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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Have fun sharing!
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By Retired breeder, 23rd January 2018 02:15:43


Thank you for the idea! I'm gonna try that soon .
Update on my Fri mare cross. We are at 409 xc wins. This is super difficult because she only wins breed only comps
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By Retired breeder, 25th January 2018 21:12:38
Out of curiosity, has anyone done a Shettie/Selle cross?
Now we are at 451 wins. We are getting there!!!
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Christmas Globe is a direct cross, Shetland dominant.

I also have Geranium Lake and her papa, Red, who are more diluted with other breeds.

Geranium was the only one I seriously comped, but I haven't worked her for awhile.
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By Retired breeder, 30th January 2018 19:37:12
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Hey all! Coming back from a short hiatus after having my baby boy default smiley (l)

I've been working on my Marwari crosses and love them, but I was wanting to branch out a little more. What are some good/easy crosses to comp? I have access to passes, but prefer not to use them.

I'm working on some Paint dominant TB crosses, but was curious about what you all have had good luck with. default smiley ^)
By Retired breeder, 31st January 2018 01:44:53
Hi!default smiley ^) I just wondering a thing. Does anyone here have a crossbred horse that have won some rosettes in barrel race recently?default smiley :)


I have a couple of older crosses you can take a look at (some will be blupped, some won't) to see if there is any crosses you like. As you can probably tell, I like Selle crosses haha.

TB/Lusi
Selle/Lusi
Trake/GV (Trakes are nice crosses, by the way)
Appy/GV
Chino/GV
Arab/Selle
Paint/Selle
Crio/Selle
Trake/Selle
Marwari/Lusi
Arab/Hano (I might recreate this one. I liked her)
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Fri dom GV x are amazing breed only low level WP comp horses
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By Retired breeder, 31st January 2018 21:32:15
does anyone know a horse that is amazing in every skill doesnt matter the breed
520 wins for my girl. Hoping by the end of this month, we can get into the rankings. Started up a new filly today as well to have a shot at WP wins rankings
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How would a paint/selle cross look? Would it be stronger in jump? anyone have an example of a recent skiller mixed with these?
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If no one has a high GP example of that cross, what you could do is go through the sales, covers or your breeding farms and pick out the stallion and mare you'd like to use. The foal takes half of each genetic from each parent, so if you're looking at jump skill in particular you'll want to take the average of the parent's jump skills.

For example, if you were to breed the top Selle with the top Paint horse, you'd add their jump GPs together, then divide by 2. Your foal would have a jump GP of roughly 1922, which would be pretty good if the foal were Paint dominant entering in breed only show jumping comps. That doesn't take into account the random factor, or the gain, but it still gives you a pretty close idea
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Here's an example: Paint/Selle

I quite like them. I have another example in my blupped tab I believe. The one above isn't recent, but it gives you an idea.
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By Retired breeder, 3rd February 2018 04:42:03
My apologies for the double posting - but is there a cross whose trot and gallop are high, but dressage is low?
By Retired breeder, 5th February 2018 12:56:18
Is it better to have GV or Arab dominant in a GVxArab cross?


Due to the recent popularity of GV, I would say Arab would be best as dominant.
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By Retired breeder, 6th February 2018 12:40:42


These crosses dominate in breed only Jump comps. In fact, amylinn's example above if one I breed last year. Appy/Selles are great as well. In my breeding tab, Project Dirty, I have a more recent Paint/Selle filly and an older cross you could look at.



Okay all, I need some help. If I wanted to breed a 5 way and come out with 20% of each breed, how might I go about doing so? And if I wanted a particular breed to be dominate, how would that work? I've never done a 5 way before..

They're might be an easier way to do this, but a 20% 5-way I have was born from two 4-ways. Since the parents had different listed breeds from each other in their genetics the foal took the father's second listed breed. If you want the dominant breed to be Paint, or whatever, make sure the sire's second listed breed is Paint.

The 5way
Father
Mother

Here is another 5-way that followed the same blueprint
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By Retired breeder, 7th February 2018 00:08:10
Thank you, Legacy.

Okay, so my project is to breed an Appy/Paint/Walker/Mustang/Morgan. I would prefer a Mustang dominant 5way. I have a Paint mare already so does anyone have a stallion of the other breeds I could use?
Looking to start cross breeding selle Français’, what would people recommend for Grand Prix placings and rosettes?
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I have this guy I could finish blupping for you. I don't know how high you want the GP. I also have a Mustang mare I can bolt and finish blupping. This is her. She has relatively high GP (sort of, but higher than my Walker).
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By Retired breeder, 8th February 2018 16:42:38
If I have a Gypsy Vanner/Arabian cross that is 75% Arabian and a GV/Arabian cross that is 50/50 what part Arabian would the foal be? I know I should be able to figure this out but I am just getting into cross breeding so any suggestions?


It will be 62.5 Arab and 37.5 GV. All you do is add the two numbers together (arab with arab and GV with GV) and then divide by 2. It will give you the percentage for both.
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