This is my favorite cross!! Here are two that I bred. They are by Magnum Psyche and Baske Afire and both are out of a Man Of York daughter.

Annieofyork,
LOVE LOVE your horses. I have a mare by Toi Soldier and out of Spring Premier. She is really a great horse and lots of fun to ride. I guess you can say she is retired now. She is 11 and is my pleasure horse. I am breeding her next year and would love to hear your opinion as to a good cross for her in 08.

BEAUTIFUL! I have always been a fan of Toi Soldier! How is the dam bred? I have been on a hunt for a saddlebred mare since June and have really learned a lot. It is interesting to see which lines cross best with arabians.
Thanks for sharing your pictures!!!
Cindy

This is AS MUCH as I know about her ASB side. I would love to know more. So if anyone has any information other than what I have I would love to hear.
Carole

I am, by no means, an expert, but she does have some very solid saddlebred lines. What are you looking to get with the 2008 foal...halter, english, western, hunter, etc...I certainly could tell you what has worked for me and for some of my friends!

Actually my mare is so athletic AND really gorgeous. She probably could have done halter if she would stand still long enough!!
She loves to be going all the time. And if she is not moving, get out the food because she LOVES to eat. :bigemo_harabe_net-112:
I would think I could do almost anything with one of her foals. But I would probably lean more towards performance than halter. Or do halter at a young age and then move into HP, WP or SHIH and SHUS. It would depend on what he/she could do.
I am breeding her to HG Esquire in 07 and am hoping for a really athletic and beautiful baby.
Please do let me know what has worked for you and your friends. Like I said, I know NOTHING of the ASB side of my mare and have found it really difficult to get information.
Carole

Karen Vesty is about the most knowledgeable person I know when it comes to saddlebred pedigrees. Try contacting her. There are so many wonderful arabian stallions to choose from...especially when you are starting out with such a great mare!!! Take your time, ask questions, do your homework, and PRAY.....you will get the baby of your dreams! The best of luck.

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This is LA Peppermint Patti, by Atomic Deluxe x KZ Jubilee. She's actually 3/4 Saddlebred and 1/4 Arabian. I just got her this summer and what a lovely sweet horse she is. I forget she's a yearling because she's already as big as and bigger than some of my full grown adult Arabians.

She can trot level and loves to hop over obstacles for the fun of it. Whatever we end up doing as a discipline I guarantee it's going to be fun. It's going to be a real change for me too, I haven't been on a horse over 14.3 hh in probably close to 20 years, I'm going to feel like I'm riding a giraffe or something.

I'm breeding my PP mare Fetyszka to SS Painted Intimidator for a 2008 foal, I cannot wait to see what they produce. If it's 1/2 as sweet as Patti I'll be thrilled.

Many people are unaware that Saddlebreds are superb at jumping. There are Arab/Saddlebred crosses that do VERY well in open USEF venues (H/J and Eventing). They can practically jump the moon.

We've bred only one, a USEF/USEA upper level Eventer and jumper, Demonns Be Gonne (Ara-Kni Sannsata x Commandos Starduster) and he was an absolute jewel. He was SUPPOSED to be an English horse, but he positively hated rail work (would actually jump out of the arena when he got bored) but thrived on the variety of Dressage, Jumping, and Cross Country. In his later years, anyone who was a decently trained rider could take him out and place with him. The collage is during "Devil's" main years of Eventing, my daughter, Chrissi riding.
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The second pic was taken less than a month before we lost him, carrying one of Chrissi's adult student in a clinic. The student's own horse had pulled up lame just one day before the clinic. "Devil" was also on a Res. Nat. Ch. USPC Show Jumping Team, carried Chris and several others in their Nat. "B" rating tests, and was qualified to go to PC Nationals again. He was NEVER lame, and ill only one time .... when we lost him, all too early, at age 16.

Tom Neese also very successfully rode his Saddlebred mare to the hounds (REAL Fox Hunts) as well as in both Nov. and Training level USEA Events. She was ready to take into the FEI levels. She has now made a return to the show ring.

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Here is our 1/2 arab NSH yearling Apollos Commander,by AA Apollo Bey out of Hightimes Masquerade x Supremacy's Hightime.His full sister will be shown in 1/2 arab driving at the Nationals this year.