PRE x WB

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Does anyone here own, or have any experience of, this cross?

Currently got my beady eye on a couple and was curious to know how regularly this cross 'works' (Dutch WBs seem to produce the most successful mix most frequently from what I can see).

I'm not sure it's such a common cross and would be interested to hear from anybody who knows one.
 
Sorry, no help at all but do you have a picture of the one you like as I'm interested to see what that would look like. Pretty stunning I would assume?
 
I don't think these boys are advertised online, at least I haven't found them and I've been googling to have a look at some others in general.

One is dun (greying), quite chunky and the other is bay and leggy. Interestingly, the chunky one is out of a PRE, whereas the leggy one is out of a DWB.

It seems to depend how well the cross 'worked' which is my reason for the question - some are in proportion and very nice looking horses, some look like an experiment!
 
To me it's a bizarre cross as they are polar opposites in their musculature and way of going. Given that you have to train them very, very differently I'd have to take each offspring on its individual merits to determine how sucessful it is.
I adore PREs but personally I'd go for the PRE/tb cross first
 
Depp_by_Chocolate said:
Pura Raza Espanola it translates to Pure Spanish Race. All PREs are Andalusians but not all Andalusians are PREs.
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So it's the andalusian stud book? like KWPN for warm bloods? Or weatherbys for TBs? Is that an ok way of comparing? I know what one looks like but not exactly how it all works.

Like I say I only know the lay mans way of looking at it :D
 
Hi, I used to have a mare by a PRE out of a warmblood (Wenkerdinas lines which I've prob spelt wrong), she was very talented, good jumper who naturally made a nice shape and was careful and fast against the clock. In dressage she could extend as well as collect and got BD points at novice and above, most PREs do well at higher end but not at lower levels. I do a lot of dressage writing and there is a PRE in our area, 4 different judges have all placed it last in prelim tests and apparently this is an 8 year old imported fully trained from Spain, every judge said it couldn't move in working paces. However my mare was quiet stubborn and tempermental to train (warmblood??). Used to live New Forest and she loved hacking, moved to where I am now where hacking not good so competed more. She either won or was eliminated never 2nd! She would just plant herself when not in the mood! Sold to someone who has wonderful hacking and competes every few months and ussualy wins. I didn't want the frustration of qualifying for something big only to find on the day she'd plant herself! Personaly think if you're good enough to cope with the temperament this makes a great cross. If my mare had a better rider she was good enough to go to the top in dressage or showjumping.
 
a friend of mine has a 5yr old 16.3hh, dun gelding ....and he is nice, jumps great (going BE next year) does well at everything, but not "shaped right" for showing, he has a BIG front end and not much behind, but hes still young, nice temp.
 
Sportyspots, thanks, interesting. My WB had the odd plant-or-reverse paddy so I'm guessing that's where that came from - not met a PRE like that (yet) - they usually tend to have brains ;)

There aren't many about, so I could be shopping for a while...
 
having owned both it is not a cross i would want.

the pre... some may describe as sharp, but in actual fact id say this was incorrect, BUT they are incredibley intelligent, quick to learn, quick to anticipate and very bold horses.

the WB. id personally describe as intelliengent but with an air of dimness.

the pre will normally gather up and totter about onthe spot when not understanding or worried, the wb will jump in the air buck then throw its self on the floor with a look that says OMG a spider?

if you want a talented but quirky competiton horse then it may be a good mix, if you want a good solid priceless allrounder id not be so sure..

conformation wise, id think you would end up with a short neck, possibley to big a head decent barrel but legs way to thin to do a seasons hunting.

of course. this is just my opinion based on my experiance, i may be very wrong.
 
I have known 2, I very nearly bought one of them! They were both out of a Danish Warmblood mare by a fairly hot PRE stallion. Both of them were beautiful to look at, very talented, the mare was very very quirky, the gelding (he tempted me) was less so but ended up with a totally unsuitable owner who eventually sold him to a well known professional dressage rider who, I believe, did PSG with him, it, like any cross, can be fabulous and the offspring can be the best of both breeds, or, the worse :)
 
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