Rhenish Warmblood
FAO (2007): not at risk[2] | |
The Rhinelander, also known as Rhineland Riding Horse, Rhenish Warmblood, Rheinisches Warmblut and Rheinisches Reitpferd, is a German
Characteristics
The breed standard calls for a horse of correct
History
The Rhinelander was once a heavy draft popular as a workhorse in Westphalia, Rhineland, and Saxony. The Rhine region was better known for breeding the heavy Rhenish German Coldblood which went on until the middle of the 20th century at Wickrath State Stud. About the time that Wickrath closed in 1957, breeding riding horses was gaining economic and cultural importance in Germany. The Rheinische Pferdestammbuch breeding organization was founded in 1892 and registers many "specialty breeds", but is primarily concerned with the Rhinelander.[3] In the 1970s, breeders began using lighter examples of the breed to refine the Rhinelander into an ideal sport horse specimen. Stallions from the Hanover-Westphalia area were used on warmblood mares with Thoroughbred, Trakehner and Hanoverian bloodlines, out of dams with Rhenish origins. Early specimens lacked bone, but breeders have since worked to correct the shortcoming.[5]
References
- ^ Breed data sheet: Rheinisches Warmblut/Germany. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2014.
- ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed October 2014.
- ^ a b Das Rheinisches Pferdestammbuch (in German). Rheinisches Pferdestammbuch. Accessed June 2018.
- ^ "German Riding Horse Standard" (PDF) (in German). Central Documentation for Animal Biological Diversity in Germany. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
- ^ "All About the Rhinelander Horse Breed". Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2012.