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I have just brought back to work a irish Draft X thoroughbred mare. She is responding really well. She had a foal last year.
Shes really clever. When mounting, I give her a polo, and she waits for and expects it everytime I get on nhow!! As when she was in season last year, she threw me, everytime I tried to ride her. Out of season, shes perfect, my dream horse. She is so trainable. I think she should go elementary and beyond in dressage.
Anyone else doing dressage with this breed. Shes a lot more trainable than my Dutch warmblood. SHe accepts contact brilliantly, and you tell her once, and she does not forget. But she does try and rush whens shes trotting, but probably just not yet balanced.
My only worry, is I might have to keep her on Reguamte through the summer, Anyone else had to do this??? Im not sure yet, how that will work. But shes very difficult before her seasons and when shes in season. Also she has pretty horrible tb feet, which crack easily. At the mom, shes unshod and seems to be ,managing in the sand school, wouldnt hack her out though. I have keratexed them, and they have improved a lot.
Shes by CLassic, (thoroughbred Stallion), anyone else got a horse by this stallion, out of a calvary horse mare, who was i.d x thoroughbred, so shes 3/4 thoroughbred, 1/4 irish draft.
Interested to hear anyone elses experience with this type? (sorry, hope havent bore you with long post,, just a bit excited about her!!)
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I've got a 3/4 TB, and 1/4 Irish Draft gelding
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He's fab as a breed, not without his quirks but I dont think I'd ever have a different breed!!
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I used to have a half and half IDXTB cross, he was a bit thick
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and quite stubborn (not a good combination
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he got wound up easily when in company and could be very spooky. Had a fab jump though, was very very powerful and could trot all day. Oh and gorgeous too (IMO
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), a good stamp, really compact- took 6'3-6'6 rugs though he was on the large side of 16.3.
Any excuse for a pic...
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(though he is very fat in this one
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However i'm sure most of that was just down to him as an individual rather than the breed- his full brother is a saint in every way, and long and gangly.
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I used to have one and he was the best safest horse ever. We hunted, sj, wh, xc, evented, team chased, he was fantastic, so level headed, fab in traffic etc. Have got a tb x han at the moment but would have another id x.
 
I have one that is half and half. He was very naughty at the start and is still a bit on the quriky side but I would never ever change him as he is also very talented. He has done everything I used to be into showjumping where he was succesful to 1.20m then I evented him to open level and did BE where he won 2 PN. Now I am more into dressage so bless him he has turned his hand to this too. So although he has not always been easy and probably will always be a bit sharp, I love him to pieces.

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Best of luck, she sounds very nice :-)
 
We used to have an IDxTB gelding who was an absolute saint. He had spavins in both hinds, so struggled with doing anything too athletic, bless him- but he always tried his heart out!

We originally bought him as a first horse or my parents, and he didn't do a lot- just hacking and lessons. Then my sister's horse went lame at the start of the season, so she did the entire season of Pony Club novice and intermediate dressage, SJ and HT. My sister was only 13 or 14, if not younger, at the time, and really weedy with it, on this great hulking horse (he was only about 16.1hh, but rather wide!). He just did everything for her though, and was incredibly honest. The number of times we could have sold him that season was incredible!

I rather wish we had him back now- he was such a superstar!
 
I bred a lovely bay mare by ID Snowford Stoker out of my TB mare. She was a gorgeous girl, sadly pts aged 21 years last March due to arthritis. To me she was the perfect type and I would definitely go for ID/TB x next time instead of warmblood ( my current little man).
 
Im SO SO interested to hear from you all, and loving the pictures too, sounds like i.d X tb can do a thing or two!!!
Heres mine, Shes 6, bred 2 foals bless her, shes 16hh,
Im tall, but dont think Im too big on her, Im I
If anyone can think of a show name for me,
as you can see shes balck!!!!


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We've got a home bred 10 year mare who is by Classic, out of an TB/ID mare. She is gorgeous and I wouldn't swap for for the world, but she can be a bit of a handful - she's had her problems over the past couple of years (had a foal two years ago but lost it at 5 days and then a huge ovarian cyst, and then last year really bad muscular problems - but is now on the road to recovery being walked for the next two months. All the Classic offspring I have heard of have had some quirks, but all seem to be really good.
 
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I bred a lovely bay mare by ID Snowford Stoker out of my TB mare. She was a gorgeous girl, sadly pts aged 21 years last March due to arthritis. To me she was the perfect type and I would definitely go for ID/TB x next time instead of warmblood ( my current little man).

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oooh, I have a mare by Snowford Stoker, she was 22 yesterday. Am going to PM you!
 
wow, hes gorgeous,
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Now hope to get her going like that!!!,
Ive only had her going about 3 months, so will post some new pics,
shes much more muscled now, than in the 1st picture, when I first backed her.
 
I've got a 3/4 TB, and 1/4 Irish Draft gelding too

Lovely guy. Very versatile. He'll go over anything with me and go flat out gallop given the chance, but is absolutely dependable, caring and lovely with my 10 year old lad who rides and jumps him.

They are sensitive souls, but a fantastic breed combination. He's barefoot and has fantastic feet.
 
I have a IDxTB. She is heading on for the big 20 now, but in her youth was my Pony Club horse. I evented her to PN level. She is the most intellegent(sp) horse I have ever come across!!!! She is fab at SJ upto 1m, but isn't the bravest, she is very quick in a jump off, she won a 40 strong jumping class last weekend, so age is most certainly not holding her back! In the many years we have had her she has never once been lame or ill, she is a brilliant horse, who has a home with me for life.

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tamba - spavin is a degenerative disease of the metatarsals in the hock. Painful at first, but capable of fusing and horse becomes sound again. It is a known characteristic with the ISH and many horses have to have altered work because of it.
 
