Dressage horse with sj breeding?

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As some of you may know I lost my ex Grand Prix horse in March (he had been in total retirement for 5 years as his hocks had become arthritic. ) He had sj breeding but he was competing about 10 yrs ago now (I'm old I know) Anyhow over the last year or so I've been working my socks off to save for a new horse ( I have a gypsy cob which is a fun ride but ain't ever going to be a serious contender!)

I've seen a couple of four y o now (kwpn) who are reasonably priced but have sj breeding rather than pure dressage breeding... And therefore a matching price tag.

They both have a good active walk trot and canter and are forward thinking.

My question is , as I've been out of the world for a few years am I wasting my time with a sj line or are there still sj need horses in the top end of dressage?

Thanks for your help

Blitz
 
What's the breeding?

Most of the modern showjumping lines do produce very good canters....
 
My boss' mare is show jump bred, but competes BD - she can, and does jump, but is more talented at dressage, in spite of her breeding. My boy has fairly dual purpose lines - his sire (Gribaldi) and damsire (Mondriaan) were dressage stallions, but his G.damsire (Palfrenier) was an international showjumper - we are competing at Medium level, but hope to go much further, he also has a lovely jump, but I just can't afford to do both! I think that realistically you need to look at the mechanics of the horse in front of you, and worry about bloodlines later - unless you are planning to breed from your potential purchase, in which case their breeding might be a more influential factor.
 
If u pm me ill give u the link to the mare I'm keen on - don't know her breeding yet but she's on a sj yard in holland atm... What do you think
 
As up, depends on the bloodline. The Ferro/Negro dutch horses are known for dressage but actually Ferro's bloodlines were such that he was originally bred to jump. And I guess it comes down to watching it move - if it moves then thats what you need.
 
Our kwpn mare has Ferro bloodlines and was bred as an event horse. We have used her for dressage and she has obtained some good marks. We previously had a welsh section d that was known for her jumping and we were told in no uncertain terms that she would never be a dressage horse. One year later she had qualified for the C&T dressage finals and was placed in both the Prelim and Novice classes (on both occasions beating the person who told us she would never do dressage) No matter what the bloodlinrs every horse is different
 
sarahhelen1977 said:
My boss' mare is show jump bred, but competes BD - she can, and does jump, but is more talented at dressage, in spite of her breeding. My boy has fairly dual purpose lines - his sire (Gribaldi) and damsire (Mondriaan) were dressage stallions, but his G.damsire (Palfrenier) was an international showjumper - we are competing at Medium level, but hope to go much further, he also has a lovely jump, but I just can't afford to do both! I think that realistically you need to look at the mechanics of the horse in front of you, and worry about bloodlines later - unless you are planning to breed from your potential purchase, in which case their breeding might be a more influential factor.
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Well yes, there are a lot of stallions that cross over a lot and have offspring at the top in both dressage and showjumping. The one's like this that spring to my mind are a bit old fashioned now - but stallions like Landadel, who had offspring in both sj and dr in the one WEG, and Dynamo who was known as a sj sire but also sired Demonstrator.
 
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