Registration Question- Arab Warmblood Cross

[anon6923113]

Dawn’s post was VERY informative. I wonder if some rules and standards have changed now that RPSI has become part of Westfalen and is firmly established.

It does make sense though that they would find a way to draw a line concerning breeding to an approved book 1 Arab outcross sire, vs a non Approved pure Arab sire. If they allowed any half Arab by any Arab sire full papers, it might be challenging to get owners of Arab stallions to invest in the performance testing process… And for me, knowing that a stallion has gone through performance testing was a key part of my decision to make the plunge and breed this cross. Unfortunately, despite performance testing and acceptable pedigree, this fellow was not fully approved.

I’m assuming all the same rules would apply to a TB stallion crossed on a Main mare book approved mare.

[anon6923113]

@Dawn J-L

Thank you for the kind words about my boy, Obie.

I am excited to see his coming babies, and I really hope some nice TB and Warmblood mares come your way in addition to pure Arabs. He’s such a neat boy, and the performance testing plus freezing via the great folks in Oklahoma makes him a REALLY attractive future option to this mare owner. I just wish I had found my special broodmare 10 years earlier… But she caught first cycle this year… I’m crossing my fingers frozen seems like a reasonable idea next year

[DawnJL]

Thanks, Virginia Horse Mom. I am a small hobby breeder who just wants to produce a few nice sport type Arabs because I like riding them. I left Obie in OK at a great stallion station for 2016 so that I could provide good breeding services right after the SPT. My repro vet retired in 2013 so I haven’t had access to collections locally since then. I am hoping circumstances permit a fresh cooled option starting next year; there’s hope, but nothing definite yet. (The current closest collection station is 2 1/2 hours away which is not practical.)

A friend bred her TB mare to Obie, and got a nice Anglo colt this summer. A WB mare was just bred by frozen last weekend. The semen looked good & the timing was good according to the mare owner. I hope the breeding takes.

Since he was out of work for most of 2016, we are bringing him back to fitness carefully and only showing lightly this year. To show off his fine temperament, we are having the working student/young rider show him mostly this season. Though the young rider isn’t available for the next show, so the trainer is showing him at that one show this year. The trainer will show him next year at 3rd and hopes to bring him along to the upper levels. She thinks he has a good hind end and a great mind for UL work. Time will tell. (He still gets to do some jumping for fun, too.)