I had an ID X TB , he was 16.3 and a proper prat!
I only kept him 6 months and sold him to a hunting home.
Nothing could stop him, I had no brakes despite paying for professional schooling and trying numerous bits, from Pelham and curb, Dr Bristol etc etc, I dont think even barbed wire in his mouth would have stopped him.
Ended up with 3 broken ribs and 4 months off work
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Still, I know other people with ID XTB and there are great.
 
I have a hom bred irish draft x tb half and half and she is the best ! very trainable and very honest not tooo slow but not to fast . Her only downfall is she is a bit bargy on the floor but i have realised thats not un common in drafts. She is by Embla statesman. I am a half breed lover ! She will hopefully event hunt fun ride low level dressage the works !
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Hi,
I am really keen to hear,
Whst is she like, when you say a bit of a handful.
Was Classic a popular stallion? do you know if his offspring are good??
My girl is really quiet to ride, but in the field she goes absolutely ctrazy, she can rear upright vertical, bucks constantly, and is scary to watch!!!!!!!!!!!
Also what was she like in season??? Ellie is very akward, cant go near her whens shes eating, as she kicks out so much,
cant girth her up, and when you get on, she stands still, wont move, if you kick her , she takes off, brucking.
I have spoken to the vet, but he says Regumate is my only real option, as the marble is not 100 per cent successful and fiddly. Or have her ovaries removed and I dont want to do that, as he foals are gorgeous. I am a bit unsure about the regumate, but I cant chance her flinging me to the next planet, either!!
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My boy is the one in my siggy
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He used to event, no idea up to what level. Now he does unaffiliated Prelim Dressage with reasonable success (has had to have a fair bit of re-schooling and has a long way to go) and has a cracking jump. If/ when he decides too
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But that's all temperamental.

On the ground he's the sweetest thing. Although I do hate him for every morning resting his nose on my shoulder and blowing air into my ear.. makes me cringe!!!
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i have 2 gorgeous IDxTB mares - mother and daughter. mum is 16yo and out of D'arcy Dancer and her daughter will be 4 this year and is out of Primitive Star.
They both have such fantastic temperaments and characters. Mum was very easily trained but can get a bit excited and everything goes out of her brain (espeically when it comes to jumping and hunting) her daughter isnt fully back but was laid back when i started to back her just before the winter.

personally id have a field full of IDxTB if they were all like these 2 rather than my WB mare who is a pain in the proverbial
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The horse in my sig is TBxID - not registered as such (reg as BWBxTB, but when you look up his pedigree he's mostly TB with a dash of ID.

He's a super star, I'd have another like him in a shot.
 
I've had my IDxTB (about 50/50 I think) since I was 13 and he's now 31 (and I'm 30). I retired him at about 25 but he is the best horse I have ever had. Not boring (he could be a cheeky monkey when he wanted to) but he would always get on and get the job done, usually bringing a rosette with him! We used to have so much fun as he would do everything! I swear if i'd tried gymkhana on him he'd have probably excelled at it.

Before I had him he had spent a lot of time doing pure dressage and he still have a nice outline at times even now! He is always low maintenance, a good doer needing little more than grass to exist (though he's got more spoilt as he's got older!) and even now he just has a little bit of bute in his 16+ to stave of the arthritis.

Nowadays he looks like a small ginger hairy mammoth, but I love him to bits and he still hates being cuddled! I just wish I could wind back the clock and do it all again! Here's to IDxTBs!!!
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I bred a lovely bay mare by ID Snowford Stoker out of my TB mare. She was a gorgeous girl, sadly pts aged 21 years last March due to arthritis. To me she was the perfect type and I would definitely go for ID/TB x next time instead of warmblood ( my current little man).

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funnily, didnt think i would say so, but now i have this little horse, my warmblood, seems like a lot of work!!!
 
I've finally remembered where Classic stands - http://www.beechwoodgrangestud.com/classicp2.htm its just outside York. Our mare is very twitchy when being rugged up, we have to be careful, but then we know her, other people (including the vets when she's been there) are very wary about the teeth and back legs! Before she had her problems (which started about 3 years ago) she was brilliant, ready for Novice BE and jumping Newcomers. I do know someone who said (it must have been about 9 years ago) - they wouldn't have a Classic foal because they were just too sharp! Ours was a yearling then!
 
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I had an ID X TB , he was 16.3 and a proper prat!
I only kept him 6 months and sold him to a hunting home.
Nothing could stop him, I had no brakes despite paying for professional schooling and trying numerous bits, from Pelham and curb, Dr Bristol etc etc, I dont think even barbed wire in his mouth would have stopped him.
Ended up with 3 broken ribs and 4 months off work
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Still, I know other people with ID XTB and there are great.

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I bred an ID x TB this year as I love the TBs but am getting older and wanted something a bit more sturdy! Hes the foal in the pic. I bred him out of my TB mare. Must admit he is a laid back lad most the time but has the spark of the TB and can be a little stubborn! But is much easier at his age than my GWB mare was!
 
I had one!!!
My horse of a lifetime! There was nothing he couldn't and wouldn't do!
His cons were:
He was a rig.
He was a big chap and a bit bargy.
He could be VERY strong when he wanted.
He was head shy.

His Pro's
He was never lame, sick or sorry.
He would try his heart out for you.
He was loyal-I know that sounds daft but I came off out on a sponsored ride and the daft just stood there. I came off a lot LOL and not once did he abandon me!
He could and would turn his hoof to anything.
He was my friend.

I'd have another TBxID or an ID but I don't think I have the confidence or skills to own a pure TB.
 
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