What breed of horse is used in Olympic dressage?
What breed of horse is used in Olympic dressage? Most of the horses competing in dressage and show jumping today are warmbloods or warmblood types. These include the Selle Francais, Trakehner, Hanoverian, Irish sport horse, Wurttenburger, Oldenburg, Danish Warmblood, Dutch Warmblood, Belgian Warmblood and Australian Warmblood horses. Why are Warmbloods used for dressage? Their hindquarters are well-muscled and powerful and their tail is high-set. Although long, slender and well-defined, the Dutch Warmblood's legs are strong and powerful. All of these traits have resulted in immense and consistent success for Dutch Warmbloods in dressage, show jumping, eventing and hunting. How do...