{"id":31,"date":"2010-08-08T22:03:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T22:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=31"},"modified":"2025-06-02T20:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T20:30:21","slug":"altwurttemberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/altwurttemberg","title":{"rendered":"Altwurttemberg Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>One of the lesser known heavy warmblood breeds, the Altwurttemberg is considered extremely endangered and is a rare sight outside (even inside of) its native country.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>The breed originated in Germany by the Wurttemberg Prince House, but without an obligatory breed goal. About thirty horses from Normandy were used between 1872-1888, crossing with <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">English Thoroughbreds<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/holsteiner\">Holsteins<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/oldenburger\">Oldenburgs<\/a>. Through careful breeding, the Altwurttemberg horse was established as a strong and beautiful individual breed.<\/p>\n<h3>Falling Out of Favor<\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, the type was not greatly appreciated or needed, so instead the <a href=\"\/breeds\/wurttemberger\">Wurttemberg Sport Horse<\/a> was developed and was highly prized for a time. After 1950 the Altwurttemberg was threatened with extinction, but by 1988 government initiatives were put in place to preserve the breed. They exist in very limited numbers today, according to the DAD-IS they are critical and as of 2023 there were only 67 left.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15.7-16.7 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has a straight profile<br \/>\nEars are square and straight<br \/>\nSloping shoulder<br \/>\nSloping hindquarters<br \/>\nLegs are strong<br \/>\nHooves are solid<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Docile and kind<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding horse<br \/>\nSporting<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/altwurttemberg.webp\" alt=\"Altwurttemberg Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/altwurttemberg-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Altwurttemberg Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/altwurttemberg-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Altwurttemberg Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/altwurttemberg-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Altwurttemberg Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pferd-aktuell.de\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung e.V.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/messe.reiterjournal.com\/aussteller\/138_pferdezuchtverband-baden-wuerttemberg-ev\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pferdezuchtverband Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg e. V.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tgrdeu.genres.de\/en\/livestock-animals\/search-for-animal-species\/genetic-resource-details?tx_sttgrdeu_nutztier%5Baction%5D=genetikDetail&#038;tx_sttgrdeu_nutztier%5Bcontroller%5D=Nutztier&#038;tx_sttgrdeu_nutztier%5Bg_id%5D=607&#038;cHash=e6f8feeae4f435b9e7ff9c2bf6bcbf52\" target=\"blank\">Federal Office for Agriculture and Food<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zjxWQMxKyfA?si=o8sYrn74hhyDITG-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro One of the lesser known heavy warmblood breeds, the Altwurttemberg is considered extremely endangered and is a rare sight outside (even inside of) its native country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[126,134,25],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-germany","tag-at-risk","tag-critical","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9371,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/9371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}