Hey wolfcat! check out cainhurst! we offer crossbreed covers above our public releases!

Bit of a nightmare in all honesty, I need to start specialising them.

Have you messaged some teams if they do coverings for crossbreeds?

Doom

It has been a while since I have played the game or been in this thread. I have decided to continue on my project of getting my name in the top 10 of the victory ranking for XC. The mare above, Doom, should be the one to get me there. She is currently 88th and is still winning even though she is almost 10,000 GP below the current GP race.

New top Canadian Horse, she is a nice comper as well.

What a nice cross! I've been meaning to try my hand at a Fri/KWPN cross, I'm glad it turned out so well!

part one of two

excited for this project!!

Hi, I am new to crossbreeding and was hoping somebody could answer some questions I have.
What two breeds can I cross to make a monster xc horse?
Do the two horses need to be near the same GP for it to work properly?
Do I need to add any BM items or bonuses to the foal?
Thank you, any help is greatly appreciated!

This depends on what you're going for. If you want, as you said, a "monster XC horse", you have a few options- if you want high Stamina, you could mix a GV and another high-stamina breed (Akhal? Arabian?). If you want lower stamina but good Dressage and Jump, try mixing 3 parts of an XC dominant breed with 1 part SJ breed (SF/GV/GV/GV).
So assuming we're still talking about your monster XC horse, you'd want to have both horses you're breeding be very high GP- and the horse contributing the highest stamina should probably have the highest GP, so it'll have higher influence on the foal. Shifting the GPs of various parts of a cross can contribute to slightly different outcomes, depending on the skill sets of the breeds involved in the cross.
If you're going for a skiller, you should do all the typical skiller BMIs- Water of Youth, Nyx Pack, pieces of cloud, tears, etc. Though it's really up to you.

Just waiting for Temperano to get his 20 wins and he's gonna go live

I'm actually thoroughly impressed he was close to 21,000.

Thank you!

Okay so I bred this guy, just gonna be an AP breeder but I like at least one parent to be 100 blup, so he is a very odd cross, anyone got a western schedule for him? He has these breeds mixed into him:
*Morgan 50.0%
*KWPN 25.0%
*Thoroughbred 25.0%

https://www.howrse.com/elevage/chevaux/cheval?id=63152603


GP Breakdown:
Total: 4911.03
Stamina: 601.16
Gallop: 789.97
Speed: 940.36
Trot: 547.82
Dressage: 1116.16
Jumping: 915.54

I know this really doesn't matter but I thought I'd throw in the info anyway.
Breed: Morgan
Age: 2 years 2 months
Species: Riding Horse
Height: 15.1 hands
Gender: male
Weight: 908.6 pounds
Coat: Cremello
Date of Birth: 2020-05-06
Producer: ThoroughBredFarm

Speed, Dressage Jump Western Schedule

Luckily the Morgan and the KWPN have similar skill sets, so it didn't change a whole lot. I would use this one.

Thank you so much!

How many passes and equus can I expect to need to create a good crossbred?

None



Now - What would the skills be if someone were to make an Arab/GV/Teke skiller? I'm wondering if I should make one but I don't want to make it if it won't work or skills will be all over the place.

Wow, I typed more above. Didn't come through.

You don't need to spend passes and $ to make a good skiller. You just have to have patience and wait for good covers to come along.

You don't NEED to spend much if you save up--and if you are good at networking, you can get covers from cross friendly teams. Now for your mare...I like Selle crosses, so I'll often pick up a high GP colt and bolt/blup myself because it is so much cheaper. Then you'll want to Hera (or at least tear and/or wand) her.

So, generally what goes into one of my crosses is:

-250 passes or 500k for a top gp foal
-Possibly a bolt
-50ap or arms to blup
-Hera's pack
-7500e for a top cover
-Typical skiller items for your foal: I do Nyx, Bonus Pack, Stroke (VIP includes a heel in the Nyx pack), Poseidon's pack, Harmony pack, companion, and possibly WOY/clouds.

If I spent passes on most of these items and used APs for the mare, I'd be looking at approximately 2,000 to 2,500 passes. However, if you are willing to settle for less bonuses, your cross doesn't necessarily need all of the items I mentioned. Just an idea of what I do.

@delli7-
You'd probably end up with a (very generic) XC cross. High stamina, followed by Dressage and then Jump. Gallop would be the fourth best skill, most likely, with trot either fifth or last (fifth if GV dominant, but probably last if either of the other breeds are). You could possibly cross out to a breed that does cutting as well, and end up with a horse that could do passable cutting along with XC.

What breeds would be good for that (what you just said)

Thank you so much!

I know I'm being a pain, but what are everyone's favorite crosses and for what contests?
I'm just curious to know what works for everybody.

For the cutting? QPs maybe, Criollos, Fjords, Highland Ponies or Brumbies would also work (Stamina/Speed/Jump).
(literally just scrolled through sales to bring you this information. I don't usually do cutting crosses, reiners are my norm)

My favorite project ever would have to be my Marwari/GV/TB cross, which is good at... lots of things! Can do cutting, barrels, reining, and gallop comps passably. I typically focus on reining crosses on here because I was on a Marwari team (Curled Ears) a while back.
I of the Storm was the first semiskiller I did using this cross, and he is MY CHILD. (I will never sell him lol)

(could actually probably have done decent in XC comps too, now that I think about it)

Sounds like an interesting cross wolfcat111