Lusitano crosses?

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Tell me about crosses with Lusitano?

I have an enquiry for my Shagya stallion from the owner of a Lusitano mare. I will need to ask him what he hopes to breed. I am a bit fussy and can reduce our Agri Accountant to tears!! (simely face)

Any pics of crosses with TB/Arab/Anglo Arab? Experiences?

If you own a Lusitano what do you love about them?
 
Mine is a Luso x TB, great temperament, very people orientated. He is calm generally but highly strung at the same time on occasion. Very neat jumper too :)

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This is the best confo shot I have where he is clean!

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Stencilface said:
Mine is a Luso x TB, great temperament, very people orientated. He is calm generally but highly strung at the same time on occasion. Very neat jumper too :)

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This is the best confo shot I have where he is clean!

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Oh my!! I think you BOTH demonstrate great confo.
 
Lol, I was trying not to use the wedding shot I promise, but in all the other ones he is filthy!

He was 6 in the first pic, and 11 in the next - he has greyed out alot which I do not enjoy, especially as he thinks he is also half hippo :rolleyes:

He was a late developer and it took him till he was about 6 for his legs to be proper grown up legs, this is probably just him though and not a luso trait!
 
Not sure if mine qualifies, being by a SF stallion, to a Spanish mare .
There is a picture of her at 6 years, on my homepage on here.
She is a late maturer and is indeed polyvalent as the French say. Lots of chic.
Wouldnt be a mugs ride, but mainly reliable with the odd hiccup.
Very adaptable, Endurance, Trec, Selectionne as a Cheval de loisir twice by the HARAS, and a promising jumper, admired by many.
I would very much like to see a baby to your Shagyar stallion from the Lusitano mare.
I think its do able.
 
I love lusos. My favourite horse at my trainer's yard in portugal is a luso x arab - he is lovely. Very hot but has the most incredible paces and he is absolutely beautiful. I would love to buy him but he belongs to trainer's brother and therefore will never be sold.
 
Bred a Luso x out of my SF mare and a fab 17.2 Luso stallion out of Novilheiro /Orphee. He's rising 3 and going to be a big boy. Have been really pleased with his conformation as he has inherited his sire's bone and hoof quality which I am pleased about.

Turning out to be sensitive but quite brave too. Until he got too big to walk in hand I used to walk miles with him just in his headcollar. Met deer and pheasants, cars and cycles and he was really good. I just couldn't keep up with him :)
 
My grey (in my avatar) is a Luso x TB. In my opinion its a fantastic mix and Id absolutely have another in a second. He's a superstar (no longer competes as injured himself last year so now retired) - he took the lightness, speed and agility of the TB with the paces (high front leg carriage) and short coupled-ness of the Luso! He jumped brilliantly, he's 16hh but because of how he's built he would skip through any distance no problem and turn on a sixpence - won loads of BS jumps offs, and was a dream eventing as saved me many a time on the XC course, I only had to point him at a fence and he'd sort himself out. He was very sensitive and quick thinking though which I loved as he literally read my mind and was total push button. Some people might find that too sharp. I think you do need to keep them active and using their brain, they're probably not plod-along-the-lanes types! They're extremely genuine types and IMO try their hearts out for you. I can't praise my one enough, I dont know if they're all like that generally but still a great mix!
 
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Rusty is by Icon, so lusoxarab/ISH.

He is a superstar, such a lovely horse to have around & very handsome, a real throwback to his Luso grandfather (& 16.3):

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oh god, a shagya x kuso would be amazing :) I (now) own 2 lusitanos although one is only 2. The older one had a stifle problem due to late onset OCD but he has an awesome temperament-superb on the ground, extremely bold when ridden and a natural show off. Jumps like a cat (although I was never brave enough to really take advantage and regret it now he's retired from ridden jumping)-never stopped, just used to let him look and he'd take me over-very careful. Jumps out of his field for fun now.

now thats not to say we didn't have issues, he was blinking sharp as a 5yo and seriously athletic and sensitive but (as with most horses) by the time he was 7 he was a different horse. I swear he's telepathic.

It's a shame they aren't promoted as good all rounders as they are athletic enough for anything, need the work and make good driving horses too.
 
Thank you for all your replies. I am not really set up for visiting mares but could accomodate one or two. I don't know how this man found me as we don't do any advertising.

I will let you know what transpires.
 
siennamum said:
Rusty is by Icon, so lusoxarab/ISH.

He is a superstar, such a lovely horse to have around & very handsome, a real throwback to his Luso grandfather (& 16.3):
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Lol! So nice to know I'm not alone, one is over the 16hh and you can see Idolo, wheras the filly has struggled to get over 14.2
I think lusoxarab is much under noticed!
 
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