Clydesdales - Your views!

I have a Clydesdale / welsh section D lovely chap great all rounder hunts will show jump would easily do intro BE loves dressage and is quite good at it very easy to teach and he pulls a carriage and does horse driving trials can do a bit of logging too he's 16.1 very striking to look at bay roan white face four socks fab silver and black tail.
But TBH I find him a bit boring I am used to KWPN's ISH and TB,'s and everything just happens too slowly for me he's just not sharp enough to really be to my taste but I appreciate how hard he try's and the job he does for us.
 
I had a CDxTBxID mare that was absolutely amazing! She regularly jumped me out of the saddle and is now doing BS with Nadine Warwick!
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My friend owns a lovely Clydesdale x Cob (Hogan) and he is such a gentleman, very honest and just wants to please. Lovely responsive ride and can shift a gear when he wants! My friend just jumps up on him in the field and he doesn't bat an eyelid :rolleyes: I think he's ace :D
 
I have a clydie x ID, 16hh called Rolo. He is as good and gentle as you could wish for, loves to jump and gallop, but can be a tad lazy in the school, and forgets to pick up his feet sometimes :rolleyes:

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Hanzybaby01: Thanks...it's probably my most favourite photo.

Forgot to add that Thunder was our only Clyde. All our other horses are pure Shires. When I purchased him, all my Shire friends hissed and rolled their eyes. They couldn't understand why I would take up space with a Clyde (despite the fact that Shire/Clyde crosses are winning in the show ring, so much so that the Shire Horse Society had to forbid those crosses from entering championship shows...sort of like entering a Labrador ring with a Lab/Golden Retriever cross). In the past, Shires were infused with Clyde blood to improve their action and provide those very highly prized, silky 4 whites. One of the things I noticed with Thunder, compared with my Shires, was his very free action through the scapula and humerus. He had so much more reach as a result. He was a riding horse when I bought him, but I never got on his back.
 
How have I missed this thread until now?
Please can I have a drum-role for the awesome, magnificent, studendous... BP!!!!
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He is my first pony and I have to say I wouldn't have it any other way. Yes he is more expensive: we have a bigger stable, double doses for worming and his shoes are £100 a set (to mention just a few) but he is worth every extra penny.
I have achieved more in a couple of years with my cart horse than most of my friends have in years with their expensive dumbloods. Ok, he will probably never be jumping Foxhunters and I won't be doing dressage in a top hat and tails but for an average riding club owner he is perfect. His temperament is worth millions on its own: you name it we have thrown him into it and he just takes it all in his (rather enormous) stride.
 
Hovis is of course a Clyde cross. Crossed with what we know not (!!) but he is the best horse I could ever wish for (apart from when hes being a tw*t and I offer to give him away to the highest bidder - see earlier post!!)
He's athletic, will hunt all day, jumps like a stag, loves XC, is very very forward out hacking and can do a reasonable dressage test when a) he can be arsed and b) someone better than me rides him! It amuses me immensely how many people think he is a big ploddy monster until they get on him! He's very strong, very forward and likes to go as fast as he can which for a big boy is very fast! But put achild on him and hes calm, kind, gentle and an utter star.

He's as honest as the day is long, full of cheeky humour and I'll never have another one like him. He totally changed my mind about bigger heavier horses and I am now totally converted.

He costs me less to feed than my hanovarian did although his shoes cost fractionally more. He does have to have more wormer and finding rugs to fit his neck and shoulders is a slight challenge at times.

Best horses in the world!
 
My OH adores this breed.


I however get annoyed with the feathers lol. And I am too clipper happy. However it is lovely to see some of these pics, I am used to heavy work with Clydies we have a mini one.

With Full Clydesdales you sometimes have more shoeing costs, more worming costs, I dont think they are as much to feed, feather mites, tend to use treeless if riding a heavy, mainly because the heavies I get to play with are not regulary ridden so just use my own saddle.
Clydesdale stallion to a gypsy cob mare= a jake
My OH only really drives and if he is ridden Jake doesnt want to go faster than a plod :) hes only 5yo.

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The great thing about Clydesdale x is that they all seem to be so genuine. My boy is TB x, and at the weekend went from winning his xc class, to imediately afterwards doing this with my 7 year old daughter, who felt safer on him than her 11hh welshy.
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As I'm sure abbijay knows only too well ;) there is a place up in Millom, Cumbria that does hacks and lessons and all kinds of riding activities but just with heavy horses! Mostly Clydies but a few Shires and Ardennes along the way! I've been loads of times and its AWESOME! The horses are so responsive and FAST, if you've even been and seen Little Prince or Major gallop up the beach you'll know what I mean!

http://www.cumbrianheavyhorses.com/index.html

You should all go and have a ride! It's an amazing day, especially the beach ride..

here are a few pictures of me (and friends) and our various horses-for-a-day

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Any excuse to show pictures of my beautiful Clydesdale x :) He is fab, safe as houses, does a bit of RDA but equally can take him show jumping and he'll fly round :)

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Anyone interested go on you tube and search wet back stepper (sorry I dont know how to do a link) to see a clip of my clydie / welsh section D at a competion at the weekend.
It was the last obstical and he was tired that why he looks a bit flat.
 
I have a clyde she is very well bred currently standing at about 17.1hh as a 6yr old had her since she was 6 months old she is perfect in every way so laid back anyone can handle/ride her i can school her then 4wks later go back in the school and she carries on just as i left her at the end of the last schooling session she costs less to keep then my sisters dutch warmblood will try post some pic's below

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indigosplat said:
As I'm sure abbijay knows only too well ;) there is a place up in Millom, Cumbria that does hacks and lessons and all kinds of riding activities but just with heavy horses!
Lol, I've only just worked it out, didn't my hubby take some of those pics? ;)
Nice to see another CHH pony on here, hello Becki & Phantom! He's a proper stud muffin!
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I've had one for 8 years - she's now 8½ and the light of my life - I love her to bits. Her name is Serenity - ride her and show her in hand, recently she has started being shown under saddle and won a 3rd in the Ridden Clydesdale class at Horse of the Year (NZ). She has an awesome temperement, walks out really well that my friends WB has a peoblem keeping up.

She has bred two lovely foals, Serenade and Fantasia. They too have done very well in hand in both Saddle Hunter and Sport Horse classes.

Serenity full Clydesdale................................Serenade Holsteiner x Serenity
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and Fantasia as a yearling by TB Westminster out of Serenity
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Loving all these photo's.
I do not have one, but I love them, I have always loved Clydesdale's and shires. The height and sheer size was not quite for me so its traditional's instead, they have always reminded me of small shires/Clydesdales anyway :D
You lot have some gorgeous clydes :D
 
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