Sec D x Warmblood - any experiences?

[MyDogIsAnIdiot]

Lots of replies! Thanks everyone . I don't think i've got enough space to reply to all, but please be assured that I've read and appreciate all the posts giving personal insigh

My sec d x Dutch warmblood was a lunatic, cost 6k, 3yrs and some of the best proffessionals in the country to break, was told by several proffessionals to shoot him, he broke my mums neck. Drilled me into the floor many many times, was the sharpest horse I've ever sat on and had no regard for his own safety let alone mine!

Oh dear . Did he ever get any better to ride or was he always mental?

Going against the grain here! I have a welsh d x warmblood. I have had him since a yearling. He is the easiest horse I have ever had! Have backed and bought him on myself, he is now 5 and we are starting to do a few fun clinics and riding club events. He has the attitude of "well ok I will give it a go if you say its ok". He can have a little jog and a prance but (touches wood!) has never reared/bucked/bolted and always feel safe on him. He lives in or out and is not worried about who he has as company. He is a powerful lad full of character and is still changing shape everyday so who knows what the end result will be!. Oh and canter is still very unbalanced!.
Also have a Welsh D who is "quirky" the saying "one hoof on world domination and one hoof on the panic button" definatly applies for that one!.

Yours is the exact type I want and sounds fairly similar to my D mare, though she'll always argue a point and if she gets in a panic you've got no hope.

Yes I have one. He is 5 and I love him to bits. His mum was a 16.1 warmblood, dad a 14.1 Sec D. He is currently 17hh! He is cheeky, into everything, chews everything and can extend in trot (which my pure Sec D who competed up to Elem could never do properly!) He has taken a long time to mature mentally and is not brave at all (forget jumping fillers or passing 'scary' things first) However, he moves beautifully (IMHO) and I am hoping to affiliate him at BD in 2015.

, I think 17hh is a bit big for me! He's gorgeous though, that trot!

He's also very sensitive to feed. Molasses and alfalfa are both banned in my feed room. They turn my sweet compliant horse into a fire breathing dragon of a horse. HiFi Lite is a definite no go!

Any form of sugar is also banned here, unless I want to bounce sideways for all 5 miles of a hack !

LOL ... He`s not ill, he had a huge tantrum decking me and broke my back in 2 places and my coccyx/sacrum (pelvis) lol (re the coccyx protection thread .. )

I wouldn`t feel guilty if I were breeding a horse that I intended to keep

Oh, whoops! Naughty pony, I hope you're feeling better and are back in the saddle soon.

I'd like to clone current mare tbh, but don't think it's possible . I think breeding her is probably going to happen in the next few years, barring disaster. She's a lovely type and has a wonderful personality, just needs a better gallop and I'd like it if she was easier to fitten.

Where is the one you are interested in? I went to see one near Cheshire and they had a few of the same breed, totally unhonest sellers. Took me an hour to get the lady on the mare as she kept using excuses like saddle didn't fit and had been out of work for 4 days. Then the mare just reared and napped and woman got terrified! Totally put me off as think it would be quirky. I recently bought a welsh x tb as had a pony the same and was ace. She is proving to be the same so that is my preferred option of breed.

Welsh x TB was my main focus, plus Selle Francais crosses. The mare I'm looking at isn't far from me (West Wales) and hasn't been broken/lunged/long reined etc. That's about my only criteria in this search as it's so hard to undo problems created by other people.

I'm going to go and view her after New Year, will keep everyone updated . Still waiting on a video from the breeder.

 

[starsky]

Starsky - wow, VERY nice

Thank you. I love him, but I am biased