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  • #41
    Originally posted by Superminion View Post
    Where are y'all finding these awesome PMU babies?

    After dealing with WB hysterics and drama for the past 2 years y'all are making a draft x look REALLLL tempting. ;-)
    I was a volunteer at Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue in Maryland. Somebody called them up saying they needed help placing their four year old practically un-saddle-trained PMU Spotted Draft gelding. The rescue didn't have room, I was looking for a horse to buy. The rest is...uh...history.
    The Trials and Jubilations of a Twenty-Something Re-rider
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    • #42
      I found Penny mare on www.draftwarmbloods.com - She came from Babb-Murphy Ranch in Gays Mills, WI. Here is one of Mary's current ads: http://www.draftwarmbloods.com/ShowA...=521cd3ef49105

      She puts a solid driving & dressage foundation on all her horses before they ever leave her farm.
      <>< Sorrow Looks Back. Worry Looks Around. Faith Looks Up! -- Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

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      • #43
        I'm not a fan of the draught crosses, and when you posted her on FB, I was pretty 'meh.' I mean, you're riding an upper level event horse right now, so to shift from that to a heavier, green cross would be like going from an Alpha Romeo to, you know, a Chevy Blazer.

        Then, I read this article:

        http://chronofhorse.com/article/kill...l-championship

        So, maybe. ;-)
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          #44
          Originally posted by Reynard Ridge View Post
          I'm not a fan of the draught crosses, and when you posted her on FB, I was pretty 'meh.' I mean, you're riding an upper level event horse right now, so to shift from that to a heavier, green cross would be like going from an Alpha Romeo to, you know, a Chevy Blazer.

          Then, I read this article:

          http://chronofhorse.com/article/kill...l-championship

          So, maybe. ;-)
          Yeah, I hear you. The shift from my lease horse to a young draftX might be an interesting one. LOL. But I could never afford anything like my lease horse...... so........ This time in my horse shopping I am going for safe/sane over pretty/potentially fancy (which also seemed to go along with crazy and lame, in my price point. )
          We couldn't all be cowboys, so some of us are clowns.

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          • #45
            I want to play!!!

            Here is my beast. There aren't words to explain how much I love this mare.

            https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...3&l=e83b1ace4a

            https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...3&l=8bc5e252a3

            https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...3&l=f261972e3a

            https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...3&l=512d4a5c51

            https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...3&l=6445e1c6b9

            https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...3&l=5f572f1379

            (Sorry, I get a bit carried away!!)

            A short (old) video clip of her jump -- she truly is a saint

            https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...44567607149094
            I don't mind if you call me a snowflake, 'cause baby, I know a blizzard is coming.

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            • #46
              Love all the pictures of the Draft crosses, thank for sharing. Hope you all enjoyed mine, too!!!
              Adriane
              Happily retired but used to be:
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              • #47
                Here's some images of my big lug.... he is 5 yr old Clyde/TB - and what I end up doing with him is mostly cursing and picking myself up out of the dirt.

                He tends to embrace the evil light side too often - but when he is more of the clyde side he is a gem. They really do try hard and want to please and are usually too smart for ANYONE's good!

                Love the draft crosses but I also know its a total crap shoot and would never take a risk and breed one. Can end up with a small bodied large headed ugliness, or heavy body on small legs. But to buy one - I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

                These images are from the summer when he was still 4 years old, and we had just started working with our hunter coach whom we are with now. He's put on a lovely hunter belly now and more of a healthy shine to his coat. Do need to get some more recent shots.



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                • #48
                  Superminion, I breed draft crosses but am stopping for now. I aim for 3/4 and 7/8 bred crosses for the ammy market and with the right cross you get a nice, athletic, sane, sound, low maintenance, fun sport horse type. (With the wrong cross you can get frankenhorse) They cost me more to produce then they sell for. People want fashionable European bloodlines to pay a good price for youngsters, or proven under saddle which costs me more to do than the price increases. You will probably find more quality draft crosses in a hunt area, you may have to kiss a few frogs to find a prince.

                  eta: I have no idea how to post pictures here otherwise I would drown you all in pictures of my crosses:

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                  • #49
                    My guy was advertised as a QH/Paint/Draft/TB ? He is a PMU horse, and came off the truck at 3 months old. He's only 15.2, and if he's draft, I'd guess only 1/4. He's pretty Paint-like, but he's got the drafty brain, and the draft head. Also has TB like withers (though he's quite downhill).

                    He competes successfully as an eventer, currently at 2'9, but we plan to move up.

                    http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48...ps81653d15.jpg

                    http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48...ps55d8f4cb.jpg

                    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...psbfe60cc0.jpg

                    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...ps5580570f.jpg

                    He's got the best brain ever. He's clever like a pony, surprisingly sensitive (when you watch him go, he seems like a total plodder/packer type), and gentle enough for my up-down boyfriend to do some walk/trot on. He's a total blast -- Couldn't be happier with my PMU!

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                    • #50
                      Originally posted by Superminion View Post
                      Where are y'all finding these awesome PMU babies?

                      After dealing with WB hysterics and drama for the past 2 years y'all are making a draft x look REALLLL tempting. ;-)
                      I adopted Tucker in 2003 from Foal Quest out of Canada. He was right off a PMU farm.
                      Lori T
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                      • #51
                        I forget the name of the rescue I bought my guy through. I bought him from a pic at a day old and he was shipped to me from the farm after he was weaned.

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                          #52
                          Well, I have to pass on this particular mare.

                          However, it has opened my eyes to DraftX's and I've LOVED reading all the stories here! Thank you for sharing them, and all of the photos as well. Maybe I will still find myself a Drafty....
                          We couldn't all be cowboys, so some of us are clowns.

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                          • #53
                            Aw, Flash - what happened? No pressure - just wondering.

                            I'm in the process of converting my friend's husband over to the drafty side - he wants to go look at a draftX Husband horse; she wants a beautiful dressage mare SO glad I'm not her, b/c if they are real, they are BOTH the perfect horses for what she is looking for!
                            "Let's face it -- Beezie Madden is NOT looking over her shoulder for me anytime
                            soon . . . or ever, even in her worst nightmares."

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                            • #54
                              Originally posted by FlashGordon View Post
                              Holy crap 2horsey, that last pic is wild!!!!
                              Now you all understand why I think my BO/BM walks on water!

                              The boys are SO talented - and sweet to boot.
                              "Let's face it -- Beezie Madden is NOT looking over her shoulder for me anytime
                              soon . . . or ever, even in her worst nightmares."

                              Member, Higher Standards Leather Care Addicts Anonymous

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                              • #55
                                Annalise I want you boy now!
                                Please send him to Oz stat! ????????

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