Does anyone breed traditional Irish sport horses by crossing an ID stallion to TB mares? Besides foal size, are there other considerations? Will this “reverse” of the traditional cross yield a similar quality animal? Are there particular TB lines that would lend themselves to this breeding?
[ATTACH=JSON]{“alt”:“Click image for larger version Name: P1040256.JPG Views: 1 Size: 19.5 KB ID: 10565524”,“data-align”:“none”,“data-attachmentid”:“10565524”,“data-size”:“medium”}[/ATTACH][ATTACH=JSON]{“alt”:“Click image for larger version Name: P1040234.JPG Views: 2 Size: 18.6 KB ID: 10565525”,“data-align”:“none”,“data-attachmentid”:“10565525”,“data-size”:“medium”}[/ATTACH] Our Reg. ISH stallion…now a gelding riding horse is by Touch of the Blues (Irish Draught) out of a Seattle Slew, TB, show hunter mare. I think that is a lovely cross!! Solid, but not bulky or clunky built…athletic, awesome, floaty movement with a GREAT brain. He was only gelded because I pre [ATTACH=JSON]{“alt”:“Click image for larger version Name: S. Blues left side.jpg Views: 1 Size: 38.9 KB ID: 10565523”,“data-align”:“none”,“data-attachmentid”:“10565523”,“data-size”:“medium”}[/ATTACH] fered to breed our TB/ISH mares back to a TB stallion for additional refinement. His foals were not a problem foaling o/o our big TB mares. The 3/4 TB (ISH’s) are absolutely spectacular…could pass for stout pure TB’s and have exceptional brains…of course…we only breed good minded horses! Pictures are reversed…bottom one is 1/2 TB, middle and top are 3/4 TB.
A Seattle Slew mare?
If I hear out of say a Balou du Rouet mare, I take that to mean the mare’s sire is Balou du Rouet.
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I don’t understand your post…His dam is Seattle Gift…Seattle Slew family. The discussion was about ISH’s not the TB side of the family.
bingbingbing is saying that when breeders say a horse is out of a Seattle Slew mare it is understood that the damsire is Seattle Slew, not one of his sons.
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