{"id":521,"date":"2010-08-09T03:35:03","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T03:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=521"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:06:28","slug":"dutch-warmblood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/dutch-warmblood","title":{"rendered":"Dutch KWPN Warmblood Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>A relatively recent success story, the KWPN Riding Horse or Dutch Warmblood came about from two different breeds blended together for their specific strengths. Now used for all forms of competitive riding and driving, this engineered horse was a total success.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Utilizing the bloodlines of the <a href=\"\/breeds\/gelderland\">Gelderlander<\/a>, known for a good forehand; and the <a href=\"\/breeds\/groningen\">Groningen<\/a>, known for being powerful under saddle. Add a dash of <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">Thoroughbred<\/a> for added courage and stamina and thus emerged the modern day Dutch Warmblood. Not an old breed, but one that has made itself notable very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006 the KWPN registry established four different types and the riding or warmblood type were subdivided into two types, dressage and jumping. Together they make up around 85-90% of the registry. The rarer <a href=\"\/breeds\/dutch-harness\">harness<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/gelderland\">Gelderland<\/a> making up the rest. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 16 hands<br \/>\nBuilt like an athlete<br \/>\nStraight, elastic action<br \/>\nEven tempered<br \/>\nExcels at show jumping<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Simple, clean head<br \/>\nLight, medium length neck<br \/>\nWell muscled forearms, strong shoulder<br \/>\nBody is deep and well ribbed, long back<br \/>\nStrong hindquarters, well formed hocks<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors:<\/h3>\n<p>Solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Breeders pay particular attention to temperament. Privately owned stallions are only allowed to stud after passing rigorous testing focusing on conformation, movement, temperament and close monitoring of progeny.<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Mainly used as competition horses<br \/>\nDressage<br \/>\nJumping<br \/>\nRiding<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kwpn-na.org\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KWPN studbook<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Where to Buy<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/majesticgaits.com\/index.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Majestic Gaits<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/dutch-warmblood.webp\" alt=\"Dutch Warmblood or KWPN\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/kwpn-2.webp\" alt=\"Dutch Warmblood or KWPN\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a-JB0Zl5SIc?si=s7YRZdUgnvMgAVcR\" 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<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7x4rTtX9Hb0?si=UrUde1Gjv8V5PI-L\" 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 A relatively recent success story, the KWPN Riding Horse or Dutch Warmblood came about from two different breeds blended together for their specific strengths. Now used for all forms of competitive riding and driving, this engineered horse was a total success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-netherlands","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521","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=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10224,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/10224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}