comping the tb/vanner and that was a big fail but she is doing great in barrels

I've successfully bred some trot compers before, but I think that was just me breeding and finding out they are the best at trot comps . My highest gp horse that is blupped is a Lusi right now (the others are crosses or below 8000gp) so I might have to look into blupping my Vanner and bolting him.

Have a paint/vanner in the oven as we speak I never did well with trot compers though.

I know I posted him on the other page, but talk has turned to trot compers....soooo

I'm thinking about doing a new cross soon. Not sure what though

Mega likey


What kind of comps are you wanting HB?

Oky so I want to crossbreed with KWPN horses! Which breed would be best to crossbreed with them?

something I haven't done before. I've got horses on the board for trot comps and barrel comps. Dressage just isn't easy with a cross really unless I go breed only, and that's not happening. I like my auto comp.

and that guy is currently #10 for trot comps won, I'm hoping to move him to #8 by the end of the weekend. Need another 200 or so wins

and I have access to top shetlands...so that's probably the direction I will go. Just to find something fun to do with them

maybe trail. shetties don't have amazing dressage. If I can get the trot up and keep jump, that would be good. Time to plan

I want to say friesian but they are also decent in dressage. What other trot horses are there?