Clydesdale crosses?

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Is anyone breeding Clydesdale crosses to make middleweights? I love the huge movement that they can throw in their offspring but I haven't seen one in ages. Will I have to buy a mare and breed my own?

And can anyone who breeds heavyweight feathered to a TB stallion, how often do you get a lot of feather versus unfeathered/lighter feathered legs?

ANy advice gratefully received :)
 
I don't know of anyone actively breeding Clydie X's but IMO you will get less feather using a TB mare and a Clyde stallion.

Another X that gets a good type is TB X Suffolk. Another good middleweight type but without the feather issues and also far less chance of getting the high white of Shire or Clyde.
 
cptrayes said:
Is anyone breeding Clydesdale crosses to make middleweights? I love the huge movement that they can throw in their offspring but I haven't seen one in ages. Will I have to buy a mare and breed my own?

And can anyone who breeds heavyweight feathered to a TB stallion, how often do you get a lot of feather versus unfeathered/lighter feathered legs?

ANy advice gratefully received :)
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yeh i breed clydesdale crosses and mine have never been feathered. i have a yearling filly and a colt foal

can post pictures of youngsters if you wish
 
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I've done alot of friesian x TB - friesian sire Tb dam - and they rarely have much feather either but do get some of the action and a good bit of chunk!!:D
 
Skelton stud in Yorkshire have Shire and Clydesdale crosses. I have just bought a filly foal from them, her dam is Clydesdale X Shire, sire is TB, and they have a Shire X TB yearling for sale.
I have bred 4 Shire crosses and none have much feather, just a little needs trimming from the back of the leg, that is all. They grow into nice middleweights that can all jump really well.
 
Our big broodmare is we think a clydesdale x although breeding is officially unknown!
We have a lovely big 6yo out of her by a Hanoverian, also have a 2yo by a WB who will be a cracking event type as he is quite light weight compared to her! Then her yearling is by a 3/4 TBx irish, she is already 16hh!!! This years was out of a 7/8th TB and she is georgeous, coloured too!
She is a fab broodie and throws lovely foals all with a lovely laid back temperament!
 
Jamana said:
I don't know of anyone actively breeding Clydie X's but IMO you will get less feather using a TB mare and a Clyde stallion.
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surely that's the wrong way round to breed them? :confused: I was always taught that you breed blood onto bone and not the other way round. And IME those that are bred the 'wrong' way round are a bit odd looking - not necessarily poor conformation, or fugly, but just a bit odd. Just IME tho and I'm sure you lot will shoot me down in flames for saying it! :rolleyes::D
 
You just have to watch with a Clyde X, the breed standard for Clydesdales require the set of the hind legs to be very close ideally touching, as that is clearly not a desired trait in a Hunter or ridden horse.

I prefer the common horse on the qaulity horse rather than the other way around, tho the other way round breeds better hunters.
 
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I own a Clydesdale X- he is officially an I.S.H though- his mother was a Clydesdale apparently and the Sire I.D XT.B.

He only has a small amount of feather that I trim.
 
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You just have to watch with a Clyde X, the breed standard for Clydesdales require the set of the hind legs to be very close ideally touching, as that is clearly not a desired trait in a Hunter or ridden horse.

I prefer the common horse on the qaulity horse rather than the other way around, tho the other way round breeds better hunters.
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That makes our clydie cross very correct then! hasnt stopped him being placed at county level as he is a stunning middleweight. Then he did something to his coffin joint and after 2 years of Adequan, Steroids, Cartrophen, Arthroscopy operation and an MRI we still dont have a definative reason why he is 1/10 lame and doesnt bute any sounder :( we are considering shockwave and then maybe a barefoot rehab/neurectomy as it seems this 11 yr old will have to be PTS otherwise :(
 
I worked on a gypsy cob stud for a while and they had a couple of sporthorse type mares in for covering, all their foals had a fair bit of feather, probably the amount you'd get on a welsh cob, but took more after their dams in looks and more after their sire in temperament. seemed to be nice crosses
 
This is my old Shire x TB. He was by a Shire, out of a TB and whilst I don't nec think it's the 'wrong' way round to do it, I don't think the breeder thought it out too well tbth, as the dam was 15.1hh and the sire 18.1hh. He was put down at 15, I had been given him the year before, as he basically didn't have a leg without a problem, the main one being his right fore which was by no means correct and in fact had a shorter stride, due to the flight of the leg swinging outwards so much. He had a full life up until I was given him though, hunting, sjing, dressage. I really enjoyed my year with him, apart from his separation issues, he was a delight to have around and a great ride. However, IMHO he should never have been...
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