Danish Warmblood Horse Breed

The Danish Warmblood Horse Breed...

The Danish Warmblood is a handsome individual, well proportioned and possessed of excellent paces. It combines courage with a good temperament and makes an outstanding dressage horse.

Like many other warmblood horses the Danish Warmblood bears a distinctive brand on its hindquarters of a crown above a wave above some numbers for identification purposes.

One of the more recent selectively bred European competition horses, whose stud-book was opened in the 1960s. Danish breeders have succeeded in producing a competition horse of superior quality, which is more versatility than many of the comparative European breeds.

Breed Description ...

Origin: Denmark.

Colour: Black, chestnut, bay or dark brown.

Height: average 15 to 17hh.

Conformation: Quality head; long well set on neck; Good shoulders with prominent withers; muscular back and loins; long croup; strong limbs with long forearms well defined joints with good bone. The best Danish horses have a Thoroughbred outline that is combined with substance, strength, and good legs.

Character: courageous and spirited, have excellent temperaments, and good, free action.

Uses: Dressage, Cross Country

Interesting Facts ...

Danish Warmbloods often excel at dressage, none more so than the black stallion Matador, who enchanted everyone with his panache and exuberant personality. Placed fifth in the 1988 Olympic games Matador was out of action for the whole of the following season after a serious operation for a life threatening bout of colic.

In a spectacular come back at the 1990 World Equestrian Games Matador finished runner up to the then Olympic champion Rembrant, making his rider Kyra Kyrklund the first Finn to win a medal in any equestrian sport at senior championship level.