Help with stallion to put to cob mare !!

[SDMabel]

Sounds like Bruce so you're possibly Leicestershire way? He has plenty of choice and did have a lovely Connemara but personally, I'd go with either a TB with a great temperament or (for me) a pure Irish Draught. Keep to a pure breed, that way you will only refine her. Lots of good show cobs are by IDs.

Yes Bruce is literally just up the road as the crow flies so i think ill pop him a message when we get nearer to the point of going ahead with it.

I do quite like his cleveland Bay stallion which is on the smaller side at 15.2hh, Irish draught was also something i was seriously considering but unsure if it would be too big for her.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

He is gorgeous! He’d be a bit big for Mim, and Miri has… creative… conformation but he’d be amazing for Barbie for next year. I would be very tempted to talk to her owner about it.

OP, I would go for an Anglo-Arab too, because I think the result would be brilliant.

My thought about trying to get the kind of horse you are looking for would be that the stallions would all be quite big for her. I might buy the bigger cob and breed a super all rounder with some Arab and thoroughbred in the mix. Biddesden has some nice ones.

You would hopefully get a bit more height with a stallion that is a bit taller.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I hadn't really considered an anglo-arab (dare i say it.... I really dislike them ) .

Thank you LadyGascoyne, its certainly something I need to bare in mind , there is a stud locally that has some nice stallions ranging from a suffolk punch to a thoroughbred.

I think I shall pop him a message and have a chat about options and get some advice too.

I only plan on doing it once so want to make sure it's right !

Some of the Arab x warmblood are nice I wouldn't put her with anything to big and heavy as she is only pony, something finer would give you a nice all round type of horse.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

You would hopefully get a bit more height with a stallion that is a bit taller.

Definitely but especially if it’s her first, then I’d be worried about a big chunky stallion. I am on the slightly neurotic side though, I’ll own up to that.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Definitely but especially if it’s her first, then I’d be worried about a big chunky stallion. I am on the slightly neurotic side though, I’ll own up to that.

I get that and off course there is a limit