Crosses that just don't work

onetomany said:
I think some horrid things have been said about the cross breeding. You have what you want and let others chose what they want. All animals need love. I have crossed my gypsy cob mare with a Friesian. We got a perfect foal which we will keep for life. Many cob's are getting smaller. By cross breeding the cobs should gain some size. Also Friesian pure breed horses only live for around 15 yrs. This is because of choosy breeding many years ago by us human's.. Mix breed Frisians live a normal life ,. I think if you dont like cross breed horses fine but that is up to the person than owns the animal. Not for others to point fingers and make remarks about being ugly . Why do so many horses people think they are perfect. ???
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By the way this post is over 3 years old.

Also the OP has a cross breed, she’s not saying she doesn’t like cross breeds. She’s saying she doesn’t like the ones that are bred purely for financial gain that end up a bad mix of temperament and/or conformation.
 
scruffyponies said:
Call me cynical, but I'm certain some of the cross-bred things you see advertised aren't anything of the sort. Given that they aren't registered anywhere, what's to stop you saying that dobbin is an Arab x Freisian x Connie (or whatever) if you think it will add a few quid to the price?
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I know someone that now has my old loan pony stating he’s a connemara cross. He’s not, he’s a new forest cross and anyone with half a brain can see that ?. But guess Connemaras are more fashionable!
 
ownedbyaconnie said:
I know someone that now has my old loan pony stating he’s a connemara cross. He’s not, he’s a new forest cross and anyone with half a brain can see that ?. But guess Connemaras are more fashionable!
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Out riding this morning someone thought my boy (NF) was a Connie!
I have always fancied passing him off as a PRE cross - do you think I'd get away with it?
 
I kept my ponies at a stud which had tb stallions. They covered many shires including their own and bred some cracking showjumpers, hunters and police horses from that cross
 
I've the flip side of it where I have a rescue 2 year old that has a crazy skeletal jaw issues which is mainly believed to be caused by mating two horses with totally different jaw structures.. he has a crazy big top jaw and a tiny lower jaw
 
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