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User Login Email: Password:    » Forgot Password?  » New Member Sign Up Visitors Online: Today's Visits: Yesterday's Visits: Horses Menu Home Horses For Sale Welcome to Holsteiner ! You are here: Terrific-Horses.com > Horse Breeds > Holsteiner Book Search: Holsteiner Description The Holsteiner, or Holstein, is a warm-blooded breed from Germany, which dates back to at least the thirteenth century used mainly for cavalry remounts. During the 1700s and 1800s thousands of these horses were in demand for exportation to other European countries. They were valued because of its ability as a strong and powerful coach or carriage horse as well as riding horse. The Holsteiner is a crossbreed of German, Neapolitan, Spanish, and oriental blood. The greatest influences were the Thoroughbred by improving the Roman shaped nose and galloping ability and the Yorkshire Coach Horse by giving the breed great temperament and a typical, high, wide action. After the Second World War Thoroughbreds were crossbred with the Holsteiner to produce a lighter weight, competition horse with better speed and vision. Today's Holsteiner is a superior hunter, successful show jumper, eventer, and dressage horse. Google Ads

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