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This is a list of some of the breeds of horse considered in Germany to be wholly or partly of German origin. In 2014 there were 151 horse breeds reported to DAD-IS by Germany, many of them imported from other parts of the world. Only those breeds with some history of development within present-day Germany are listed below. Inclusion here does ...
Trakehner (/ t r ə ˈ k eɪ n ər /) is a light warmblood breed of horse, originally developed at the East Prussian state stud farm in the town of Trakehnen from which the breed takes its name. The state stud [ de ] was established in 1731 and operated until 1944, when the fighting of World War II led to the annexing of East Prussia by Russia ...
Germany has a wide variety of draft horses, all of which are small breeds. Among these, the South German Coldblood (Oberländer) is the most populous and, as of 2004, is the only breed not at risk of extinction; [6] it is also genetically distinct from other German draft horses.
Pages in category "Horse breeds originating in Germany" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
(The Trakehner, while a warmblood horse from Germany, has a closed stud book and thus, like the Thoroughbred and Arabian, is considered a "true" breed.) All horses that are warmbloods and bred in Germany are named after the region in which they are born in. There is an exception to this and that is the Trakehner breed. [1]
The German Riding Pony ideally is between 138 cm and 148 cm or approximately 13.2 hands to 14.2 hands, though in some European competition, ponies up to 151 cm are allowed, and these taller animals can compete against full-sized horses at CDI FEI-sanctioned competition. The German Riding Pony is bred to be handled by children and adolescents.
The Horse Breeders' Association of Rhineland-Palatinate-Saar (PRPS) was formed in 1977 and directs the breeding of almost all horse breeds within the region. The breed with the largest population within the studbooks is the German Riding or Sport Horse, called the Zweibrücker.
The Rhenish German Coldblood, German: Rheinisch Deutsches Kaltblut, is a breed of heavy draught horse from the Rhineland area of western Germany. It was bred in second part of the nineteenth century, principally at the Prussian state stud at Schloss Wickrath in Wickrathberg, now part of Mönchengladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia.