Andalusian Horse Breeding > Breeding Spanish Horses Breeding Spanish Andalusian Horses The art of breeding horses - articles about the Hispano (Andalusian) Arabian Cross, half Andalusians, and inbreeding. Breeding the Hispano Arab Cross By Donna DeYoung, Pure Spanish (PRE) Andalusian Horse Breeder The Hispano Arab is a cross between an Andalusian (or Lusitano or Spanish horse) and an Arabian horse. Should You Breed Hispano Arabs? Even though your hispano Arab might be well conformed and beautiful, its not going to bring near the price of a purebred Andalusian (of course you know that), although you might be able to get a little more than if it were an average Arabian. I think this is a nice cross, but in certain cases the Arab type and Andalusian type you might be using could cancel out each other's positives - be VERY choosy in the stallion you use. Personally, I prefer the QH crosses with Arabs as they add the good "behind". I also like the National Show Horse (Saddlebred crossed with Arabian). What Happens with Movement and Conformation When Crossing the Two Breeds? Some Arabians have beautiful floaty trots that are ground covering and some Andalusians have choppy, knee lifting gaits. If you breed the two together, you might get something that can't move at all. Arabian horses have lovely dished faces and Andalusians have straight, sometimes roman nosed profiles - sometimes mixing the two doesn't work. You will probably choose an Andalusian that displays more Arabian characteristics, but this isn't the true type of Spanish horse and you might not get all the benefits of the breed as a result. Andalusians don't always have the best driving engine. Your Arab may be built better - result - you decrease this aspect. Some Andalusians have bad necks, Arabs better. Arabs are built with high croups at times, better ones I believe had nice rounded butts. Hard to find Andalusians with good croups. An Andalusian could probably put some bone and a little substance on your Arabian, as long as he doesn't add any faults, I've seen some gorgeous Arab crosses but probably from showy/fancy stock on both sides of the pedigree. What Would It Take To Produce A Great Hispano Arab? To produce a really good Hispano-Arab you need a super good Andalusian stallion and that will cost $$$ - the better ones standing for 2500 to 5000$. Therefore making the profit margin for such an offspring much narrower than if you bred him to a purebred Andalusian. Questions from a Reader I received the following questionnaire from someone interested in breeding Hispano-Arabs. My responses are in italic. What would you consider a fair price for a well-conformed, quadruple or quintuple registered, buckskin or palomino hispano Arabe weanling or yearling? Around 2k to 4K depending on size and exceptional beauty. As for color, remember that most Andalusians are grey and you wouldn't want to use them to get color. Your dilute gene would have to come from your Arab or from the Lusitano type (having even worse faults in some cases than the Andalusians in my opinion because there are so FEW of them avail - might work - if you've seen it work before try that - but be cautious without examples). How about a 2 yr. old? 4 - 8K Green broke 3 yr. old? You rarely get money back on training 4 yr. old with some show experience? You can make some good money, but the market is smaller If you were shopping for such a horse, would you consider a horse outside of your state or region? yes Would you pay more for a buckskin, palomino, or black horse than for a gray, bay, or chestnut one? Yes for buckskin, palomino...not that fond of black Assuming the stallion had a successful show record, would it matter to you if the mother had a show history or not, as long as she was of good quality and temperament? Should not matter if bred to top show stallion Are you personally in the market for a horse like this? No [ Home ]