[quote=Fourbeats;6553505]Does the R and G lines cross well? I love the R line and really like it crossed with W but I’m not very familiar with G lines. I now own a wonderful G line mare that has really made me sit up and take notice of this wonderful line of horses.
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Both of mine are out of a G line grand daughter (Gold Luck line) who is line bred to Grande through both Gold Luck and Pablo (through Pilot)
http://www.horsetelex.nl/horses/pedigree/460836
The 2011 colt and 2012 filly
Well my only foal for 2013 will by an R-line
I bred Royal Prince
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/royal+prince
to my mare Wraina
(she won on the line at DAD, did well in material classes both for dressage and hunters and her half sister is a 4* event horse)
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/wraina
It should be a very interesting cross and versatile foal.
I have a mare by Ronaldo (Rubinstein/Ramino) out of a D line mare and I love her to bits. She is very, very snuggly, mostly easy to do anything with and very good under saddle. She CAN be a bit lazy … and the only time we have issues is when she goes ‘No! Don’t want to!’ and I say ‘Yes, you are going to.’ and she huffs and she puffs and she does what I say … she is a pleasure to have around though.
I have already bought Romanov semen to use on my Sir D filly in a few years. Rohdiamant was one of my favourite stallions ever and as he didn’t freeze I’m never going to get one of them, but I’m sure a Romanov baby will be wonderful.
Have met and ridden a few Rotspons. Very different types- from 17.1hh to 15.2hh but very nice horses!
I have bred to Royal Prince 5 times (to 3 different mares). About half are easy going, and the other half are not amateur friendly. They do like to please, but are very sensitive and smart, and can be difficult at times.
Can anyone with Rascalino offspring comment as well? I’ve always been torn between Rotspon and Rascalino.
I’ve met several Rascalino offspring in addition to my mare, Raleska (you can find pics and video links for her on my website link below). All had excellent characters and were lovely to look at – most are black and all that I’ve seen have had lots of white markings.
Movement of the Rascalinos really depends on the mare. If you have a mare whose movement you like, he won’t take it away, but I wouldn’t expect him to add it. There are excellent Rascalinos out of strong marelines and more average ones out of more average mares.
I do think Rascalino reliably produces a good, ammy-friendly temperament and a pretty, elegant horse. Size, as for Rotspon, can vary.
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How big a problem is there with cribbing in the Rotspons?[/QUOTE]
Haven’t read the entire thread, but having seen Rotspon up close and personal several times as well as stood for as long as an hour next to his stall, I can tell you that he does NOT crib. At all. At least not any of the times I was standing there. He is currently staying at my vet’s place next door to Spruce Meadows recuperating from his tour at Spruce, and he is very quiet in his stall and does not even chew on wood, let alone crib (or wind suck).
I would say any cribbing behavior from a few foals sired by him is not a product coming from this stallion, but rather the environment the foals were in, whether they are copying a horse they saw do it, even momentarily, or whatever. Foals like to taste things and some develop a taste for wood if they can’t be distracted towards something more edible.
I have a Rascalino foal coming next year and I’m really looking forward to it. The mare is a Westporte (Wolkentanz I-Fabriano) - Belisar, Keur, mare. I’m not necessarily expecting a lot of height and would be happy with a final height of 16 hands, but I’m expecting a steady-eddie temperament.
I also have a Royal Senna (Rubinstein I/Airport x TB) mare and her temperament is smooth as silk. While she is the boss mare in the herd, she adores people and was super-duper easy to start under saddle, never a buck or never giving that squishy feeling you sometimes get when you first back a youngster. She was just solid as a rock, like she’d been doing it forever, gave a great feeling to the rider when ridden, compliant, forgiving, utterly rideable, fast learner. She is currently in foal to Dannebrog.
Next year, I’m strongly considering breeding Rubignon to my old Hanoverian mare for an ET’d foal, although not fully decided yet. This mare, when she was younger, I bred to Regazzoni (Rubinstein I - Werther) and her filly went premium foal, later premium GOV mare at inspection. Her temperament is the same classic Rubinstein - compliant to the rider, willing to do whatever you ask. She jumps as well as dressage, and she is always in the ribbons.
I love the Rosenkavalier-Rubinstein family tree. It’s a very special family.
I have a 4-year old mare by Ragtime (who is by Regazzoni who is by Rubinstein I) out of a TB mare. She has the most amazing mind and an incredible work ethic. She was a breeze to start. She was recently in dressage training where her trainer (who is a USDF bronze medalist) said she would put her rideability in the top 10% of all horses she had ever trained.
She is now at a hunter barn and went out to an AA show in Tyler, Texas today to school. She has never been to anything like this show before, she got off the trailer and I walked her all around the showgrounds, tractors, golf carts, motorcycles, loudspeakers, nothing phased her. She went out to school in the hunter warm up ring and was completely unfazed by the 10 or so horses in there even though she has never been in an arena with that many horses. Then a storm rolled in rather quickly, and in all the chaos she calmly walked back to the barn. I am so proud of her!
Love those R line hano brains 
Today at the Zone 3 Hunter Breeding Finals, the BYH was Mazel Tov by Rosenthal - and his hunter movement was just spectacular - big, flat kneed, floating trot and swinging through the back. He’s dark (almost true black) with a lovely head and conformation and nice temperament. He won his Sallie B. Wheeler class, and the owner’s other Rosenthal colt was BYH of the IHF Eastern Futurity a few days ago. Two really lovely colts, great movers, nice temperaments. Very impressive! Kudos to High Point Hanoverians!
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