Dutch Warmblood

Dutch Warmblood
	Dutch Warmblood stallion performing dressage at the World Cup
Other names	Dutch Riding Horse
Country of origin	Netherlands
Traits
Distinguishing features	Modern warmblood horse suitable for dressage and show jumping.
Breed standards
	Royal Warmblood Horse Studbook of the Netherlands;
	Equus ferus caballus;

A Dutch Warmblood is a warmblood type of horse registered with the Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands (KWPN), 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.

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