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In reply to the discussion: If you could live your life over again [View all]csziggy
(34,136 posts)The foundation ones are those with little Thoroughbred blood so they look like the old style cow horses. Oddly enough, even with that, the last horse I bred looks like a draft horse cross - he's over 16 hands, solid bone, and just plain massive. He looks like he is half Belgian draft horse!
I also dabbled in breeding some Warmbloods, crossing my Quarter Horse mares with an imported Trakhner stallion down the road. While the horses were very well built they were pushy and didn't listen. My Quarter Horses, even the big guy, were bred to have good personalities.
Unfortunately between my knees, shoulders, and bad back I can no longer work with the horses - it's just too painful and dangerous. I still get to watch my retired broodmares in the pasture, but the youngest of them is almost sixteen years old now.