.In europe, it’s done the opposite way than suggested by those on this thread. TB studs are used to refine WB mares, not just any TB mare used to breed to a WB stud. You get a performance WB mare, and then refine her foals with good TB studs. I’ve seen too many breeders is the USA get any TB mares, free or cheap or free lease, and spend money on a WB stud. If you are going to use a TB mare, get one with great conformation and/or a performance record in the ring.
I suggest you check out european horses, maybe some already imported into the USA. They have about 50% of both european TB and American TB blood, done the way that europeans breed to create good jumping horses.
Interesting post from another thread.
FYI, generally speaking, the TBs you find in the UK are bred quite differently from American TBs. If you look at the TB lines used to refine in the major WB registries, the vast majority were from the UK.
Coconut Grove, Salute the Truth, AFR (is it possible that he actually hasn’t been mentioned yet??), Sea Accounts, and their peers are unfortunately no longer breeding. IMO, this was the last Great Generation of American TB Sporthorse stallions. I think there is some hope that one of Fred’s sons may stand one day. I hope so. AFR was one of the finest stallions to stand in any registry. He did something far too few stallions of any breed do: passed his good traits along.
Breeding is a crapshoot when breeding the best to the best. That’s why I hate threads that include the recommendation of stallions who have and likely never will prove themselves in sport. It encourages poor breeding choices and takes away from the special stallions who have worked so hard to gain their reputations.
