Knabstrupper

Knabstrupper
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk; DAD-IS (2022): at risk/endangered;
Other names	Knabstrup; Knabstrupperhesten;
Country of origin	Denmark
Distribution	Germany, Denmark, Italy, Australia
Standard	Danish, 2016; English, 2008;
Use	Riding, driving, vaulting
Traits
Weight	Average 500 kg (1100 lb);
Height	15.2 to 16 h (62 to 64 inches, 157 to 163 cm) ;
Colour	Predominantly spotted
	Equus ferus caballus;

The Knabstrupper or Knabstrup is a Danish breed of warmblood horse. It is principally a riding horse, but is also used as a harness horse and as a circus animal. The breed usually has a spotted coat. Injudicious breeding for this characteristic alone compromised its constitution and conformation; in the years after the Second World War the mechanisation of agriculture led to a sharp fall in numbers, and by the 1960s no more than 100 horses remained. In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed, with a world-wide population estimated at little over 2000.

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