Brandenburger
Sign in to saveThe Brandenburger is a German breed of warmblood sport horse from the state of Brandenburg in north-eastern Germany. From the 1960s – when Brandenburg was in East Germany – it was included in the stud-book of the or 'light warmblood'. Following the re-unification of Germany it again had its own stud-book. In 2003 it was included in the stud-book of the , which also included the Sachsen-Anhaltiner Warmblut, the and the ; the Bavarian Warmblood, the Württemberger and the Zweibrücker were added to it in 2014.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- horse breed
- Subclass of
- sport horse
- Population
- 1631
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Official website
- www.brandenburger-pferd.de
- Image
- William FOX-PITT JEM2014 crop.jpg
- Height
- 1.77
- Has use
- show jumping
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Brandenburger (horse)
- inception
- 1922-00-00
- native label
- Brandenburger Warmblut
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Characteristics
- Uses
- See also
- References
- External links
The Brandenburger is a German breed of warmblood sport horse from the state of Brandenburg in north-eastern Germany. From the 1960s – when Brandenburg was in East Germany – it was included in the stud-book of the or 'light warmblood'. Following the re-unification of Germany it again had its own stud-book. In 2003 it was included in the stud-book of the , which also included the Sachsen-Anhaltiner Warmblut, the and the ; the Bavarian Warmblood, the Württemberger and the Zweibrücker were added to it in 2014.
Like other German warmblood breeds, it is bred to compete in dressage, in show-jumping and in the three-day event. The successful dressage mare Poetin was a Brandenburger.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brandenburger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.