Smaller mares to larger stallions?

If you breed a very big horse with a very small horse, you are more likely to get either a very big or a very small foal, rather than a medium one (read Tesio/Mendel), so yes there is a high risk of dangers at foaling, in addition to the damage caused by covering that has already been mentioned
 
twiggy2 said:
seriously?
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Yes, when I met him he was working at a Pony Trekking Centre as he became bored with his job at RDA nr. Stirling. I understand that Princess Anne presented him with a saddle but cannot fill you in on the history behind that.

Someone said to me "the stallion must have had very dirty knees" I replied " That is what the vet said".
 
I don't know anything about breeding, but I did buy an ex broodmare a few years back. I bought her to back and we had no end of problems. Her pelvis was not right and no amount of manipulation helped. She was very thin and had a strange way of moving. Turned out my sweet little fine 14hh Appy had been used as a breeding machine to a 17.2 warmblood. She had had 4 foals consecutively by him, each of which was huge and she struggled to foal them all. Then they took everything out of her as they grew so quick. Poor pony was in too much of a state so I sold her as a companion as at the age of 9.
 
ester said:
Niabi on here was a foal born out of a section a by a friesian (not planned my current owner!) - she seemed to grow quite quickly.
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Yes that's what I've noticed from the breeders I know who regularly breed smaller mares to taller stallions. Their foals all come out small/normal size (relative to the mare) and then they very quickly grow at an increased rate compared to if the stallion had also been small. These foals often require extra supplementation as the mare sometimes isn't capable of feeding the foal the full amount it needs.
 
HaffiesRock said:
I don't know anything about breeding, but I did buy an ex broodmare a few years back. I bought her to back and we had no end of problems. Her pelvis was not right and no amount of manipulation helped. She was very thin and had a strange way of moving. Turned out my sweet little fine 14hh Appy had been used as a breeding machine to a 17.2 warmblood. She had had 4 foals consecutively by him, each of which was huge and she struggled to foal them all. Then they took everything out of her as they grew so quick. Poor pony was in too much of a state so I sold her as a companion as at the age of 9.
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Your post has really upset me. Poor mare. This is not something I would ever do.

One of the reasons why (imo) the pure bred CB is in decline, is because CB mares make good crosses with warmbloods and TB's. They produce big strong foals.

A colt we lost, not through foaling difficulties, weighed over 70kgs at birth, which was uneventful.
 
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