New Forest x Trakehner, a good mix?

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I have a (suspected) NF mare, I bought her with no name, history and no idea is she is registered etc. I want to put her in foal but feel putting her to an NF might be a waste as the progeny could only be registered as part-bred. A lady down the road has a trakehner colt who and has offered him to cover my mare next year. It would be the easiest option for me as the mare wont travel so the stallion would come to her.

So what do you think? Would it be a good mix? The colt's father is an anglo arab.

Any pics would be good too.
 
A friend of mine bred her small Trakehner mare to a New Forest stallion, and that resulting colt covered another pure Trakehner mare. The filly from that cross (3/4 Trak 1/4 NF0 was a first premium winner at the BEF as a yearling and is just being backed. She was a cracking little foal, lots of attitude and spark and a very good mover. so the cross seems to work in those examples.

In your particular situation I'd ask yourself who you want to breed the mare, what you aiming to breed, and will this colt give you that. Dont choose him just because he can come to you. He needs to be the best match for your mare. Chilled semen can be delivered to your door if the mare cant travel.
 
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In your particular situation I'd ask yourself who you want to breed the mare, what you aiming to breed, and will this colt give you that. Dont choose him just because he can come to you. He needs to be the best match for your mare. Chilled semen can be delivered to your door if the mare cant travel.

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This is why I was posting I think. I'm totally undecided as to what I want. I 'saved' the mare on the promise to myself that if she was never sound enough to ride then she would give me a foal to get my money back. I don't want to breed something fugly just for the sake of it but after 4 years I have unable to trace any previous owners so as any foal would have to be registered as a part-bred why not have a different part bred to NF.
 
If you are looking at it as a business proposal than an unproven colt isnt the way to make the money back, esp as your mare has no papers.

I would get the best stallion you can thats a good mix for the NF (Trak wouldnt spring to mind as a natural choice) and do AI....

Personally I would go for a TB, as native xTB very often comes out a saleable size (15hh ish) and a very useful sort.
 
Mine is out of an unreg newforestxtb mare, by a popular trakhner stallion.

She may be small and ugly-
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But she can do this very well-
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