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Cate
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honey
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 Posted - 18 Aug 2010 : 6:27:33 PM
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this is my part bred her sire was sistonce who was a straight russian arab. dam as said was a 3/4tb x cob
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vjc
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Nichole Waller
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leiat8
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Posted - 19 Aug 2010 : 6:10:43 PM
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i saw it  that would be a fab cross and a cracking endurance horse! once saw an akhal teke x arab, beautiful metallic dun |
     
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karen d
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Kazhak
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Posted - 19 Aug 2010 : 9:45:54 PM
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for me I would have to say Arabian Pony, as there is such a huge range within the cross. of course I'm still for purebred breeding too, but crossing the Arab over other breeds has produced some very interesting results.. will admit that I think arab crossed over anything can be a major improvement for the other breed lol..
when my family first started breeding horses we started breeding welsh section b ponies then got involved with Arabians & some of our first Arabian Pony crosses ended up over 15 hh's, we couldn't believe it.
today I still ride Arabian ponies, all family bred for several generations back.. & I find them to be very versatile, I ride endurance, they have class & beauty enough for showing if I want to, make great mounts for general purpose riding, have the welsh sensibility & the Arabian passion for life,
heres a few pics of some of our Arabian ponies over the years.
Kolahai Bay Beauty, (Kolahai Rissaam x Kolahai Bay Princess) is 50/50 I now ride her son who is 3/4's Arabian.
^ photo was taken when we were both very very young.. I still remember what a great day that was though. Beauty had been on her best behaviour the whole day, was a parents dream pony. her son is the little bay with the blue water background in my signature.
this next photo were taken by Matt Bennett, a sports photographer here in aus, he has done some terrific work for our endurance club,
Kolahai Jack Flash, (Belbowrie Progression x Cefn-On Parc Lady Chelsea) 50/50 built like a royal brick outhouse, gets his solidness from his sire, this photo was taken at a local 40 km endurance ride, he trotted pretty much the whole way, without having to be pushed, & had only had a few weeks training before we did this one.. still vetted through sound as a button.. he's my mums riding horse but she rarely rides these days..
I have others but I realise my post is getting a bit long.. would've posted some pics of my riding mare but I haven't got the nice ones loaded on the comp yet lol.
like others have suggested first think about what it is you'd like to do with the resulting equine, & what sought of look your after.. & then start looking at the different breeds.. still can't beat a purebred for its versatility too though..
lastly will admit that I don't mind a good Anglo, the Arab improves the TB outta sight.. Arabian warmbloods are rather nice too, as you've got the height + the beauty.
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Gemma
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Posted - 20 Aug 2010 : 09:48:31 AM
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My beloved Marygold (Minnismoor Mistique) is an interesting mix of breeds: arab, tb and welsh sections.
She's by a riding pony stallion (Burstye Trajan - himself a PBA) out of an anglo-arab mare(Savoir Mistique).
She's the chestnut in the pics below. 14.3, chunky and demonstrates the best (and worst!) of her breeding. She's very much a jack-of-all-trades but has done brilliantly at her endurance career. I suspect she was bred to be a WHP, and in the right hands, would probably have done very well, but showing just ain't my thing.
I adore the arab breed and whilst I can understand wanting to keep them pure, can also see the advantages of crossing to other breeds. Look at all the beautiful, useful looking horses on this thread for example!
With the current attitude of a lot of people towards the arab breed, perhaps breeding to other breeds, and seeing the offspring do well in ALL spheres (Tamarillo is the obvious example) is a good thing? perhaps we can start to show people that arabs are anything but the prancing poodle at the end of a leadrope!! |
 
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