Looking for a Ghareeb stallion, and how close is to close for breeding?

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Afternoon all! I usually breed dogs so I wondered if I could pick your brains and have some opinions.

Firstly, I have a wonderful Ghareeb mare, about whom I have waxed lyrical previously. I am considering breeding from her next year (she is competition proven with a typical Ghareeb outstanding temperament). I would like to replicate many parts of her, and wondered if it were feasible to use a stallion by Ghareeb? It would be a common route in dogs but I don't know about horses and would not want to "inbreed".

2) if the above is do able, could anyone point me in the direction of a Ghareeb stallion? Since the old gentleman himself is on the next realm now, I looked down the BE lists of his descendants but all appear mares or gelded.

If not, I would welcome other suggestion. I prefer to stay away from warm bloods, and the parts I feel I could improve on the mare are a little more sharpness, and more extravagance in the paces. She is so calm I could definitely risk a hotter stallion I think, hopefully without achieving a fire breathing dragon! She is a good middle weight and so again, I would comfortably consider a more TB/lighter stamp.

I have peach juice and mozzarella salad left over from this conference I am currently not paying attention to...
 
I wouldn't do half brother/ half sister but might try with another generation of separation.
What is your mare's dam line?

I rather like Rainbow High who shares some of Ghareeb's ancestry.
 
Lovely though Ghareeb stock has turned out I would not line breed to him as he is by Dancing Brave who had quite a bad parrot mouth. Look for a line as talent but an outcross would be your safest bet.
 
Thanks guys, really appreciate the input. Rainbow high is stunning, but think I might want a more sports horse proven sire maybe. I know that's a bit contradictory.

I'm glad I asked, because in some ways the dog and horse breeding worlds are similar and in others clearly not!

It's a good job I've got a while.

The dam line- she's out of a premium graded ISH Balleycullen Honey, who is by coille mor hill (sp as don't have papers on me) who is by clover hill.
 
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