This ad was in one of the major horse publication -- Dressage Today, I think? The picture is stunning, and I love mules, but...
Monday, March 22, 2010
Another kind of Friesian cross -- think it'll catch on?
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well, it's the nicest mule I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteI think you secretly rather covet a mule....!!!
ReplyDeleteWe have a member on the Ansur saddle yahoo board with a warmblood cross mule. She is going to train her for dressage.
ReplyDeleteI'd think they could excel in most any sport. But what about endurance???
I would love a warmblood cross mule, so long as he is tall, has decent gaits, and has a bit more muscle on the top of the neck than one normally sees in a mule.
ReplyDeleteI can see endurance if the cross had the horse's compliant personality. I am afraid the typical mule might figure out pretty quickly who is doing most of the work...
I've seen dressage mules before. I would love mule, being a mulish myself. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful trot, but...no, unless you want a sport mule!
ReplyDeletewhy would you want a warmblood x DONKEY when you could have a musled elegant sleek warmblood??!!
ReplyDeleteI think this one is short lived in desirability. I've seen that Fresians don't have great stamina and then combine it with the "mule" stubbornness and that may be a lethal combo. I know that mules are supposed to be trained differently but.... I'm just sayin'
ReplyDeleteI grew up with mules and quite frankly that mule is pretty awesome! A good mule is worth his/her weight in gold. As for the Endurance mules, there are already a few good ones competing.
ReplyDeleteIf the Fresian/mule has a decent work ethic, the cross might make an interesting therapy horse, uh, mule.
ReplyDeleteSince they are advertising a matched pair, I assume they are for driving, since I can't think of another sport where they would need to be matched. My mom drives a Friesian and she loves it! Combine the Friesian's good traits with the sense of a mule (my mom's Friesian is lovely but rather nitwitted) and I think you might have something.
ReplyDeleteWow, beautiful mule, my dad would love it! I'll bet it would be a great dressage mule. ;)
ReplyDeleteI can definitely see it as a great driving animal. I did not know Friesians lacked stamina, but a mule has plenty so that's a bonus. I recall reading that a Catalonian mule (Andalusian horse crossed with a catalonian donkey) was highly prized for both riding & driving.
ReplyDeleteHuh. Can't say I really get this? Like you said, maybe a reason for WHY you'd want one of these might help...
ReplyDeleteI, Fenway Bartholomule, wholeheartedly support the intentional crossing of quality mares with quality jacks. I object, however, to the chant of "rare! rare! rare!" as an argument for a breeding program. There is nothing about a Friesian that excites me except their prowess as carriage horses, and I wouldn't recommend one to my FarmWife as a dressage mount. My personal favorite Other Mule, excepting my darling girlfriend Katie Scarlett, is the honorable John Henry, a percheron cross. Google him!
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