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At the risk of getting flamed – I actually really like Quarter Horse and Warmblood crosses when done right. I have a ¾ QH x ¼ Morgan mare who always gives me lovely foals (an no one believes me when I tell her what breed she is) – here is a link to photos of her: Icy Poodles
There is also another lady locally who bred her KWPN stallion for years to many WB, TB, etc, but his most successful offspring were out of her Quarter Horse broodmare. The cross produced many local hunters and jumpers, in fact, out of all his offspring it was one from the QH mare that she kept as her own jumper mare (and she turns down offers all the time for the mare).
I have seen many (MANY!) train wrecks of this cross as well – but I usually find these were mostly out of QH mares who were not good candidates for sport horse breeding (halter and western pleasure types, or mares who just have terrible conformation). It is also important to look at the pedigree of the QH mare - I like to see lots of ranch, reining, and/or race breeding in the pedigree and steer clear of the other less athletic halter and pleasure bloodlines. When done right the cross can yield a horse with the heart, brains, and handiness of the QH and the increased athleticism of the WB – basically a nice all round sport horses for your average amateur rider.
All that being said – if you think you can cross a QH with a WB and sell it for a profit you would be terribly mistaken! The only way I would be an enabler for someone thinking about producing such a cross would be if they plan to keep the offspring for themselves, or raise the horse to the age where they campaign it under saddle before selling it – my experience is that hunter and jumper riders/trainers don’t care what the breeding of the horse is if it can win ribbons in the show ring (especially of they can pack a kid or novice around safely), but even then you will come no where near the selling price of a purebred WB. Or be prepared to take a BIG loss on the horse if you sell it as a youngster.
If you do decide to breed her I do like the suggestion of using a TB stallion (this would mean your offspring could be registered – making them more valuable). However if you go that route I would make sure that you use a very old style TB stallion (one with lots of bone, good gaits, and uphill movement). This is the reason I always go the WB route because I always want to improve on my mares shoulder, and uphill build.
My suggestion for crossing WB stallions with QH mares would be to pick a stallion that is more dual purpose. I always work with the assumption that you will need to improve on the QH mare’s movement – so I pick a stallion with both jump and dressage in their pedigree, or a pedigree with jump stallions who have proven they can also produce dressage horses (i.e. Viva Voltaire, Grannus, Contender, etc.).
I am no expert – this is just my 2 cents – take it for what it is worth. 
I used Schwarzenegger this year and I could not be happier with my resulting colt: Superbad :)[/QUOTE]
I have to agree with this, but primarily in principle cuz breeding can be a crap shoot.
I have a well bred Appendix mare, so already I have thoroughbred…love, LOVE Appendix for athleticism, ethic, mind and temperament.
I have been looking for QH stallion that would be a good dressage mix…as that is what is what we do…dressage. Bottom line, I have not found anything in a QH stud that would improve on her movement or conformation. That is where it begins…what do you want to improve on your mare? In this regard, pedigrees are interesting but not really what you have before you…the mare herself.
My choice now is WB, and I have a one in particular in mind and that is Sir Wannabi. Although he is touted as a hunter stallion, he throws dressage babies that are nicer than him in movement. Plan B…if I get a hunter baby…I get a nice one. His hunter babies are cup babies at the Royal.
Should, I decide to breed, I will have my mare inspected as a sport horse or one of the registries. I believe that Oldenburg accepts mares of Thoroughbred blood…and that she has.
BTW, I do like Fred quite a bit if you are thinking breeding TB first. He would definitely be on my list.
