welsh D x TB? opinions please

[xhannahx]

just wondering what peoples opinions are of putting a welsh sec D mare to a TB jumping stallion? and what they will look like?

 

[gemmaw]

bloody great thats what!!

 

[gemmaw]

sorry, hit post by mistake!! I've seen a few who are lovely, can really jump too

 

[Orangehorse]

Depends which way round it is! There are some that are lovely, a more substantial TB, excellent horses. On the other hand there are some with Welsh tops and TB legs. Oops.

 

[gemmaw]

good point, i've only been lucky enough to see nice ones, i'd defo breed one!

 

[Thistle]

I had a lovely one.

 

[sikaran]

Bred a few out of my old section D mare - the TB stud was more than happy for her to be covered as she had a good wide pelvis, and she bred some cracking foals. They all made 15h + (she was only 14.1) and at least two went on to event. They all had nice natures as well.

 

[MillionDollar]

I've seen some lovely ones, fabulous scope too, but I've also seen some god awful ones that were very highly strung.

If your mare has a good temperament and nice conformation and you choose a stallion carefully you should get something very nice!

 

[Gingernags]

Ours is the other way, 15.2 welsh D stallion vvv dark dun, 15.2 bay TB mare...

We got a beautiful pale palomino filly, now 3 years old, 16hh already, built like a brick outhouse with a leg at each corner but looks like a stunning cross, she is however the spawn of satan...

Beware!!!!

 

[reynold]

great cross - but often welshies aren't mugs rides so if you cross with a TB with a bad temp (and there are plenty of those around) then you could end up with a very capable horse that is definitely not 'anyones ride'

just be careful to match stallion and mare well (yeah - you always should but some of those stallys look so gorgeous our eyes overrule our brains)

 

[Heidi1]

I have one and she is lovely, had her since a wild yearling and agree she is no mugs ride, she keeps you on your toes. Here are a few pictures of her....

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[mollymurphy]

Here's mine! Very forward-going, but so so so willing to try everything. 10000% bombproof to hack. Will jump anything and has got lovely paces once you've slowed them down! Oh, and she drives! Love her to pieces!

 

[helenandshadow]

I think it's a great cross but I'm biased! Mine (the black one in my sig) is by a 14.2hh Welsh D stallion and out of a 15.2hh TB mare. She is only 14.2hh but she has a lovely temperament, is forward going and has a great jump. She's a fab allrounder and I love her!

 

[1928sky]

I have one. Here she is

Admittedly I am not particularly keen on her welsh D neck, she is very thick around the throatlash although not immediately obvious on these pictures. Had a friend that also had one but it was a total opposite so it would be hard to predict what the cross would looki like, i would say mine had tb legs and head whereas the other one I knew looked more like a cob.

 

[rabatsa]

Can be a good cross. I would do it provided they have complementary faults and not the same ones of course.....

 

[machannah]

Normally super fun, with a fab jump too

My friend has one by a welsh mare out of abergwiffy (sp?) he evented up to 2* and was the most wonderful junior horse, loved his jumping but not so great on the flat

 

[xhannahx]

ooh that sounds hopeful then

mare has most wonderful temperament so shouldnt be too bad on that front, now can anyone recoomend any stallions?!

not looking to do it until next may sort of time when she is going to my instructors for a while, so no hurry but would like to spend time getting it right not hurry to find one closer to the time.

those pics are of pretty stunning horseys i might add

and wow! sj_sapphire what a jump!!

thanks for everyones replies

 

[Nosey]

SJ-sapphire - your mare is gorgeous!