KWPN are the best dressage horses?
admin on February 23rd, 2010
do you think KWPN (Dutch) horses are the best for dressage. I think so noticing all the horses in the past that have won, most are KWPN!
They are doing well at the moment but many of the top dressage horses are Hanoverians and other warmblood breeds. KWPN’s have been noticed lately because riders from the Netherlands are now good enough to be at the top level. Most of the top sires are actually Hanoverian/Oldenburg/Holsteiner and KWPN uses many of these outside sires to create their horses so it’s hard to say that one particular breed is "the best". There is a lot of bloodline sharing.
maybe but I don’t think that they are the only best dressage horses.
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Yes and no. They are becoming the best dressage horses through a lot of selective breeding which comes from other breeds such as Trakehners and Hanoverians. They try to get the best of every world in a way. Moorlands Totilas is half Trakehner half KWPN, and the KWPN is a mash of Holsteiners, Hanoverians, Oldenburgs, even Thoroughbreds!
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agree with you
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They are doing well at the moment but many of the top dressage horses are Hanoverians and other warmblood breeds. KWPN’s have been noticed lately because riders from the Netherlands are now good enough to be at the top level. Most of the top sires are actually Hanoverian/Oldenburg/Holsteiner and KWPN uses many of these outside sires to create their horses so it’s hard to say that one particular breed is "the best". There is a lot of bloodline sharing.
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