Other names | Dutch Riding Horse |
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Country of origin | Netherlands |
Traits | |
Distinguishing features | Modern warmblood horse suitable for dressage and show jumping. |
Breed standards | |
A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands (KWPN),[1] which governs the breeding of competitive dressage and show jumping horses, as well as the show harness horse and Gelderlander, and a hunter studbook in North America. Developed through a breeding program that began in the 1960s, the Dutch are some of the most successful competition horses developed in postwar Europe.[2]