Clydesdale / quarter horse cross ???

shortcruise

Hi all

Myself and a few friends have been pondering this one for a while. In the horse sales mags there seems to be alot of people breeding Clydie/Quarter horse crosses. Does anyone have any idea on why this type of outcross?

Is it soley for temperament or performance? I can only imagine ending up with one heck of a chunky looking horse out of it but I could be wrong. Does anyone have one and what sort of riding do they use the horse for. Any thoughts??

citygirl

Sorry but my thought is...why would you

So I'd like to know aswell

Cheers
Lee

Sharaway

I have only ever owned 1 Clydy 1/4 cross and he was a right bastard to break, could buck like nothing else, and was very handy with his back feet.

Having said that, once I got him sorted, he was one of the most sane and reliable horses that we have ever owned.

So they can be hard work, and not a cross that I would breed personaly. Not athletic enough for my tastes.

kiraSpark

Yes I would have to agree with the two posters above.
Too chunky for my liking. Not a cross I would ponder on.

Sassy

These days not all QH are chunky, alot are influenced by TB I wouldnt judge the cross itself, but the 2 individual horses being crossed.

I think Jessitrists mare is Clydie x Appy? and she is a gorgeous mare & type

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kiraSpark

You dont have to tell me Sass, we breed QHs, and mostly to TBs too!
JTs mare is also too rangy for me, I like em finer, and from memory the dam wasnt too big either, I could just imagine with a big QH mare x Clydie what the foal would be like....huge!

JessiTrist

I bought Chickie because she is what I want, I am a heavier rider and dont like the niggling comments when I ride a fine horse. I picked the sort of cross I wanted before I saw Chickie, and she is perfect for me. I only plan on doing some bush riding, low level eventing and just hae fun with her. She is going to be with me for life, so when I chose her I didnt have to think of re-sale value. Her dam was a more thoroughbred type appaloosa though.

If I ever bred Chickie with intention of selling the foal I would breed her to a TB or WB to make a finer, more versatile horse.

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playin bb

i saw someone doing jumping with a clydie x, wasnt sure what the cross was though

JessiTrist

A lot of Clydie croses are competing in eventing, hell, in all disciplines! Most are 1/4 Clydie.

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shaz71

well for something different in the performance horse mag yesterday someone over east is breeding qh/welsh x's.

the one advertised was a 13hh bucky nicley put together though, but like you say.. why?????