can you guess his breed ?

[pinball]

just wondered if any of you would be able to guess what breed he is, and any cc welcome i wont take offence,this is a photo taken last year

 

[china]

something crossed with cleveland bay?

 

[JenHunt]

cleveland bay x tb? looks like he's got more bone than pure TB, but nice looking lad from what I can tell from the photo.

 

[nikCscott]

Trotter?

 

[pinball]

10 out of 10 correct hes a standardbred (trotter) , hes a picture of the mud monster today

 

[nikCscott]

10 out of 10 correct hes a standardbred (trotter) , hes a picture of the mud monster today

Wow I never get these right!!!

But he looks identical to me old trotter (who I show jumped).

 

[pinball]

i'm hoping to do a bit of everthing with him,a big bonus he has never been used for trotting and seems to have a decent canter

 

[friesianfan69]

Definatly looks CB, maybe x New forest or Tb

 

[Persephone]

What is a standardbred trotter? Is it American?

 

[Vizslak]

Standard breds did originate from america I believe Persephone but are not rare in this country by any means. They are often favoured over french trotters for racing.

 

[nikCscott]

i'm hoping to do a bit of everthing with him,a big bonus he has never been used for trotting and seems to have a decent canter

My trotting pony was my 'horse of a lifetime' a super strong bond!

He had been in harness and his canter was like riding a ironing board but jump! Think that it's a common thing with trotters that they love jumping.

Have fun with him - I'm jealous!

 

[pinball]

yes there are a lot of them in america,but his parents are registered in the netherlands,there a quite a few over here,alot of the trotters i know are really gentle and calm horse,unfortunatly most of them canter like a 3 legged camel

 

[pinball]

nikCscott can't wait going to break him in this year,he had a saddle on last year and i sat on him and we had a walk around and he was a real angel but i spent more time just building a bond with him

 

[navaho]

I was going to say Standardbred but someone has beaten me to it lol. We own 2 standies & i have to say they seem to have fab temperments & we are really please with them. I think they are underated to be honest & its a shame they seem to fetch very little money theses days, sadly more often than not ending up on the meat lorry if they are put through sales

 

[nikCscott]

Well I don't hear of any- maybe a location thing. If you hear of any cheap I'll take a couple! (Don't tell my husband though )

 

[pinball]

check dragon driving they have loads for sale

 

[navaho]

Well I don't hear of any- maybe a location thing. If you hear of any cheap I'll take a couple! (Don't tell my husband though )

Broken or unbroken? I know of quite a few youngish ones that are unbroken at the moment.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

There is a Standardbred Stud near to us, as well as foals from their own mares (3 or 4 every year), they also have quite a lot of visiting mares, for cross-bred foals.