Dutch Warmblood

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k s swigart katswig@earthlink.net

Bette Lamore said:

>Does anyone out there know of a 16+hh Dutch Warmblood mare who >might be
>available to lease for breeding to endurance riders in TX?

Presumably you mean a "mare available to lease to endurance riders in Texas for breeding" :)

>Please email me privately. (and no, please, we
>do not have to get into the tall horse discussion again; this >is whatthey want).

This, actually, is a much more intelligent way to get a big horse than to try to breed a big arab.   Much the same way that if you want a big dog, it makes more sense to breed using great danes than chiuahuahs.

And it is likely that arab breeders have done this (whether they admit to it or not).  The Russians and the French have probably bred in the English Thoroughbred to their "purebred" arabs, and Americans have bred in the Saddlebred. 

Which, personally, I think is a much smarter way to go.  If you want a horse that looks like a saddlebred...breed to saddlebreds.  If you want a horse that runs like a thoroughbred, breed to thoroughbreds...if you want a horse that is big like a warmblood (have they ever ridden one of these things or are they just enamoured with the size?), breed to warmbloods.

Personally, I think this is what people have done, whether they admit to it or not. :)

kat
Orange County, Calif.

p.s.  If you want to find a Warmblood mare to lease for breeding, look in the local Dressage Magazine (In California, the publication of the California Dressage Society...Don't know what it is in Texas).  The classified section will usually have lots of adds offering just that, especially at this time of year.  Most of them will be available for feed lease.