Hmm..Cross Or Not?

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I'm thinking of buying an ID in a couple of years time when I can afford it on my own..but I'm not sure whether to get a pure ID or an ID X Thoroughbred..

Thing is, I'm not keen on horses that generally need lots of rugs on in winter (as thoroughbred's typically do) but I want my next horse to be quite versatile and able to go fast
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So, would a ID x Thoroughbred be a bit too 'puffy' or are IDs already 'medium-weight' enough to cope with jumping, cross-country and lots of long, fast hacks - without being a rough ride? Just keeping my options open
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Also, I don't like Point And Press horses - are IDs generally like that?

Any comments greatly appreciated
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You can get nice a middleweight full ID these days which would be idea. fast enough and versatile. I suppose they may be a bit point and press though once they become mature and have been well schooled, so you may find a the IDX a bit more exciting.
Depends if they come out more with TB or more ID in the personality. Mine was all TB personality but he has now become more ID with maturity.

I think the ID pure bred may be a better bet for soundness if you want long fast hacks as they seem from my experience to have better hoof quality and toughness.
How often do you hear the complaint that a horse has typical TB feet?
Perhaps is the ID bones on TB feet that's to be avoided if
at all possible.
 
It's quite difficult to generalise as some pure bred ID's are perfectly suitable for athletic type work (without looking or feeling to "heavy"). On the other hand some purebreds look possitively overgrown cob like.

I have an IDXTB mare, who is stabled next to a mare of exactly the same breeding height and age as her. To look at them both you would say they were chalk and cheese. My mare can stay out virtually all winter, (rugged in only the worst weather), whilst the other would probably freeze.

My point is, your best bet, would possibly be to contact an ID Stud such as http:www.bowlandirishdraughthorses.co.uk/
and view individually when the time comes, as I firmly believe there is no hard and fast rule as to what and how this type turn out.

Hope that helps
 
They say that up to half all "pure" ID's now have up to 1/4 TB blood in them anyway as the breed evolves to modern market requirements, the irish have always been good at this. Hence the massive variation in ID's, I wonder how long it'll be untill with have "section" ID's similar to the welsh breeds
 
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I have had several ID/TB's and have noticed that it depends which parent is TB and which is ID as to whether they take more of the TB or more of the ID. from what I have seen (others may disagree) , with TB mare / ID stallion, the horses seem to take more of the TB, the other way, take more of the ID.
I will say though , that all the ID/TB's I have had have been honest and on the whole have a good brain.
 
As for rugging / staying out in winter, that seems to depend on the individual horse. My AA mare has been out for the last three winters, with nothing dramatic in the way of rugs on whereas my Section D was the only horse at PC camp in late summer to have to have stable rugs delivered when the temperature dropped by 10 degrees overnight. He stood there shivering, shaking and miserable and they thought he was ill - no, just a wuss in the cold!
 
I would completely agree with that. My mare's dam was a TB and sire ID. She has the speed and temperament of a TB and the good feet of an ID - luckily!!!
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