Does Anyone own an I.D cross?

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We have just bought a ID X Welsh 2 year old today.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience of this breeding and what you think of it.

thanks in advance
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My Charlie is an IDx. No idea what the cross is with!

Very robust, very loyal, very brave, but opinionated, bolshy and rude!
 
Ty is an ID x (hsa some TB and something else in there lol) and he has a massive stride and a massive amount of power in his back end.

Despite all this he is so laid back and chilled out its scary. Fanastic temperament and will do anything you ask of him. He tries his best wee lamb lol
 
Cakey is an ID x, we think cross with Suffolk Punch (LOL!), but has no papers. He is a really sweet man, will try his heart out and does better with the 'softly, softly' approach, rather than being bullied. He is a big, strong horse, but better behaved than any of my other ones!
 
I used to ride an ID x Arab - he was amazing and was ridden (not by me) in the showjumping championships at Hickstead several years running. He had his moments but he was one of the best horses I have ever ridden
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My boys ID x TB x Shire.
He's definately got a split personality, he is lazy but also spooky. He tries to act big and hard and pulls faces but is a right softy and gives kisses. He is very clever and learns quickly. Supposedly bred as a hunter, he is not sure footed at all.
All in all a great breed.
 
I have a IDxTB, she is the nicest horse you will ever meet. She is quite special to ride though. She's the black horse in my siggy.
 
Spring is 1/4 welsh D, 1/4 ID and 1/2 TB. She is very loving, affectionate and very intelligent. SHe has her own opinions on everything and can be stubborn and stroppy and has a pretty impressive buck on her! But she has lovely paces and will jump anything and, if you can win her trust, she will try her hardest to please you.

I love her big personality but could do without her opinions sometimes! Love her to bits despite her quirks and she is by no means a boring ride, she is sensitive and talented - I wouldn't hesitate to go for another horse with similar breeding.
 
I have 2 ISH (Irish Sports Horses) which are quarter ID and three quarter TB. Despite the fact they have ancestors in common they couldn't be more different in temperament! One of my horses has inherited ID feet rather than TB which is helpful, and she is barefoot. The other has TB feet and she is in shoes. I suppose what you could say of both of them is that they have very strong characters in their different ways.

On the ID side, one has King of Diamonds in her bloodlines; she is an amazing showjumper but can pull faces! The other has Silver Granite, and she excels more at flatwork and has the more soppy temperament.
 
blimey sounds like George who is also a ID x TB x shire, he doesn't pull faces though, but can be spooky if there is something new to look at but is a bomb in traffic. Also bred as a hunter but sometimes forgets he has 4 feet
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love him to pieces, such a character.
 
Thanks all for your replies.

Sounds like lots of character with a good temperament and active types.
Sounds like fun!
Our new boy is a real sweetheart and travelled great for the first time and was lovely when he was introduced to the other babies in the field settling in straight away.
A good start.
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Snap.I own a IDxWelsh.He is now nine and i have owned him from when he was weaned.i was told he would only make 15.3hh he is now a shade off 17hh.He has the loveliest temp and very eager to please.A real big softy.
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My OH's first 'proper' horse was an IDxTB mare.

She hunted with The Quorn for years, and did some point to pointing, before becoming a brood mare, and we had her on perm loan when she lost her last couple of foals and was retired from breeding.
After several years of not being ridden, I tried her out, and she was perfect.
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However, she had got 'attitude' by the bucketful, and wasn't the easiest horse to own, but we loved her character dearly, and were broken hearted when she had to be PTS due to invasive melanomas.
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She still has a place in our hearts, but we have found that TB's seem to have slightly more dependable temperaments.
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We had an ID/TB with a dash of shire as a carriage horse. He was amazing. Thats the only word for him. He was very propper and would tell you off for doing things wrong, or even harnessing him in the wrong order. He was bred to hunt on exmoor but when his owner died the son didn't know what to do with this big, rather lively (back then anyway) with a sarcoid on his belly so we got him at a knock down price. Anyway he did carriage rides, lessons, parades, weddings, carnivals for 13years and even went to london for the queen moters 100th birthday parade. For all his prim and propperness he loved a cuddle (I've never met a ID who didn't like a cuddle) and to be pamperd. Unfortunatly he went lame half way though giving visitors a carriage ride this time last year and never worked since. He'd never been sick or sorry in his life before and we later found that he must of been in the very least sore for a long time before he finally went lame as it turned out that he has a degenerative joint disorder in his near hind fetlock due to the slightest conformation defect and his love of cantering slower than he could walk. He's now on a farm in holsworthy being adored by a family and we miss him very much.
 
I have an ID x Irish Cob, who is just a total dude, he is the funniest horse and just a pleasure to be around most of the time... can be v cheeky and strong!!! Has taken a while for his brain to catch up with his body though, we are nearly there
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Another 1/4 welsh, 1/4 ID, 1/2 TB here - chunky built, can be opinionated on the ground but extremely versatile - jumped up to 1.25 / 1.30 BSJA and now doing Med BD, Adv Med unaff at 19 yo.
 
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