Draft Cross Owners, Breeders and Riders

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Comment by Ann Hatfield on November 18, 2009 at 6:03pm

Good for you on your rides, Amy. I have a couple of friends very happy with their Tuckers. It is a lot of fun pushing to new limits, for your horse and for yourself, isn't it?

Comment by Sarah at HorseJobs.ca on November 13, 2009 at 8:52am

I have a friend looking for a grey percheron or percheron cross.
Will be driven. Know of anyone?

If you know of one please drop me a line at info@horsejobs.ca
Thanks
Sarah

Comment by Amy Gossman on November 9, 2009 at 11:46pm

Thanx Ann. I actually found a wonderful saddle last Friday that fits my Annie beautifully. It is a Tucker plantation saddle, wide tree. I've had my girl for just a week, and we did 2 awesome trail rides this weekend. She went up & down big hills, some sandy hills, some very steep. The saddle was great, very comfortable & secure. I am so impressed with Annie's willingness and versatility. Before I got her she was used primarily for driving & indoor dressage lessons for children, so these rides were something completely different for her. Oh, and did I mention she's my first horse? We're a very green team, but managed to stay with the group on both trail rides. Life is good.

Comment by Ann Hatfield on November 9, 2009 at 11:37pm

Amy, You asked what I am selling off in the way of saddles, just a couple of inexpensive synthetic English saddles. they are adequate for some riding but not elegant. They were just wide enough for the Arabs, who have very wide flat, short backs which always surprises people, but probably too narrow for the young sport mares I will start this winter/spring. For them I will use either my ancient Lovatt and Rickets, which has an adjustable gullet-I'll bet it was one of the very early ones to have this- or the Sensation treeless saddle. Depending on how the girls behave and how they ft it, I may use also/instead my medium-wide Western stock saddle to help me stay aboard, until I think I will not be dumped off in the snow!!

Comment by maureen hall on November 6, 2009 at 7:36pm

glad you could join us Jennifer - look forward to hearing more about your draft cross.

Comment by Jennifer Moore on November 6, 2009 at 11:18am

Hi, all. Just joined Barnmice and this group. I just love the amazing temperaments of the draft crosses and their versatility. As an over-40 (just! :-) re-rider, the sanity of the crosses really appeals. I am working with my 4 yr old Clyde x TB mare and hoping to taker her to a low-level event or two next year. She is a sweetheart, and SO much fun. I'm looking forward to reading others' experiences.

Comment by Amy Gossman on November 4, 2009 at 8:18pm

Hi Ann, Thanx for your input in saddles. I looked at the types that you mentioned, and they didn't really do it for me..... There is a Tucker saddle available for a 10 day trial, so I think I'll try that. They have models in wide and xtra wide trees. I'll let ya all know how my trial goes. What saddles are you selling off? Has anyone found an aussie that fits a draft cross?

Comment by maureen hall on November 4, 2009 at 1:34pm

Two of our Draft Cross/Canadian Sport Horses will be showing at the Royal this year - in the Canadian Sport Horse Line Classes - we have a weanling filly and a 2 yr old colt showing. Classes 604, 610 and 620 on November 14 in the horse palace ring - showing after the TB classes in the morning.

Come Cheer us on - Prospect's Danika and Prospect's Bravestrom.

Comment by Ann Hatfield on November 4, 2009 at 1:47am

Amy, You might want to look at the treeless saddles such as Barefoot and Sensation make. Snsation is not high in the gullet so a high withered horse won't fit-too much pressure on withers. Barefoot is made with a gullet. I have a Fjord and an Icelandic and draft crosses and like my Sensation very well as it fits all of them and me and is the most comfortable saddle I have ever owned. Treeless saddles come in many models: trail, modified dressage, Western- and anything you want them to customize. I am slowly selling off my other saddles as I think treeless is the way to go for me.

Comment by Kay Langmuir on November 3, 2009 at 8:49pm

I guess I'm one of your newest members, but been a draft cross fan for over 30 years since I got one as a teenager. That horse was an arab/percheron cross and he changed the way I looked at horses. The cross is rare but works exceptionally well since there is already arab in the percheron's ancestry. Took me years to find another one. He's the one in my photo. He happens to be registered Desert Norman. It's a very new developing breed registry, and now I'm running that registry, basically trying to get more people to try this cross. Please have a look at www.desertnorman.ca and help spread the word. And don't miss the photo gallery.
Kay Langmuir

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