Danish Warmblood

The Danish Warmblood is a native of Denmark warmblood horse breed, the mid-20th century was bred specifically for the modern show jumping.

Background information on the evaluation and breeding horses can be found at: exterior, interior and horse breeding.

Exterior

The Danish Warmblood is characterized by a medium-sized, well-shaped head with well set neck. His shoulder drops off at an angle and the withers are well shaped and usually pronounced. His muscular back with an equally muscular loins, croup and the very strong legs with well-trained joints and bones are long best conditions for a successful sport horse. It is a beautiful, well- proportioned horse with excellent gaits.

Interior

The great effort that went along with the very strict breeding program has more than paid off. The result is an excellent sport horse connects the incredible courage with a very good character. They are equally suitable for jumping, dressage and eventing, but they can also be used as an excellent leisure horse.

Breeding history

The stud book for the breed was opened around 1960. Since then, many warm-blooded animals of this breed are mainly grown in Denmark. Carefully selected stallions, mainly Swedish Warmblood, Trakehner, Hanoverian, Holsteiner and several Polish breeds were crossed with domestic mares. Both stallions and mares strict standards have been introduced to ensure that only the best animals were registered in the studbooks.

Representatives in international equestrian

Beginning of the last decade has caused with his successes in dressage international sensation especially the Danish Warmblood stallion Matador. After he became fifth in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he managed after a illness exposed a sensational comeback season. At the World Championships 1990 he won the silver medal with Kyra Kyrklund and thus the first medal ever for Finland in the field of equestrian sports.