What is a Warmblood?

A warmblood is a breed of horse that was manufactured by breeding hotblood war horses with coldblood draft horses. They are a hybred between the two, strong and large mixed with the small and fast. The term warmblood originally meant any cross of heavy horse with a Thoroughbred or Arabian horse. An example of this would be the warmblood Irish Draught Horse. Today the term refers to a group of sporting horses that have dominated the Olympics and the horse racing industry. The breeds of warmbloods are the Hanoverian, Oldenburg, Trakhner, Holsteiner, Swedish Warmblood, and Dutch Warmblood. The warmbloods we see today have often been honed from the earlier warmbloods into breeds that are very well known for athletic jumping abilities, along with showing and good temperaments – their behavior is not as aggressive as hotbloods, while they are not as slow or plodding as coldbloods.

One of the popular horses for Olympic Games is the Hanoverian warmblood horse, which is seen in the English style competitions , and have won gold medals in all three equestrian Olympic competitions. The Hanoverian is one of the oldest, most numerous, and most awarded of the warmblood horse breeds. It was originally bred and designed as a carriage horse that was dark in color, but then it was inter-bred with the thoroughbred, which lightened it and gave it more agility and ability in competition. The horse has a good temperment, a great athletic ability, along with being said to be one of the most graceful horses, and one of the most beautiful horses – it stands out as an example of the best warmbloods there are.

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