breed help!

[izzytoyah]

so i’ve recently started loaning a horse and i’ve been told that her dad was pure traditional cob and her mum was traditional cob X welsh section d.

so what breed does that make her? i’ve been searching about this but can’t seem to find an answer. i’m not sure if it’s as simple as: she’s cob X welsh section d!

what breed would you call her? i’m not sure if this sounds like a stupid question but it’s got be very confused!

hope someone can help, thanks a lot x

 

[carthorse]

It makes her a cob which is, with a few exceptions, a type not a breed.

If her mum is registered as a part bred Welsh D and there is full paperwork she could, I think, be registered as a part bred Welsh D herself but I'd call her a cob.

 

[Jessey]

Yep as @carthorse says really. If you mix 2 breeds, it won't create a breed, they are a part bred of both breeds, often referred to as a cross as you said. They're not like dogs where people have made up names like cockerpoo for a cocker spaniel crossed with a poodle - which we all just used to call cross breeds! As yours is Traditional Cob X Welsh Cob, Cob would be the generic term most likely used to describe her type.

There are occasional crosses that have been developed as a breed in their own right, where there has been a breed society set up, there are breed standards and registration requirements, for example Warmbloods (Dutch/KWPN, Belgian/Hanoverian etc.)- where they are a mix of cold blooded horses (generally draughts) and hot blooded horses (thoroughbred's or arab's) who were developed to be a middle weight horse capable of being ridden and carrying loads or pulling a cart - they have mostly been refined into modern sport horses now. The ISH or Irish Sport Horse is another of these.

I have a Welsh D x Arab x Saddlebred - he is registered with the Welsh pony and cob society as a part bred Welsh, I could also have his passport over-stamped (basically they put an extra stamp on his documents to say they have checked his lineage and confirm he is what I say he is) as part bred arab, or part bred Saddlebred if I wanted to - but unless I start competing in breed society shows (where they require a horse to be registered with the breed society to compete) it doesn't really benefit me or more importantly him!