There are photos of our Arab/DHH mare on our website, including her sire and dam. She is an Afire Bey V granddaughter, mostly Polish and Crabbet. On her DHH side, she is a Waterman great-granddaughter and goes back to some Hackney as well. No Saddlebred in her DHH.
It's a good thing those photos are old (she was about 1 1/2 at the time) because she is awfully homely right now! Big ol' DHH head/ears and legs on a scrawny little 15.1 body!
Momma is a big 16HH and Bask Afire Bey is 15.2, so hopefully she grows some more. The nice thing about her DHH head is that she won't be mistaken for an Arab and have to deal with "Arab prejudice" from some judges, i.e. "You don't really DRIVE Arabs....."
Good thing she also has "working" bloodlines as well. Her trot is AMAZING! Not as high as a true DHH, but definitely comparable to a Dutch Warmblood, big and round with "flick"!
To keep this relevant to the topic, her scrawniness is the reason we haven't worked very hard on getting her put to. We have been told that she won't fill out until she is closer to 5 yrs. old. Her chest and butt are a little bigger than the photos on the website, but not much. She isn't anywhere near even the size of her sire, and I don't want to stress her body. She has quite a bit of trust since we have had her since she was 2 1/2 mo. old, but being an English horse, she is "hot" and distractable right now. She needs to develop more "work ethic" before we are going to make major progress. At this age, this happens with more brain development than anything.
Myrna