Bavarian Warmblood
The Bavarian Warmblood is a horse breed of southern Germany that was bred using the old Bavarian "Rottaler" breed, English Thoroughbreds, and Trakehner stallions. The Bavarian Warmblood was registered as a separate breed since 1963.
Characteristics
The Bavarian Warmblood is an elegant and large warmblood horse, and is similar to the Hanoverian. It has a well set neck, a heavy chest, long sloping shoulders, high withers, a well muscled, long back, and strong legs with big hocks. It stands at 15.2-16.2 hands high, and come mainly in bay or chestnut. It is used as a multi-purpose sport horse with good character and large, flat strides.
Uses
The Bavarian Warmblood is used for riding, light draft, and carriage work, and is not a fast horse. It is also an excellent show jumping and dressage horse.
History
The Bavarian Warmblood has its home in Bavaria, one of the oldest horse breeding regions in Germany and was known in the past for the local Rottal horse. At the end of the 18th century, these Rottals were mixed with Holstein stallions which had Neapolitan and Andalusian bloodlines. In the first half of the 19th century, half-breds of Norfolk, Zweibruecken and Normandy blood were mixed in, and the breed became primarily for military usage as they were too light for farm use. This strong calibre horse breed was achieved by using Normandy and Oldenburg stallions. They were greatly used for carriage and field until World War II. Today's Bavarian Warmbloods, though, are based mainly on Hanoverian and Westphalian blood, which they appear most like. They were also refined with some Thoroughbred and Trakehner blood. The stud at Scwaiganger became the center of Bavarian breeding after the Landshut state stud was abandoned.
Alternative names
The International breed name in English is Bavarian Warmblood, but its local breed name in Germany is Bayerisches Warmblut.
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