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Need Opinions on this breeding
Topic Started: Jan 31 2008, 11:54 AM (158 Views)
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Hello All,
Need to ask an opinion from you seasoned breeders. I have a TB with very good jumper lines. Well she's bred for steeplechasing, but some would have you believe this isn't a good jumping line. Anyway, I have always bred her to pure jumper stallions and have been happy with my 2 foals so far. This year I was going to try something a little diffrent. I was going to use a dressage stallion with very nice jumper lines. Physically he is a good match with my mare. He is a stunning individual and the resulting foal should be quite stunning. However, I don't want to be making a grave mistake in doing this cross. Keep in mind that I am looking for an all around athlete. I am not trying to breed an olympic dressage horse from my TB mare or even an olympic jumper. I'm just trying to breed an all around horse that could do eventing and or jumping. The stallion in question is Sir Oldenburg. And from my reading it seems some of his offspring are quite savy in the jumper ring too.
Any thoughts or advice? This is about my 4th decison on a stallion. I try to import semen from the continent, I'm in Ireland, but with new regulations it is increasingly difficult to do so for a one mare owner. It's easier to send my mare to a stud farm whom do all the importing. But then you are limited with choices from only certain farms. First 3 choices were going to be impossible to get here without much hassel.

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Terri
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