Welsh section D x Hackney

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Anyone got one?

If so, what's yours like?

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Height
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What do you do with yours? dressage, jumping, cross country
etc

Thanks.
 
One of my best ever horses was a hackney cross, (we think hackney x clydesdale) jumped to JA. I wouldn't buy a hackney x welsh as both breeds are very sharp sensitive types and they tend to be tricky and worriers. I love hackney crosses with some thing a bit more level headed though!
 
Used to have a hackney x welsh c. About 13.2, mare, owned from 8 months - 7 years, great temperament, a bit whizzy, in the winter was often found grazing on my parents lawn (jumped out of field), amazing jump, the girl who had her on loan, then bought her, jumped at HOYS in the junior foxhunter classes BUT also very independent and had her own opinion about everything (but not in a mean way). Whether this was just her, her breeding, or being a mare, who knows!
 
I think Sacha Pemble evented a welsh x hackney with some success; I remember seeing it jump and my god it could really jump!

Can't remember the horse's name but it was a black mare about 15.2hh.
 
Once used to ride a hackney x tb who was lovely. Bit zingy, but nice looking and nice natured mare. The girl who owned her was a bit.... difficult..... though and sold her due to not knowing what to do with her and refusing to take the advice she had asked for. :rolleyes: Probably a lucky escape for the mare! But I liked her. :)

Same girl later bought a yearling hackney x welsh D who has turned out to be rather dense, not picking anything up unless it was repeated over and over again. And I mean over and over again. Watched a 'whisperer' try to join up with him during which time he simply stood in the corner. For an hour, with no response to her.

Granted, this could have been due to the fact that the 'whisperer' wasn't particularly good, and the owner was rather dense herself.

But said horse is now four, and still makes the same mistakes he did 3 years ago, from getting into trouble with the other horses in the field, to walking over you through the gate, to still not moving over when asked during handling. And he's still not done any work as his brain is too immature (or non existent!) :D

Obviously not all of this type will be like that, but he is so slow its put me right off that particular cross. Never met another horse THAT bad! :D
 
Hackneys are driving ponies really; usually very sharp with amazing trot but struggle to canter at all. I used to ride a pure hackney and although she was sharp she wasn't naughty or nappy.
I think they are absolutely beautiful, breathtaking quality animals.
 
Actually I disagree about them being uncomfortable to ride! But completely agree with the sharp bit! They really aren't much different to a big moving warmblood (but a lot smaller and narrower) and a proper hackney should have an easy "rocking horse" canter, naturally very collected. I have had several now, x breds and pure breds and all have been a lot of fun. Couple of pics-
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Video of him-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZp-shdSJhQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=RZT1nN5d3pA

(was still very very green and vids of first few shows here)

And this was Harry, purebred stallion- excuse him looking very thin, I bought him off some one thinner and he was a nervous wreck, been covering mares all season and not fed enough. I broke him to ride, got weight on him then sold him. Very comfy to ride but boy was he sharp.
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First time under saddle-
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(he had to wear sheepskin blinkers else was a bit unruley as had never been out his box without a driving bridle on before and normally only went out to cover)

I can't resist a nice hackney and if I ever go to the sales and see any thing with hackney blood it tends to come straight home. They are very loyal horses, worriers, often sharp, but once they trust you try their hearts out for you and will go on all day.
 
The hackney horse (it's two breeds really, horse and pony) is a really tough horse with a ground eating trot. They can and do canter is taught early but most will prefer to trot really fast but then again a lot of horses would rather do that! They are sharp but have fab endurance for coaching runs, I've never seen any endurance (not that I pay much attention to endurance) but I'd think they'd be fab. The pony looks fragile but I've not met many. Also can't stand hackney wagon classes, bottom bar on a liverpool in a flash yanked about.

Loads of HDT'ers love them. Theres a few drivers who have hackney/KWPN. Historically there's a good dose of hackney blood in the dutch warmblood anyway. All the black horses on this page are hackney/kwpn (and Rara007 and pip are at the bottom! :p )
 
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