Warmblood x TB - does anyone have one?

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Looking to learn a bit more about this particular cross.
If anyone has one please can you tell me what you do with them and if you have pictures that would be great!

I have seen a foal i like the look of, i want it for dressage mainly.

Thanks
 
I have one, well he is more 3/4 WB and 1/4 TB. This is just a quick reply without a pic as I'm at work and about to leave for the yard, but I will say that it is difficult to comment on them in general because there is so much variety in both WBs and TBs. Very generally speaking, I would say that they are potentially very good all-round horses for experienced riders, and often not as hot as pure WBs.

Would be really interested to know others' thoughts.
 
I have a KWPN registered Dutch Warmblood but I'd say she is a Cross, her Sire (French Buffet) was a TB Ex Racehorse turned showjumper.

She is well put together, a good mover (nothing flashy), but a bit too clever for her own good. She is sharp and not for an inexperienced rider, but she isn't naughty, just very sensative. Impeccable ground manners.



 
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This is a horse I used to own but is now enjoying life as a fun hack. He's by Amanti (WB) out of a TB mare, he stood at 16hh. He had nice paces, a decent jump and was great to hack and handle. I did, however, find him rather lazy to school and he was quite a clever horse at finding evasions. I've now got a 7/8TB whom I find much easier to read and more willing to work. I did discover though that Amanti had quite a reputation for being "difficult" so I think you just need to do your homework and get the right WB
 
Pretty much ALL WB's are TB crosses as there is a high % of thoroughbred in the vast majority of warmblood studbooks nowadays.
 
Mine is anything but sharp, he is by a Danish WB ex little flat type TB mare. He does tend to be a WB in a lot of ways - good doer, strong will, not hugely sharp or forward, but the mare had 5 other foals and each one was more like the sire than her. Like any cross you won't really know until they start work

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My boy is a Belgian Wb X Irish Tb - he has a fab temperament and is basically a good riding club all-rounder with a penchant for dressage because I hate jumping! but as you can see he does jump :) We gallop on the beach, hack, dressage, pretty much anything that takes my fancy. He is a favourite of the yard staff because he is such a gentle giant.

 
As others have implied it is not really a cross at all just different proportions of blood. As for the comment about too clever for their own good they dont call traditional warmbloods Dumbloods for nothing!!! The TB also adds to stamina and courage
 
as has been said a warmblood is just a mix of coldblood and hotblood. the warmblood registries will have horses that are full bloods for example likoto has english tb bloodlines although he is now graded and registered as a hannoverian. so if you look up his ofspring they are all the type you are probably thinking of http://landgestuetcelle.de/en/breeding/stallions/likoto-xx.html there are also pure arabs registered with some warmblood studbooks http://gestuetismer.de/front_content.php?idcat=28&idart=22&changelang=4
 
I used to have one. Only a little mare at 15hh but she was absolutely perfect in every way. Trusted her with my life. She was keen jumping but 100% safe and bombproof. Miss her :(
 
I know someone who has one. Beautiful big lad he is 17hh don't know the amount of blood either way but he is quite highly strung and sensitive. Some days he is really good and other days he throws his rider off. She however is a fully qualified riding instructor so can handle him no problem. I wouldn't dream of getting on him he would terrify me haha.
 
I have two. One is more warmblood and is very sharp to ride but very very bold and the other is very babyish and spooky but very sweet. The sharp one has only really started to settle properly in his ridden work and he is now 9. Love them both though :-D
 
I have one, and she is a fantastic all rounder, hacks alone, bombproof on the roads, sensible to hunt, competes novice dressage, has done some low level showing and working hunter, with me. She has also done pleasure rides including taking a nervous rider for his first sponsored ride. She is sensible and responsive for a child to ride and with him she is a whiz at handy pony and loves mounted games even when she is the only horse with a load of 12hh ponies!

The downsides are that she is difficult to keep condition on and can be stressy.
 
I have one. He is only just backed, and definitely not a novice ride but is genuine and honest, and will do anything he is asked. He can be spooky but hasn't been in work much lately so I blame a lack of exposure. I've also has him since weaning so he completely trusts me. His mother on the other hand is a fruitloop.
 


This was Biggles my first horse, who was a Grade B showjumper, although we hadn't a clue what that meant at the time. he used to do the 1.40 speed/derby classes abroad and was imported over as an 11 year old. Such a lovely horse, never stopped or ran out of a fence in the 2 years ten months I owned him. I put an ad in Your Horse Magazine in 1998 and managed to track down his old groom who supplied me with photos of him and his old BSJA card, fascinating. She adored him and was really happy to meet up with him again, she took him for a hack down the road and was beaming. He had a fantastic nature so kind and gentle, but was a bit of a handful to ride, they type that cantered sidewards the whole time, and never stood still for a second. He never put on any weight either, the whole time I had him he looked like a hat rack. Never had one single photo of him with his ears forward over a fence, they were always back when in flight, unlike my present horse, who I never have one photo with his ears not forwards over a fence!

Sadly only weeks later I lost him as a result of an accident on a fun ride, when he lacerated his fetlock from one side to another on a brick in a ditch that he stumbled into. But I have never forgotten him. My Billy Biggs.

I have put on five stone since that photo taken nearly 20 years ago now! ARRGGH
 
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Mine has a German WB sire and a HOYS qualified TB dam. She moves beautifully and I intend to do dressage with her. If I was younger, then I would event because she also has a huge jump and is very bold. She's very small though at only 15 hands even though both parents are 16 hands. I have only just backed her age four.

Last week in her winter woollies:

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And one of her in her summer coat:

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Wagtail said:
Mine has a German WB sire and a HOYS qualified TB dam. She moves beautifully and I intend to do dressage with her. If I was younger, then I would event because she also has a huge jump and is very bold. She's very small though at only 15 hands even though both parents are 16 hands. I have only just backed her age four.

Last week in her winter woollies:

dec%202015_zps7cguxpw1.jpg


And one of her in her summer coat:

eating_zpsom1ikt9k.jpg
Click to expand...

Beautiful!
 
Wagtail said:
Mine has a German WB sire and a HOYS qualified TB dam. She moves beautifully and I intend to do dressage with her. If I was younger, then I would event because she also has a huge jump and is very bold. She's very small though at only 15 hands even though both parents are 16 hands. I have only just backed her age four.

Last week in her winter woollies:

dec%202015_zps7cguxpw1.jpg


And one of her in her summer coat:

eating_zpsom1ikt9k.jpg
Click to expand...

Wow! Beautiful colouring
 
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